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CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data (2006-06-13 - 2008-09-13)

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V2-01

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Summary

Abstract: The lidar Level 1B data product contains a half orbit (day or night) of calibrated and geolocated lidar
profiles. The product contains data from all non-diagnostic instrument modes including nominal
science, depolarization gain ratio calibration, and boresight alignment. The Level 1B data product is
written in HDF. A summary of the product ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center

Dataset Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data (2006-06-13 - 2008-09-13)

Version: 2

Data Presentation Form: HDF

Online Resource: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/calipso/table_calipso.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-06-13

Stop Date: 2008-09-13

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

CALIPSO > Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

Instrument

CALIOP > Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Project

EOS > Earth Observing System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

ESSP > NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V2-01

Data Center Personnel
Name: ASDC USER SERVICES Phone: 757-864-8656 Email: support-asdc at earthdata.nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center User and Data Services NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 157D City: Hampton Province or State: VA Postal Code: 23681-2199 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online

Distribution Format: HDF

Fees: No Fee

Personnel

ASDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 757-864-8656

Email: support-asdc at earthdata.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center

User and Data Services

NASA Langley Research Center

Mail Stop 157D

City: Hampton

Province or State: VA

Postal Code: 23681-2199

Country: USA

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-09-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-21

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