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

    Metadata Updated: February 12, 2024

    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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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date February 12, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2024

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 12, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 12, 2024
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2828848344-LARC_ASDC
    Data First Published 2018-10-03
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-01
    Category CALIPSO, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC. https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_BLOWINGSNOW_ANTARCTICA-STANDARD-V2-00. https://www.doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_BLOWINGSNOW_ANTARCTICA-STANDARD-V2-00.
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_BLOWINGSNOW_ANTARCTICA-STANDARD-V2-00
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Temporal 2006-06-12T00:00:00Z/2023-07-01T00:00:00Z

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