TY - JOUR
AU - Young, Stuart A.
AB - The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) is a two-wavelength polarization lidar that performs global profiling of aerosols and clouds in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. CALIOP is the primary instrument on the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite, which has flown in formation with the NASA A-train constellation of satellites since May 2006. The global, multiyear dataset obtained from CALIOP provides a new view of the earth’’s atmosphere and will lead to an improved understanding of the role of aerosols and clouds in the climate system. A suite of algorithms has been developed to identify aerosol and cloud layers and to retrieve a variety of optical and microphysical properties. CALIOP represents a significant advance over previous space lidars, and the algorithms that have been developed have many innovative aspects to take advantage of its capabilities. This paper provides a brief overview of the CALIPSO mission, the CALIOP instrument and data products, and an overview of the algorithms used to produce these data products.
TI - Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms
JF - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
DO - 10.1175/2009JTECHA1281.1
DA - 2009-01-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-meteorological-society/overview-of-the-calipso-mission-and-caliop-data-processing-algorithms-dUFv0w6NW0
SP - 2310
EP - 2323
VL - 26
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -