Description
CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-01 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 1.5 Profile, Version 1-01 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The version of this product was changed from 1-00 to 1-01 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster.
This product is a continuous segment of calibrated, geolocated, cloud-cleared, and spatially averaged profiles of lidar attenuated backscatter. Data collection for this product is ongoing. These profiles are derived via a synthesis of the CALIPSO lidar Level 1B profile and lidar Level 2 5 km aerosol profile products with the lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM) product. The lidar Level 1.5 standard data product is derived using standard Version 4.11 level 1B and Version 4.21 level 2 data products as input.
CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 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
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-01_V1-01 | 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_L15-Standard-V1-01 | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-01_V1-01 | 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_L15-Standard-V1-01 (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 |
| 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 publications | HTML | CALIPSO - List of publications | Open resource |
| View this dataset's processing history | HTML | CALIPSO - Data Availability Site | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO | Open resource |