Table · collection · 1999
Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) L1
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/sts64/ceres/lidar_lite_l1.v1.0
LITE_L1 data are LIDAR Vertical profile data along the orbital flight path of STS-64.Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) used a three-wavelength (355 nm, 532 nm and 1064 nm) backscatter lidar which flew on the space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-64 mission between September 9 and September 20, 1994.
Description
The LITE instrument was designed with the capability to make measurements of clouds, aerosols in the stratosphere and troposphere, the height of the planetary boundary layer, and atmospheric temperature and density in the stratosphere between 25 km and 40 km altitude.
Additionally, limited measurements of the surface return strength over both land and ocean were collected to explore retrievals of surface properties.The LITE data were transmitted real time the by Ku-band system through TDRSS downlink to the LITE operations center at JSC. There was a gap in the high-rate coverage between 60 E and 85 E due to the zone of exclusion, where neither TDRSS satellite was in view. Additional random gaps in the data occurred due to telemetry dropouts during data transmission.The LITE L1 data product was formed by processing and reformatting the LITE high-rate telemetry data.
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The LITE L1 processing steps included:Correcting the profiles for instrument artifacts. Subtracting the DC offset from each lidar profile. Interpolating lidar profiles to a geolocated, common altitude grid, which extends from -4.985 to 40.0 km with a 15 m vertical resolution.
Determining the LITE system calibration constants for the 355 nm and 532 nm wavelength profiles.Merged with the LITE L1 lidar profiles are: Identification Parameters, Time Parameters, Location Parameters, Operation Mode Parameters, Validity Flags, Measurement Location Descriptions, Temperature and Pressure Profiles Derived from NMC Data, Instrument Status Information.The archived files are concatenations of about 1000 (depending on data gaps) sets of headers and profiles.
Read software programs written in C or IDL are available.
Links
Get the data
- Data set landing page for LITE_L1_1 asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/LITE/LITE_L1_1 ↗
landing page · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/read_software/L1read.c ↗
Sample C Code for Reading Lite Level 1 Data - Direct File Download (.c)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/read_software/L1scan.pro ↗
Pro Level 1 Scan Code Updates Overview - October 2016
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- List of LITE Publications science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE/n_the_publications.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ASDC Data and Information for LITE asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/LITE ↗
documentation · download · project · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Text asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/readme/L1formatdesc.txt ↗
LITE Level 1 Data Format Description Document: LITE Level 1 Data Format
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/readme/lite.readme ↗
Readme Information about the LITE Sample Read Software and Data Files
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- LITE Data User's Guide science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE/n_users_guide.html ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ASDC data citation policy asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/read_software/L1read_little_endian.c ↗
LITE L1 read software in "C" for those with little endian OS
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/read_software/LITElittle_endian.py ↗
LITE L1 read software in python (for little endian OS)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/lite/readme/Readme_little_endian.docx ↗
Readme for the updated C code (L1read_little_endian.c)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE/n_lite_camera.html ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE/n_photo_imgs.html ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE/n_the_images.html ↗
LITE images, including an orbit selection table with orbit tracks grouped by mission day
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for LITE_L1_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
download · from NASA CMR
- Virtual Directory for LITE_L1_1 cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource science-data.larc.nasa.gov/LITE ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/lidar-in-space-technology-experiment-lite-l1-26e31 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/sts64/ceres/lidar_lite_l1.v1.0 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=1bd0f912-388a-455b-85bd-044416e77… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Aerosol Backscatter · Light Detection and Ranging · Space Transport System STS-64
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Space sciences 69%
Provenance · 2 source records, 18 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880706279-LARC_CLOUD | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 1bd0f912-388a-455b-85bd-044416e77577 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5109 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:lidar | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-backscatter | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:sts-64 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |