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    CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-51

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-21 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), Version 4-51 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument.

    The CALIPSO satellite comprises three instruments: CALIOP, Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales).

    CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. From June 13, 2006, to September 13, 2018, CALIPSO was part of the A-Train constellation for coincident Earth Observations. After September 13, 2018, the satellite was lowered from 705 to 688 km to resume flying in formation with CloudSat, heretofore called the C-Train.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2667982867-LARC_ASDC
    Data First Published 2006-06-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category CALIPSO, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-51
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3425927f778cbee618ce342e38ff4fd8fab28fd33d8e252c69602451aedda80a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2006-06-11T00:00:00Z/2023-06-30T23:59:59.999Z

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