CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00
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.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: HDF4 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | CALIPSO | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC | Instrument(s): | CALIOP |
| Version: | V1-00 | ||
- Type: ECHO ORDERSDescription: LARC_ASDC EOSDIS ECHO ORDERS Service Implementation
- Release Date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO
- DATA CITATION POLICY: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data, How to cite ASDC data
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO, ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO
- USER'S GUIDE: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/, CALIPSO Data User’s Guide
- USER'S GUIDE: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/data_summaries/l3/cal_lid_l3_gewex_cloud_v1-00_desc.php, CALIPSO: Data User's Guide - Data Quality Statement - Lidar Level 3 AGEWEX Cloud Data Product Version 1
- USER'S GUIDE: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/browse/index.php, CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/project_documentation.php, CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
- PROCESSING HISTORY: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/tools/data_avail/, CALIPSO - Data Availability Site
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/GEWEX-RFA, ASDC Data and Information for GEWEX-RFA
- ANOMALIES: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/TiltModeGeometry.pdf, CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services, Links to tools available through the ASDC
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/ASDC_CALIPSO_Overview_2015.pdf, Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/data_release_summary_statement.html, CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/gewex-rfa/documents/data_format.html, ASDC Overview of the GEWEX RFA Data File Format and File Naming Convention
Collection Information
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DOI
10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-Standard-V1-00
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Data Identification
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Processing Level
3
- Quality
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Collection Progress
Active
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Use Constraints
For more information, please see the ESDIS Data Use Policy: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy
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Access Constraints
4.0
No access constraints
Data Dates
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Other Descriptive Keywords
Ancillary Keywords
- Cloud Amount
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| CALIPSO | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
Generic Resolutions
Generic Resolution 1
X Dimension1 Not provided
Y Dimension1 Not provided
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Resolution and Coordinate System
Horizontal Data Resolution
Tiling Identification Systems
| System Name | Coordinate 1 Min | Coordinate 1 Max | Coordinate 2 Min | Coordinate 2 Max |
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| CALIPSO | 1.0 | 80000.0 | 1.0 | 233.0 |
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
Data Centers
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NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
ARCHIVERAtmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
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Data Contacts
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CHARLES TREPTE
Technical ContactCHARLES TREPTE
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NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
(757) 864-5836
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DAVID WINKER
InvestigatorDAVID WINKER
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NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
(757) 864-6747
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ASDC USER SERVICES
Data Center ContactASDC USER SERVICES
NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC-
NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
User and Data Services
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
757-864-8656
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: HDF4
Format Type: Native