CloudSat_2B-GEOPROF
Version 11
CloudSat Cloud mask and radar reflectivities (2B-GEOPROF product version 011)
NASA and Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, CloudSat Data Processing Center
CloudSat Cloud mask and radar reflectivities (2B-GEOPROF product version 011)
Fort Collins, CO, USA
CloudSat Data Processing Center
Version 11
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/dataSpecs.php?prodid=9
METADATA AUTHOR
LAURA
SAMPLE
970-491-8205
Telephone
sample@cira.colostate.edu
TECHNICAL CONTACT
CLOUDSAT DATA PROCESSING CENTER
CloudSat Data Processing Center
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
CO
80523-1375
USA
cloudsat@cira.colostate.edu
INVESTIGATOR
JAY
MACE
jay.mace@utah.edu
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
Earth Observation Satellites
CloudSat
CloudSat-CPR
CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar
2006-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
IN WORK
Horizontal
NO_SPATIAL
CARTESIAN
-90.0
90.0
-180.0
180.0
Not provided
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL
EOS
Earth Observing System
CloudSat
Cloud Satellite
ESSP
NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder
See Data Product "Known Issues"
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/dataIssues.php?prodid=9&pvid=177
Most of the CloudSat data and products will be made available to the CloudSat Science Team and other authorized users in the general science community, via a web-based data server during the on-orbit phase, and all CloudSat products will be sent to the Langley DAAC after the end of the operational phase.
Always cite the data originator if you use this data.
English
ARCHIVER
DISTRIBUTOR
COLOSTATE/CIRA/CPC
CloudSat Data Processing Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/
DATA CENTER CONTACT
CLOUDSAT DATA PROCESSING CENTER
CloudSat Data Processing Center
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
CO
80523-1375
USA
cloudsat@cira.colostate.edu
Online (HTTP)
No Fee
[Source:CloudSat Standard Data Products Handbook, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University]
The Geometrical Profile algorithm reads a CloudSat 1B-CPR granule and the corresponding
MODIS-AUX and ECMWF-AUX granules to produce an estimate of the radar reflectivity factor
for those levels, in the vertical column, which contain a significant echo (Stephens et al, 2001).
This product can also be called the Cloud Mask as it provides the first product to provide a field that indicates the presence of a cloud inside a CPR bin.
The presence or absence and vertical location of cloud layers impose powerful constraints on the
radiative properties of an atmospheric column and, thereby, modulate strongly the radiative
heating rate of the column. Comprehensive information on the vertical distribution of cloud layers
have been largely missing from analyses of conventional passive-sensor satellite radiometers that
observe only the emitted and reflected radiance from the atmosphere and surface. Conventional
satellite data have only allowed us to crudely estimate the location and vertical extent of clouds.
GET DATA
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/order-data
Order data from the CloudSat Data Processing Center.
Note: You must sign up for an account to access data.
GET DATA
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/
CloudSat Data Processing Center.
PROJECT HOME PAGE
http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/
Colorado State CloudSat Project Home Page.
PROJECT HOME PAGE
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/main/
NASA Science Mission Directorate CloudSat home page.
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/dpcstatusQL.php
CloudSat quicklook images generated from the Level 0 Cloud Profiling
Radar instrument data.
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
USER'S GUIDE
http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/dataSpecs.php?prodid=1
View the 1B-CPR product version 007 online product documentation.
USA/NASA
CEOS IDN DIF
VERSION 10.2
2007-03-15
2018-04-17
1970-01-01T00:00:00
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