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Other Data: LIDAR BBP
Monthly H5 files from CALIOP Data
To get these data,
please click on the file name(s) that you have selected
and save locally on your computer.
Note: for access to processing code, please contact Xiaomei Lu [xiaomei.lu@nasa.gov] or Yongxiang Hu [yongxiang.hu-1@nasa.gov] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data SelectionAnnual Tar Files
lidar h5 file naming conventionCALIOP_ocean_monthlyyyyymm.h5CALIOP_ocean_monthly = monthly particulate back scatter from CALIOP lidar data yyyy = year mm = month of year h5 = hdf5 file type Notes: The monthly CALIOP bbp is 1 by 1 degree and is stored in a 361 x 180 grid lat=-90+0.5:1:90-0.5; lon=-180:1:180; this representation of longitude gets matlab to plot global maps with no gaps bbp is retrieved by two methods method 1 is using MODIS monthly kd to retrieve bbp; method 2 is using only CALIOP depolarization ratio to retrieve bbp each h5 file contains these variables: Depolarization_ratio_Day Depolarization_ratio_Night Subsurface_backscatter_Day Subsurface_backscatter_Night bbp_Day_method1_Kd bbp_Day_method2_depo bbp_Night_method1_Kd bbp_Night_method2_depo For citation, please reference the Ocean Productivity site for the data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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