CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data, V4-20

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data, Version 4-20 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is ongoing. Within the Lidar Aerosol Layer Product there 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 one of which is 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. 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

Name Format Description Link
21 CALIPSO Project Home Page https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20_V4-20 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20/contents.html
33 CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 4.50 https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/products/CALIPSO_DPC_Rev4x50.pdf
21 CALIPSO - Data Availability Site https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/tools/data_avail/
21 CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/browse/index.php
21 CALIPSO Data User’s Guide https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/
21 CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/faq.php
33 CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Fact Sheet https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/137028main_FS-2005-09-120-LaRC.pdf
21 French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page https://calipso.cnes.fr/fr
21 ICARE Data and Services Center Home Page https://www.icare.univ-lille.fr
21 Links to tools available through the ASDC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
21 NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/index.html
33 Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/ASDC_CALIPSO_Overview_2015.pdf
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20_V4-20 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20/
21 CALIPSO Search and Subsetting Web Application https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/calipso/
21 Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/data_product_maturity.html
21 CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/data_release_summary_statement.html
21 ASDC List of CALIPSO CALIOP L2 Lidar Standard V4.20 Release Announcements https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/news/calipso-caliop-l2-lidar-standard-v420-release-announcement
21 CALIPSO Products Overview https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/products/
21 ICARE Programmers Toolbox https://www.icare.univ-lille.fr/category/icare-news/tools/
21 ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly Anomalies https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/TiltModeGeometry.pdf
21 NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/
21 DOI data set landing page for CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20_V4-20 https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05KMALAY-STANDARD-V4-20
21 Earthdata Search for CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20_V4-20 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1556717897-LARC_ASDC
21 CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs) https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/project_documentation.php
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FCALIOP%2FCALIPSO%2FLID_L2_05KMALAY-STANDARD-V4-20
21 Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.20 Lidar Level 2 Data Products https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/qs/cal_lid_l2_all_v4-20.php

Tags

  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • lidar
  • earth-science

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