CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 GEWEX Cloud, Standard V1-00
The lidar level 3 (L3) CALIPSO Global Energy and Water cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud product is a reformatted version of CALIPSO’s contribution to the GEWEX cloud assessment of global cloud datasets from satellites (https://climserv.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/gewexca/index.html). 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 L3 CALIPSO aerosol and cloud products, which are reported as monthly HDF files, this new lidar L3 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.
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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 | ||
- Release Date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/calipso/calipso_table
- DATA CITATION POLICY: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/citing-asdc-data, How to cite ASDC data
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/calipso/calipso_table, EOSWEB Data and Information for CALIPSO
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/products/CALIPSO_DPC_Rev4x91.pdf, CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 4.91
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/clouds, ASDC List of Clouds Data Products
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: 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://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/glossary?title=A-Train%20Data%20Depot%20(ATDD), A-Train Data Depot (ATDD) Description
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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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 | 75000.0 | 1.0 | 233.0 |
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Data Centers
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NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
ARCHIVERAtmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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 CenterUser and Data ServicesNASA Langley Research CenterMail Stop 157D
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
757-864-8656
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: HDF4
Format Type: Native