Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-745-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-745-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Research article
 | 
09 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 09 Feb 2023

The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm

Jason L. Tackett, Jayanta Kar, Mark A. Vaughan, Brian J. Getzewich, Man-Hae Kim, Jean-Paul Vernier, Ali H. Omar, Brian E. Magill, Michael C. Pitts, and David M. Winker

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-745-2023-supplement

Data sets

CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V4-10 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID\_L1-STANDARD-V4-10

CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data, V4-20 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05KMALAY-STANDARD-V4-20

CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, V4-20 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05KMAPRO-STANDARD-V4-20

CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-20 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_VFM-STANDARD-V4-20

CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V4-51 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L1-Standard-V4-51

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Short summary
The accurate identification of aerosol types in the stratosphere is important to characterize their impacts on the Earth climate system. The space-borne lidar on board CALIPSO is well-posed to identify aerosols in the stratosphere from volcanic eruptions and major wildfire events. This paper describes improvements implemented in the version 4.5 CALIPSO data release to more accurately discriminate between volcanic ash, sulfate, and smoke within the stratosphere.
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