Description
CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-51 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 333 m Merged (cloud + aerosol) Layer Data, Version 4-51 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument.
Within this layer product are two general classes of data: Column Properties (including position data and viewing geometry) and Layer Properties. The lidar layer products consist of a sequence of column descriptors, each associated with a variable number of layer descriptors. The column descriptors specify the temporal and geophysical location of the column of the atmosphere through which a given lidar pulse travels. Also included in the column descriptors are indicators of surface lighting conditions, information about the surface type, and the number of features (e.g., aerosol layers) identified within the column.
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 (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales).
CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. From June 13, 2006, to September 13, 2018, CALIPSO was part of the A-Train constellation for coincident Earth Observations. After September 13, 2018, the satellite was lowered from 705 to 688 km to resume flying in formation with CloudSat, called the C-Train.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Download this dataset | HTML | ASDC Direct Data Download for CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-51_V4-51 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization through WORLDVIEW | PNG | Mission Logo | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-51_V4-51. | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-51_V4-51 | 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_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-51_V4-51 (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 product usage | CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 4.95 | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | HTML | CALIPSO Data User’s Guide | Open resource |
| View this dataset's product usage | HTML | CALIPSO V4.51 Lidar Level 2 Data Description Summary | Open resource |
| View this dataset's data quality document | HTML | CALIPSO V4.51 Lidar Level 2 Data Quality Summary | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO | Open resource |