Abstract : The NASA-CNES CALIPSO mission released Version 4.1 (V4.1) of their lidar level 2 (LL2) data products in November 2016. This new release from uses significantly improved retrieval algorithms to provide increased accuracy and substantially reduced uncertainties in the derived parameters. Here we present a comprehensive overview of the V4.1 LL2 data products, and show examples illustrating the improvements made in retrieving the spatial distributions and optical properties of clouds and aerosols.
Mark Vaughan, Anne Garnier, Jason L. Tackett, Melody A. Avery, Stuart Young, et al.. Introducing CALIPSO’s Version 4 Level 2 Lidar Data Products. ILRC 28, 28th International Laser Radar Conference, Jun 2017, Bucharest, Romania. ⟨insu-01575809⟩