CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-00

CAL_LID_L2_BlowingSnow_Antarctica-Standard-V1-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, Version 1-00 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. Data collection for this product is complete.

CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. It flies in the international A-Train constellation for coincident Earth observations. 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).

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Field	Value
Maintainer	Earthdata Forum
Last Updated	August 24, 2026, 23:06 (UTC)
Created	April 1, 2025, 14:55 (UTC)
accessLevel	public
bureauCode	{026:00}
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harvest_source_title	Science Discovery Engine
identifier	10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_BLOWINGSNOW_ANTARCTICA-STANDARD-V1-00
license	https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified	2026-08-17T22:16:02Z
programCode	{026:000}
publisher	NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
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spatial	["CARTESIAN", [{"Boundary": {"Points": [{"Latitude": -90, "Longitude": -180}, {"Latitude": -90, "Longitude": 180}, {"Latitude": 90, "Longitude": 180}, {"Latitude": 90, "Longitude": -180}, {"Latitude": -90, "Longitude": -180}]}}]], Minimum Altitude, Maximum Altitude, -1.82 km, 0.38 km
temporal	2006-06-12/2020-06-30
theme	{"Earth Science"}