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CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5km Aerosol Profile data, Provisional V3-01

CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-01 data are Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 aerosol profile data, Provisional Version 3-01. Data collection for this product is complete. 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 (PDF) constellation for coincident Earth observations. The CALIPSO satellite is comprised of three instruments, the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

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Maintainer CHARLES TREPTE
Last Updated March 7, 2021, 00:57 (EST)
Created March 7, 2021, 00:57 (EST)
Identifier C4695166-LARC_ASDC
Issued 2010-06-24
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Modified 2018-03-11
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citation 2010-05-17. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC. https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05KMAPRO-PROV-V3-01_L2-003.01. https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO.
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