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CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5km cloud profile data V3-01

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5km cloud profile data V3-01

Description:

Abstract:: The Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile data product contains cloud profile data and ancillary data. The cloud profile product is produced at 5 km horizontal resolution and is written in HDF. Note that there is no atmospheric volume characterization associated with the cloud profile products. Also, the 1064 calibration scheme assumes that both the extinction and the backscatter from clouds are spectrally independent. Consistent with this assumption, extinction and backscatter profiles will be reported for clouds only at 532 nm. Additionally, it is important to note that the aerosol profile product extends upward to 30.1 km, while the cloud profile product ceases at 20.2. Therefore, users interested in polar stratospheric clouds will need to order the aerosol profile data product. The major categories of the cloud profile data product are: • Backscatter Profile Data • Depolarization Profile Data • Extinction Profile • Ice Water Content • Ancillary Profile Data
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: A list of publications is available from: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/publications.php

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20060613
Ending_Date: 20090216

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20090317
Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER
Theme_Keyword: CALIPSO > CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: CALIOP > CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION
Theme_Keyword: EOS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM
Theme_Keyword: CALIPSO > CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: ESSP > NASA EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER
Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG
Theme_Keyword: Backscatter Coefficient
Theme_Keyword: Column Optical Depth Cloud 532
Theme_Keyword: Cloud Layer Fraction
Theme_Keyword: Pressure
Theme_Keyword: Tropopause Height
Theme_Keyword: Tropopause Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Column Integrated Attenuated Bacscatter 532
Theme_Keyword: Total Backscatter Coefficient 532
Theme_Keyword: Depolarization Ratio Profile
Theme_Keyword: Extinction Coefficient
Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CHARLES R. TREPTE

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA Langley research Center
City: Hampton
State_or_Province: VA
Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Charles.R.Trepte@nasa.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Please review "Quality Statements": http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/calipso/Quality_Summaries/CALIOP_L2ProfileProducts_3.01.html

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC > Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
Contact_Person: ASDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Address: User and Data Services
Address: NASA Langley Research Center
Address: Mail Stop 157D
City: Hampton
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 757-864-8656

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larc-asdc-uds@lists.nasa.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/LARC/SD/LARC_DAAC > Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
Contact_Person: ASDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Address: User and Data Services
Address: NASA Langley Research Center
Address: Mail Stop 157D
City: Hampton
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 757-864-8656

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larc-asdc-uds@lists.nasa.gov

Resource_Description: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Prov-V3-01

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/searchTool.cgi...

Access_Instructions:

Access this data set from the ASDC Web Ordering Tool

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

CALIPSO Home Page

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/

Access_Instructions:

NASA CALIPSO Mission Portal

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/calipso/table_...

Access_Instructions:

Table of CALIPSO data products and additional product information.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/products/CALIPSO_...

Access_Instructions:

Complete data product specifics are in the CALIPSO data product catalog.

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100625

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120306

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ASDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Address: User and Data Services
Address: NASA Langley Research Center
Address: Mail Stop 157D
City: Hampton
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23681-2199
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 757-864-8656

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larc-asdc-uds@lists.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time