Type of products

The caltrack products contain the coincidences issued of many sensors under the CALIOP subtrack for 2 resolutions :

  • 333m : they are based on the reference CALIOP L1 subtrack. They are also called caltrack_l1 products
  • 5km : they are based on the reference CALIOP L2 5km subtrack. They are also called caltrack_l2 products

For each product, one file per target sensor is constructed. They are called caltrack unit files

Naming convention

caltrack_level_productid_calipso-orbit-timestamp.hdf

levelLevel of the CALIOP reference substrack. One of l1 : reference is the CALIOP L1 track l2 : reference is the CALIOP L2 5km track
productid Target Product Identification. One of
MODIS-MYD021KM, PARASOL-L1, CLOUDSAT-1B-CPR,
CALIOP-05KMALAY, IIR-L2,
PARASOL-LS2, PARASOL-OC2, PARASOL-RB2,
CLOUDSAT-2B-GEOPROF, CLOUDSAT-2B-CLDCLASS,
MODIS-MYD04-L2, MODIS-MYD05-L2, MODIS-MYD06-L2
calipso-orbit-timestampThe timestamp of the CALIPSO source half orbit, using its standard format yyyy-mm-ddThh-mm-ssZ[DN]

Examples

Reference SubtrackCALIPSO half orbit start timeProductUnit File
CALIOP L1
( aka caltrack_l1 files )
Mar. 01 2007 at 00:55:42
(day half orbit)
PARASOL L1Bcaltrack_l1_PARASOL-L1_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
MODIS MYD021KMcaltrack_l1_MODIS-MYD021KM_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
Mar. 01 2007 at 01:48:12
(night half orbit)
PARASOL L1BNo PARASOL file on night side
MODIS MYD021KMcaltrack_l1_MODIS-MYD021KM_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
CALIOP 05kmCLay
( aka caltrack_l2 files )
Mar. 01 2007 at 00:55:42
(day half orbit)
CALIPSO IIR L2 Trackcaltrack_l2_IIR-L2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
PARASOL LS2caltrack_l2_PARASOL-LS2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
PARASOL OC2caltrack_l2_PARASOL-OC2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
PARASOL RB2caltrack_l2_PARASOL-RB2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
MODIS MYD04caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD04-L2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
MODIS MYD05caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD05-L2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
MODIS MYD06caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD06-L2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
CLOUDSAT 2B-GEOPROFcaltrack_l2_CLOUDSAT-2B-GEOPROF_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
CLOUDSAT 2B-CLDCLASScaltrack_l2_CLOUDSAT-2B-CLDCLASS_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
OMI CLDO2caltrack_l2_OMI_CLDO2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
OMI NO2caltrack_l2_OMI_NO2_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
OMI CLDRRcaltrack_l2_OMI_CLDRR_2007-03-01T00-55-42ZD.hdf
Mar. 01 2007 at 01:48:12
(night half orbit)
PARASOL LS2No PARASOL file on night side
PARASOL OC2
PARASOL RB2
MODIS MYD04caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD04-L2_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
MODIS MYD05caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD05-L2_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
MODIS MYD06caltrack_l2_MODIS-MYD06-L2_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
CLOUDSAT 2B-GEOPROFcaltrack_l2_CLOUDSAT-2B-GEOPROF_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
CLOUDSAT 2B-CLDCLASScaltrack_l2_CLOUDSAT-2B-CLDCLASS_2007-03-01T01-48-12ZN.hdf
OMI CLDO2No OMI file on night side
OMI NO2
OMI CLDRR

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