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Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms
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The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) is a two-wavelength polarization lidar that performs global profiling of aerosols and clouds in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. CALIOP is the primary instrument on the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite, which has flown in formation with the NASA A-train constellation of satellites since May 2006. The global, multiyear dataset obtained from CALIOP provides a new view of the earth’s atmosphere and will lead to an improved understanding of the role of aerosols and clouds in the climate system. A suite of algorithms has been developed to identify aerosol and cloud layers and to retrieve a variety of optical and microphysical properties. CALIOP represents a significant advance over previous space lidars, and the algorithms that have been developed have many innovative aspects to take advantage of its capabilities. This paper provides a brief overview of the CALIPSO mission, the CALIOP instrument and data products, and an overview of the algorithms used to produce these data products.
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- Authors
- Winker, D. M., Vaughan, M. A., Omar, A., Hu, Y., Powell, K. A., Liu, Z., Hunt, W. H., & Young, S. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Published
- 2009-11-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2310-2323
- ISSN
- 0739-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-0426
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- W2144991971
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- 56.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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