Home NPP Products LIDAR Frequently Asked Questions
Site Map Land / Ocean Merge Field / Lab Data Highlights / Results


Please note:

The Ocean Productivity Site has stopped updating its data.
We hope to continue operations shortly.

(09.12.2024)


Other Data: LIDAR

Monthly netcdf 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. The tar files contain either day (D) or night (N) nc files for each month for the indicated year.


different format?

Data Selection

Annual Tar Files (Day)

bbp.2008.D.nc.tar • 2008 Day data: ~ 412 MB
bbp.2009.D.nc.tar • 2009 Day data: ~ 415 MB
bbp.2010.D.nc.tar • 2010 Day data: ~ 427 MB
bbp.2011.D.nc.tar • 2011 Day data: ~ 428 MB
bbp.2012.D.nc.tar • 2012 Day data: ~ 444 MB
bbp.2013.D.nc.tar • 2013 Day data: ~ 402 MB
bbp.2014.D.nc.tar • 2014 Day data: ~ 402 MB
bbp.2015.D.nc.tar • 2015 Day data: ~ 401 MB
bbp.2016.D.nc.tar • 2016 Day data: ~ 366 MB
bbp.2017.D.nc.tar • 2017 Day data: ~ 126 MB

Annual Tar Files (Night)

bbp.2008.N.nc.tar • 2008 Night data: ~ 399 MB
bbp.2009.N.nc.tar • 2009 Night data: ~ 324 MB
bbp.2010.N.nc.tar • 2010 Night data: ~ 305 MB
bbp.2011.N.nc.tar • 2011 Night data: ~ 318 MB
bbp.2012.N.nc.tar • 2012 Night data: ~ 353 MB
bbp.2013.N.nc.tar • 2013 Night data: ~ 308 MB
bbp.2014.N.nc.tar • 2014 Night data: ~ 316 MB
bbp.2015.N.nc.tar • 2015 Night data: ~ 312 MB
bbp.2016.N.nc.tar • 2016 Night data: ~ 281 MB
bbp.2017.N.nc.tar • 2017 Night data: ~ 98 MB

lidar nc file naming convention

lidar_yyyy-mm_T.nc

lidar = particulate back scatter from lidar data
yyyy = year
mm = month of year
T = D (day) or N (night)
nc = netcdf-4 file type

each nc file contains these variables:

bbp = bbp (532nm) from lidar data
lat = lidar latitude
lon = lidar longitude
year = year
month = month
day = day
hour = hour
minute = minute
second = second

For citation, please reference the Ocean Productivity site for the data.


These data were used in the Geophysical Research Letters paper by Bisson et al, 2021:

Geophysical Research Letters, 2021

KM Bisson, E Boss, PJ Wedell, A Ibrahim, MJ Behrenfeld

Particulate Backscattering in the Global Ocean: A Comparison of Independent Assessments




Last modified: 26 August 2024
by:  Toby Westberry

_Home__ • ___NPP Products___ • __LIDAR__ • FAQ sheet

Site Map • Land / Ocean Merge • Field / Lab • Highlights / Results