CALIPSO CALIOP L2

Mon, 07/13/2015 - 08:33 -- admin
Cloud properties by layer from satellite
Plugin type: 
Data source
Data type: 
Satellite
Data family: 
CALIOP L2 cloud
Official product name: 
L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-01
Data format: 
HDF
Description: 

CALIOP is a two-wavelength polarization-sensitive lidar that provides high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds CALIOP utilizes three receiver channels: one measuring the 1064 nm backscatter intensity and two channels measuring orthogonally polarized components of the 532 nm backscattered signal. The main content of this product are 5 km aggregated cloud properties by layer (https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/calipso/5_km_cloud_layer_table).

Example filename: 
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V3-01.2007-08-31T23-24-12ZN.hdf
Is built-in?: 
1
Website designed & built by OCC