Introducing CALIPSO’s Version 4 Level 2 Lidar Data Products
Mark Vaughan
(1)
,
Anne Garnier
(2)
,
Jason L. Tackett
(2)
,
Melody A. Avery
(1)
,
Stuart Young
(3)
,
Jay Kar
(2)
,
Brian Getzewich
(1, 2)
,
Ali Omar
(1)
,
Zhaoyan Liu
(1)
,
Kam‐pui Lee
(1)
,
Xia Cai
(2)
,
Shan Zeng
(1, 2)
,
Yongxiang Hu
(1)
,
Jim Lambeth
(2)
,
Rob Ryan
(2)
,
Brian Magill
(2)
,
Sharon Rodier
(1, 2)
,
Tim Murray
(1, 2)
,
Ken Beaumont
(2)
,
Paula Detweiler
(2)
,
Pat Lucker
(2)
,
Jacques Pelon
(4)
,
David M. Winker
(1)
,
Chip Trepte
(1)
Zhaoyan Liu
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Jacques Pelon
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- IdHAL : jacques-pelon
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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.