CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: version 3 algorithm design

Tackett, Jason L.; Winker, David M.; Getzewich, Brian J.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Young, Stuart A.; Kar, Jayanta

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

Research article

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17 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 17 Jul 2018

CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: version 3 algorithm design

Jason L. Tackett, David M. Winker, Brian J. Getzewich, Mark A. Vaughan, Stuart A. Young, and Jayanta Kar

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018-supplement

Data sets

CALIPSO data and information National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/calipso/calipso_table

Short summary

The CALIPSO level 3 aerosol profile product reports globally gridded, quality-screened monthly mean aerosol extinction profiles retrieved by the spaceborne lidar, CALIOP. This paper describes the quality screening and averaging methods used to generate the product. Impacts of quality screening on reported quantities are evaluated, in particular the change in aerosol extinction profiles and aerosol optical depth. The paper thereby provides guidance on the use of CALIOP aerosol data.