Data Summary Announcement for the release of the CALIPSO IIR Level 2 Products Version 4.51

Data Release Date: September 25, 2023
Version: 4.51
Data Date Range: June 13, 2006 to June 30, 2023

The CALIPSO mission team announces the release of new IIR Level 2 Products:

  • CAL_IIR_L2_Track-Standard-V4-51
  • CAL_IIR_L2_Swath-Standard-V4-51

The V4.51 IIR Level 2 track and swath products use the recently released V4.51 CALIOP Level 2 layer products.

Data are produced and successfully ingested at the Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) at NASA Langley Research Center. Data have also been transferred and are available at the AERIS/ICARE Data and Services Center.

Information about these new data products including data availability, user documentation and quality statements, and relevant links can be found at the following ASDC link:
https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO

An in-depth data quality document and description can be found in the following CALIPSO links:

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