Description
CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V1-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol Profiles Standard Version 1-00 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is ongoing.
The CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 stratospheric aerosol reports global distributions of 532nm total attenuated backscatter, extinction, attenuated scattering ratios, and stratospheric aerosol optical depths on a uniform spatial grid. All level 3 parameters are derived from the CALIPSO version 4 level 1 and level 2 5 km merged layer and version 3 level 2 polar stratospheric cloud data products, with a temporal averaging of one month. The primary outputs are reported in terms of 1) background only and 2) all aerosol. For background only all features identified by the level 2 algorithms have been removed. For all aerosol only aerosols layers are considered, while clouds and polar stratospheric clouds are removed.
CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 and continues to collect data necessary to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate . It flies in the international A-Train constellation for coincident Earth observations. The CALIPSO satellite comprises three instruments, CALIOP, Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.
Resources
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| View this dataset's data citation policy | HTML | How to cite ASDC data | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V1-00_V1-00 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's product usage | HTML | Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement | Open resource |
| View this dataset's documented anomalies | CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Links to tools available through the ASDC | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V1-00_V1-00 | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V1-00_V1-00 | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Earthdata Search for CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V1-00_V1-00 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | CALIPSO Project Home Page | Open resource |
| View this dataset's production history | HTML | CALIPSO Products Overview | Open resource |
| View this dataset's user's guide | HTML | CALIPSO Data User’s Guide | Open resource |
| View this dataset's user's guide | HTML | CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial | Open resource |
| Access this dataset's users feedback page | HTML | CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs) | Open resource |
| View this dataset's processing history | HTML | CALIPSO - Data Availability Site | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | ICARE Data and Services Center Home Page | Open resource |
| Use this dataset in a web based map viewerf | HTML | ICARE Programmers Toolbox | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Fact Sheet | Open resource |