CALIPSO LIDAR Level 1 parameters colocated and averaged within the CLOUDSAT footprints

Version history:

Version 2-00: software version 2.0.4, CLOUDSAT R04, CALIOP Level 1 versions 3.x, released September 2015
Version 2-10: software version 2.0.4, CLOUDSAT R04, CALIOP Level 1 versions 4.0x, released December 2015
Version 2-11: software version 2.0.5, CLOUDSAT R05, CALIOP Level 1 versions 4.1x, released July 2019
Version 2-20: software version 2.0.6, CLOUDSAT R05, CALIOP Level 1 versions 4.1x, released June 2021

File description: CSTRACK_CAL-LID-L1


Product file format: HDF4

Product datasets

Dataset DataType Dimensions units valid_range scale_factor add_offset _FillValue Missing_Output long_name
CS_TRACK_Height float32 [fakeDim0] km NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Altitude of the bins for CS_TRACK interpolated profiles
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_3_1962_4 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CLOUDSAT_Latitude float32 [fakeDim1,
fakeDim2]		 degrees [-90.0, 90.0] 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Spacecraft Latitude
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_6_1962_7 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CLOUDSAT_Longitude float32 [fakeDim3,
fakeDim4]		 degrees [-180.0, 180.0] 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Spacecraft Longitude
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_9_1962_10 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CLOUDSAT_TAI_Time float64 [fakeDim5,
fakeDim6]		 seconds NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Time of the CLOUDSAT footprint in the TAI93 convention
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_12_1962_13 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Latitude float32 [fakeDim7] degrees [-90.0, 90.0] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_15_1962_16 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Longitude float32 [fakeDim8] degrees [-180.0, 180.0] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_18_1962_19 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_TAI_Time float64 [fakeDim9,
fakeDim10]		 seconds...TAI [420400000.0, 1072000000.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_21_1962_22 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Input_File_Index int16 [fakeDim11] None NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999 NONE Indice of the CALIOP file that contains the coincidence. List of input files used is available in the Input_Files global metadata
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_24_1962_25 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CLOUDSAT_CALIOP_Colocation_Distance float32 [fakeDim12] km [0.0, 1.0] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Distance between the CLOUDSAT footprint and the CALIOP LIDAR shot
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_27_1962_28 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CLOUDSAT_CALIOP_Time_Difference float64 [fakeDim13] seconds NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Time difference between the CLOUDSAT footprint and the central CALIOP LIDAR shot
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_30_1962_31 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_IGBP_Surface_Type int8 [fakeDim14,
fakeDim15]		 NONE [49, 49] 1.0 0.0 -9 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_33_1962_34 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_NSIDC_Surface_Type uint8 [fakeDim16,
fakeDim17]		 NONE [48, 50] 1.0 0.0 255 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_36_1962_37 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Day_Night_Flag int8 [fakeDim18,
fakeDim19]		 NONE [48, 49] 1.0 0.0 -1 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_39_1962_40 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Land_Water_Mask int8 [fakeDim20,
fakeDim21]		 NONE [48, 55] 1.0 0.0 -9 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_42_1962_43 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Lidar_Wavelength float32 [fakeDim22] nm NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Wavelength of the CALIPSO Lidars
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_45_1962_46 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Lidar_Telescope_Field_Of_View float32 [fakeDim23] �rad NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Field of view of the CALIPSO Polarized Lidar
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_48_1962_49 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Lidar_Beam_Divergence float32 [fakeDim24] Beam NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Divergence of the CALIPSO Lidar
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_51_1962_52 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIPSO_Spacecraft_Altitude float32 [fakeDim25] kilometers [700.0, 740.0] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_54_1962_55 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIPSO_DEM_Elevation float32 [fakeDim26] kilometers [-1.0, 9.0] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_57_1962_58 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIPSO_Tropopause_Height float32 [fakeDim27] km [4.0, 22.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_60_1962_61 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Pixel_Index int32 [fakeDim28] None NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999 NONE Index of the nearest CALIOP profile
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_63_1962_64 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Height float32 [fakeDim29] km NONE 1.0 0.0 NONE NONE Altitude of the native CALIOP bins
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_66_1962_67 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Noise_Scale_Factor_532_Perpendicular float32 [fakeDim30] square root of count [3.4000000953674316, 8.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_69_1962_70 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Noise_Scale_Factor_532_Parallel float32 [fakeDim31] square root of count [4.0, 8.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_72_1962_73 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Calibration_Constant_532 float32 [fakeDim32] cubic kilometers * steradians * count [30000001024.0, 80000000000.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_75_1962_76 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Calibration_Constant_Uncertainty_532 float32 [fakeDim33] cubic kilometers * steradians * count [200000000.0, 1600000000.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_78_1962_79 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Calibration_Constant_Uncertainty_1064 float32 [fakeDim34] cubic kilometers * steradians * count [50000000.0, 4000000000.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_81_1962_82 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Total_Attenuated_Backscatter_532_Native_Height float32 [fakeDim35,
fakeDim36]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.10000000149011612, 3.2999999523162842] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_84_1962_85 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Total_Attenuated_Backscatter_532 float32 [fakeDim37,
fakeDim38]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.10000000149011612, 3.2999999523162842] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_87_1962_88 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Perpendicular_Attenuated_Backscatter_532_Native_Height float32 [fakeDim39,
fakeDim40]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.079999998211860657, 1.7000000476837158] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_90_1962_91 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Perpendicular_Attenuated_Backscatter_532 float32 [fakeDim41,
fakeDim42]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.079999998211860657, 1.7000000476837158] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_93_1962_94 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Parallel_Attenuated_Backscatter_532_Native_Height float32 [fakeDim43,
fakeDim44]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.10000000149011612, 3.2999999523162842] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_96_1962_97 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Parallel_Attenuated_Backscatter_532 float32 [fakeDim45,
fakeDim46]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.10000000149011612, 3.2999999523162842] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_99_1962_100 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Total_Backscatter_532_Random_Error float32 [fakeDim47,
fakeDim48]		 .m-1.sr-1 NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Random Measurement Error of the Background Backscatter Signal at 532nm (Liu et al. 2006)
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_102_1962_103 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Noise_Scale_Factor_1064 float32 [fakeDim49] square root of count [4.5914945482066956e-41, 4.5914945482066956e-41] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_105_1962_106 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Calibration_Constant_1064 float32 [fakeDim50] cubic kilometers * steradians * count [4000000000.0, 10000000000.0] 1.0 0.0 -inf NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_108_1962_109 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064_Native_Height float32 [fakeDim51,
fakeDim52]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.039999999105930328, 2.5] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_111_1962_112 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064 float32 [fakeDim53,
fakeDim54]		 per kilometer per steradian [-0.039999999105930328, 2.5] 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE NONE
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_114_1962_115 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Backscatter_1064_Background_Stddev float32 [fakeDim55] m-1.sr-1 NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Computed Standard Deviation of the Total Background Backscatter Signal at 1064nm (Liu et al. 2006)
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_117_1962_118 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Backscatter_1064_Mean_Background_Stddev float32 [fakeDim56] m-1.sr-1 NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Computed Standard Deviation of the Total Background Backscatter Signal at 1064nm (Liu et al. 2006)
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_120_1962_121 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
CALIOP_Backscatter_1064_Random_Error float32 [fakeDim57,
fakeDim58]		 .m-1.sr-1 NONE 1.0 0.0 -9999.0 NONE Random Measurement Error of the Total Background Backscatter Signal at 1064nm (Liu et al. 2006)
_HDF_CHK_TBL_702_123_1962_124 struct [1] NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE



Product global attributes

Global attribute DataType Dimensions Value
File_Name string 1 CSTRACK_CAL-LID-L1_2019001005530_67526_V2-20.hdf
Icare_ID string 1 N/A
Mission string 1 CLOUDSAT
Orbit_ID string 1 1005530_67526
Product_Name string 1 CSTRACK_CAL-LID-L1
Product_Description string 1 Data issued of the CAL-LID-L1 product, coincident with the CLOUDSAT footprints
HDF_Version string 1 HDF Version 4.2 Release 5, February 17, 2010
Beginning_Acquisition_Date string 1 2019-01-01T00:55:40Z
End_Acquisition_Date string 1 2019-01-01T02:34:11Z
Geographic_Projection string 1 CLOUDSAT Track
Nadir_Pixel_Size int32 2 [1, 1]
Software_Version string 1 v2.0.2
Product_Version string 1 V2-20
Production_Center string 1 ICARE Data and Services Center
Production_Date string 1 2021-06-11T15:36:31Z
Contact string 1 contact@icare.univ-lille1.fr
Reference string 1 http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr/projects/dardar
Attributes_Info string 1 Nadir_Pixel_Size :
[Along-track Resolution, Cross-track Resolution]
Sensors string 1 CLOUDSAT/CALIPSO_LIDAR
Input_Files string 1
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