Products
Description
The output products are constructed as « UNITs », so-called because each one contains the extractions from a unique source. Thus, the following ones are available :
| Unit product | Description |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CAL-IIR-L1 | extractions of the CALIPSO’s Infrared Imager level 1 radiances |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CAL-LID-L1 | CALIPSO’s LIDAR level 1 Backscatter profiles |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CAL-LID-L2-VFM | CALIPSO level 2 Vertical Feature Mask |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CLOUDSAT-1B-CPR | CLOUDSAT level 1 received echoes power |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CLOUDSAT-2B-CLDCLASS | CLOUDSAT level 2 cloud classification |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CLOUDSAT-2B-GEOPROF | CLOUDSAT level 2 cloud mask and radar reflectivities |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CLOUDSAT-ECMWF-AUX | ancillary meteo data from CLOUDSAT ECMWF-AUX |
| CS-TRACK-UNIT- CLOUDSAT-MODIS-AUX | MODIS radiances from CLOUDSAT MODIS-AUX |
These extractions are :
- colocated with the CLOUDSAT footprints ( ~1.1 km ). Variables with a smaller resolutiion, like the 333m CALIOP backscatter profiles, are averaged,
- for profiles, given at a vertical resolution of 60m between [ -1.92 km , 40.02 km ]. Profiles with a coarser resolution are interpolated
Data content
| Unit Product | Detailed content |
|---|---|
| CAL-IIR-L1 | Go to detailed description |
| CAL-LID-L1 | Go to detailed description |
| CAL-LID-L2-VFM | Go to detailed description |
| CLOUDSAT-1B-CPR | Go to detailed description |
| CLOUDSAT-2B-CLDCLASS | Go to detailed description |
| CLOUDSAT-2B-GEOPROF | Go to detailed description |
| CLOUDSAT-ECMWF-AUX | Go to detailed description |
| CLOUDSAT-MODIS-AUX | Go to detailed description |
HDF Calibration
When the HDF calibration is used, the same scaling factors and equations than in the source product are kept. Please refers to the official input product documentation for details about it.
Nevertheless, when a non standard scaling equation is used, this will be specified in a SDS attribute called « scaling_equation ».