Description
CAL_LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-Standard-V1-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard Version 1-00 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is ongoing.
This product is a reformatted version of the CALIPSO contribution to the GEWEX cloud assessment of global cloud datasets from satellites. The data submitted by the CALIPSO team this project had to conform to a very specific format; yearly netCDF files organized by parameter. In order to be compatible with other publicly orderable lidar level 3 CALIPSO aerosol and cloud products, which are reported as monthly HDF files, this new lidar level 3 CALIPSO GEWEX cloud product was created. These files report global distributions of cloud amount and cloud top as averages and histograms on a uniform 2-dimentional (2D) spatial grid. All level 3 parameters are derived from the CALIPSO version 4.x level 2 5 km cloud merged layer products, with a temporal averaging of one month.
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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| 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_GEWEX_Cloud-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 Overview of the GEWEX RFA Data File Format and File Naming Convention | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ASDC Data and Information for GEWEX-RFA | 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 |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | GEWEX Cloud Assessment Project Page | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | DOI data set landing page for CAL_LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-Standard-V1-00_V1-00 | Open resource |
| The dataset's home page | HTML | NASA Overview of GEWEX Radiative Flux Assessment | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | OPeNDAP data access for CAL_LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-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_GEWEX_Cloud-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 production history | CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 2.4 | 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 |
| View this dataset's user's guide | HTML | CALIPSO: Data User's Guide - Data Quality Statement - Lidar Level 3 AGEWEX Cloud Data Product Version 1 | Open resource |
| Access this dataset's users feedback page | HTML | CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions | Open resource |
| View this dataset's data quality document | HTML | Detailed Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 1.00 Lidar Level 3 GEWEX Cloud Data Product | 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 |