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The CALIPSO mission team announces the release of new IIR Level 2 Products: CAL_IIR_L2_Track-Standard-V4-51 CAL_IIR_L2_Swath-Standard-V4-51 The V4.51 IIR Level 2 track and swath products use the recently released V4.51 CALIOP Level 2 layer products. Data are produced and successfully ingested at the...

Hello, Thank you for you interest in MISR data. You can obtain the date and path of the data based on the naming convention of the file. For MIL2ASLS.003, the naming convention is MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_ Pnnn _ Onnnnnn _ Fnn _ nnnn .nc Pnnn corresponds to the orbit path. The orbit path will give you the p...

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The CERES website was unavailable for some time last night.
After the website team was informed, the issue was resolved and is now available.

The page is up and running now.

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ASDC

Hello, We apologize for the long wait but we received this message from the CALIPSO Science team: The paper by Yongxiang Hu in 2010 describes in great detail the new phase approach from V2 to V3, including the inability to differentiate mixed phase in this new approach. Hu, Y., D. Winker, M. Vaughan...

Hello, I was able to upload a sample shapefile to Earthdata search with no issue (see image below). I would advise taking a look at the shapefile you are tryng to upload on Earthdata Search. Something may be wrong with your shapefile or the shapefile might be very large and it's taking a long time t...

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It appears that Earthdata Search is working fine now, were you able to retrieve your data? Thanks.

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ASDC

Hello, At appears that Earthdata Search is having issues and we are not clear why but this may be the reason why you cannot retrieve your data. We'll update you with any new information. Also as an alternative the ASDC offers Subsetting Tools for CALIPSO and CERES . We apologize for the inconvenienc...

Hello, Thank you for your interest in CALIPSO data. Here is a description of the AVD flag, which is numerically the feature classification flags: https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/resources/calipso_users_guide/data_desc/cal_lid_l2_profile_v4-51_desc.php#atmospheric_volume_description So if you can d...

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Thank you for your interest in CALIPSO data.

We have contacted a member of the CALIPSO Science team and they will be able answer your question. Thanks.

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ASDC

Hello, In regards to your questions: Does every cloud pixel mean cloudy condition? Are there variables directly or indirectly offer cloud fraction information? Yes. CERES algorithms identify the full pixel as cloudy or clear. No partial pixel retrieval is done. what does the variable 'visible raw-co...