CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, Provisional V3-41
CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, Provisional Version 3-41 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The version of this product was changed from 3-40 to 3-41 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster. This product uses the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio Selection algorithm. The lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile data products contain averaged aerosol profile data and ancillary data. There are no layer descriptors included in the lidar aerosol profile data products. The spatial distribution of the aerosol layers is instead completely characterized by the aerosol layer fraction and atmospheric volume description parameters. The aerosol profile products are generated at a uniform horizontal resolution of 5 km. The aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients are computed using a lidar ratio selected by the CALIPSO lidar Ratio selection algorithm. 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, NetCDF-3 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | CALIPSO | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC | Instrument(s): | CALIOP |
| Version: | V3-41 | ||
- Type: ECHO ORDERSDescription: LARC_ASDC EOSDIS ECHO ORDERS Service Implementation
- Release Date: 2016-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- 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
Collection Information
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Version Description
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 aerosol profile data using the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio selection algorithm -
DOI
10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41
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Data Identification
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Processing Level
2
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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
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Metadata Associations
| Association Type | Entry ID | Description | Version |
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| Parent | CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-30 | Preceding version | V3-30 |
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Other Descriptive Keywords
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
- IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| CALIPSO | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | GEODETIC | CARTESIAN |
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
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Format: NetCDF-3
Format Type: Native