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Editor(s): V. Amiridis, J. Reagan, J.R. Campbell, C. Trepte, and J. Pelon

The Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) project released version 4.1 (V4.1) of the CALIPSO lidar data products in November 2016. The papers in this special issue of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques will describe all aspects of the new and updated algorithms used to generate the V4.1 data products and will compare the V4.1 retrievals of the spatial and optical properties of clouds and aerosols to results produced by earlier releases. Submissions to this special issue are limited to invited papers written by members of the CALIPSO lidar science working group.

04 May 2021

Version 4 CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer ice and liquid water cloud microphysical properties – Part I: The retrieval algorithms

Anne Garnier, Jacques Pelon, Nicolas Pascal, Mark A. Vaughan, Philippe Dubuisson, Ping Yang, and David L. Mitchell

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3253–3276, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3253-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3253-2021, 2021

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04 May 2021

Version 4 CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer ice and liquid water cloud microphysical properties – Part II: Results over oceans

Anne Garnier, Jacques Pelon, Nicolas Pascal, Mark A. Vaughan, Philippe Dubuisson, Ping Yang, and David L. Mitchell

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3277–3299, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3277-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3277-2021, 2021

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25 Aug 2020

CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles

Melody A. Avery, Robert A. Ryan, Brian J. Getzewich, Mark A. Vaughan, David M. Winker, Yongxiang Hu, Anne Garnier, Jacques Pelon, and Carolus A. Verhappen

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4539–4563, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4539-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4539-2020, 2020

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12 Apr 2019

Application of high-dimensional fuzzy k-means cluster analysis to CALIOP/CALIPSO version 4.1 cloud–aerosol discrimination

Shan Zeng, Mark Vaughan, Zhaoyan Liu, Charles Trepte, Jayanta Kar, Ali Omar, David Winker, Patricia Lucker, Yongxiang Hu, Brian Getzewich, and Melody Avery

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 2261–2285, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2261-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2261-2019, 2019

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01 Feb 2019

Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products

Zhaoyan Liu, Jayanta Kar, Shan Zeng, Jason Tackett, Mark Vaughan, Melody Avery, Jacques Pelon, Brian Getzewich, Kam-Pui Lee, Brian Magill, Ali Omar, Patricia Lucker, Charles Trepte, and David Winker

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 703–734, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-703-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-703-2019, 2019

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03 Jan 2019

CALIPSO lidar calibration at 1064 nm: version 4 algorithm

Mark Vaughan, Anne Garnier, Damien Josset, Melody Avery, Kam-Pui Lee, Zhaoyan Liu, William Hunt, Jacques Pelon, Yongxiang Hu, Sharon Burton, Johnathan Hair, Jason L. Tackett, Brian Getzewich, Jayanta Kar, and Sharon Rodier

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 51–82, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-51-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-51-2019, 2019

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22 Nov 2018

CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 daytime algorithm

Brian J. Getzewich, Mark A. Vaughan, William H. Hunt, Melody A. Avery, Kathleen A. Powell, Jason L. Tackett, David M. Winker, Jayanta Kar, Kam-Pui Lee, and Travis D. Toth

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 6309–6326, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6309-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6309-2018, 2018

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12 Nov 2018

The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm

Man-Hae Kim, Ali H. Omar, Jason L. Tackett, Mark A. Vaughan, David M. Winker, Charles R. Trepte, Yongxiang Hu, Zhaoyan Liu, Lamont R. Poole, Michael C. Pitts, Jayanta Kar, and Brian E. Magill

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 6107–6135, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6107-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6107-2018, 2018

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18 Oct 2018

Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release

Stuart A. Young, Mark A. Vaughan, Anne Garnier, Jason L. Tackett, James D. Lambeth, and Kathleen A. Powell

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 5701–5727, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5701-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5701-2018, 2018

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08 Jun 2018

Laser pulse bidirectional reflectance from CALIPSO mission

Xiaomei Lu, Yongxiang Hu, Yuekui Yang, Mark Vaughan, Zhaoyan Liu, Sharon Rodier, William Hunt, Kathy Powell, Patricia Lucker, and Charles Trepte

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3281–3296, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018, 2018

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27 Apr 2018

CALIPSO IIR Version 2 Level 1b calibrated radiances: analysis and reduction of residual biases in the Northern Hemisphere

Anne Garnier, Thierry Trémas, Jacques Pelon, Kam-Pui Lee, Delphine Nobileau, Lydwine Gross-Colzy, Nicolas Pascal, Pascale Ferrage, and Noëlle A. Scott

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 2485–2500, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2485-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2485-2018, 2018

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14 Mar 2018

CALIPSO lidar calibration at 532 nm: version 4 nighttime algorithm

Jayanta Kar, Mark A. Vaughan, Kam-Pui Lee, Jason L. Tackett, Melody A. Avery, Anne Garnier, Brian J. Getzewich, William H. Hunt, Damien Josset, Zhaoyan Liu, Patricia L. Lucker, Brian Magill, Ali H. Omar, Jacques Pelon, Raymond R. Rogers, Travis D. Toth, Charles R. Trepte, Jean-Paul Vernier, David M. Winker, and Stuart A. Young

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1459–1479, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1459-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1459-2018, 2018

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