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CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00

Published by NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 23, 2026 at 09:10 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 22, 2026
CAL_LID_L2_BlowingSnow_Antarctica-Standard-V2-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, Version 2-00 data product. This product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument and reports the distribution of blowing snow properties based on back-scatter retrievals over Antarctica. 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, called the C-Train.

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  "earth-science-atmospheric-temperature-atmosphere-surface-temperature",
  "earth-science-atmospheric-winds-atmosphere-surface-winds",
  "earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-solid-precipitation",
  "earth-science-weather-events-atmosphere-snow-storms"
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license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2026-06-22
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temporal 2006-06-12/2023-06-30
theme 
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title CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00

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