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Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6211-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6211-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 21
Research article
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05 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2025

Mitigating impacts of low energy laser pulses on CALIOP data products

Jason L. Tackett, Robert A. Ryan, Anne E. Garnier, Jayanta Kar, Brian J. Getzewich, Xia Cai, Mark A. Vaughan, Charles R. Trepte, Ron Verhappen, David M. Winker, and Kam-Pui A. Lee

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The spaceborne atmospheric lidar CALIOP experienced an increasing number of intermittent low energy laser pulses in the final seven years of the 17-year long CALIPSO mission. Low energy pulses degraded the quality of retrievals in affected profiles. This paper describes low energy mitigation (LEM) algorithms that remove affected data and minimize data loss. LEM is demonstrated to correct calibration biases, reduce false feature detections, and restore the integrity of the CALIOP data record.
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