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POLDER/PARASOL full reprocessing and new multi-sensor synergistic products – April 2017

At the end of the PARASOL mission, CNES completed the final reprocessing of Level-1 data in 2014. ICARE completed the reprocessing of the PARASOL Level-2 and Level-3 products in 2015, using revised science codes as well as new codes provided by the French science team at LOA (University of Lille).
In addition to the HDF5 version of the products, released in 2016, global gridded Level-2 and Level-3 products are also available now in HDF5 format.
The Level-2 and Level-3 products are generated from the Level-1 data alone or in combination with other data sets. PARASOL stand-alone products include the Level-2 and Level-3 data sets and the PARASOL “CALTRACK” product (subset colocated with the CALIPSO/CALIOP subtrack).
More recently, an innovative algorithm, called “GRASP” (Generalized Retrieval of Aerosol and Surface Properties), has been developed to retrieve simultaneously many more parameters compared to the standard product. Finally, the unique synergistic “PM-L2” Level-2 product is derived from combined PARASOL and Aqua/MODIS observations.

+ Information regarding the mission and products in the POLDER/PARASOL pages

+ Information regarding POLDER/PARASOL reprocessing in the News and events section

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For security reason, we are abandoning the FTP protocol in favor of SFTP on our distribution server. Depending of the way you are using this service, you can have to change the commands you are used to. Note that not all applications support the SFTP protocol, and some additional tools may need to be installed […]

01.03.2024

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Data Summary Announcement for the release of the CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow – Antarctica Version 2.00 and Greenland Version 1.00 Products

Data Release Date: January 29, 2024Version: Antarctica – Version 2.00 and Greenland – Version 1.00Data Date Range: June 13, 2006 to June 30, 2023 The CALIPSO mission team announces the release of two new CALIOP Level 2 monthly data products: The Blowing Snow monthly data products, developed by Dr. Stephen Palm, isolates blowing snow events determined from the […]

05.02.2024

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

Data Release Date: September 25, 2023Version: 4.51Data Date Range: June 13, 2006 to June 30, 2023 The CALIPSO mission team announces the release of new IIR Level 2 Products: 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 […]

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