Array · collection · 2026
CALIPSO-CloudSat-MODIS 25KM quantification of aerosol-cloud interactions
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/satcorps/caliop_cloudsat_modis_25km_l3.1.0
The dataset consists of a collection of satellite retrievals from Aqua-MODIS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO used in Li et al. (2026) for the period from June 2006 until December 2017.
Description
The data include cloud (cloud droplet density, cloud particle radius, cloud fraction, cloud optical depth, cloud top height, cloud top temperature, cloud top pressure, liquid water path, precipitation fraction), and aerosol properties (aerosol optical depth and aerosol extinction coefficient).
Aqua-MODIS cloud retrievals are taken from pixel-level CERES Edition 4 products (Minnis et al., 2020). CloudSat cloud properties correspond to 2B-GEOPROF Release 05 product. CALIPSO aerosol properties are derived following the algorithm described in Painemal et al. (2019), and CALIPSO cloud top height is taken from CALIPSO version 4.2 product (LID_L2_01kmCLay-Standard product).
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Cloud observations are limited to samples with liquid cloud tops below 3km, whereas aerosol properties follow the description of Li et al., (2026). All the different products are collocated along the CALIPSO ground track, using a along-track resolution of 25 km, for the non-polar ocean (between 60˚S and 60˚N). Each individual file contains daytime overpass, totaling 3466 files for the analysis period.
References Li, Z., Painemal, D., Feng, Y., and Zheng, X. (2026). Advancing the quantification of aerosol-cloud interactions estimated from the CALIPSO-CloudSat-Aqua/MODIS record, Atmos., Chem and Phys. Minnis, P., Sun-Mack, S., Yost, C. R., Chen, Y., Smith Jr., W. L., Heck P.W., Arduini, R. F., Bedka, S. T., Yi Y., Hong, G., Jin, Z., Painemal, D., Palikonda, R., Scarino, B., Spangenberg, D. A., Smith, R. A., Trepte, Q. Z., Yang, P., and Xie, Y.: CERES MODIS cloud product retrievals for Edition 4, Part I: Algorithm changes, IEEE Trans.
Geosci. Remote Sens., doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.3008866, 2020. Painemal, D., Clayton, M., Ferrare, R., Burton, S., Josset, D., and Vaughan, M.: Novel aerosol extinction coefficients and lidar ratios over the ocean from CALIPSO–CloudSat: evaluation and global statistics, Atmos.
Meas. Tech., 12, 2201–2217, doi:10.5194/amt-12-2201-2019, 2019.
Links
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- Resource doi.org/10.5067/satcorps/caliop_cloudsat_modis_25km_l3.1.0 ↗
DOI data set landing page for CALIOP_CLOUDSAT_MODIS_25KM_1.0
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CALIOP_CLOUDSAT_MODIS_25KM ATBD asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/satcorps/ATBD/Merged_CloudSat_CALIPSO_MODIS_aerosolc… ↗
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4191526515-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
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- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C4191526515-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for CALIOP_CLOUDSAT_MODIS_25KM_1.0
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Earthdata Search for CALIOP_CLOUDSAT_MODIS_25KM_1.0 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/calipso-cloudsat-modis-25km-quantification-of-aerosol-… ↗
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Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4191526515-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=8b9633e0-154a-4383-ac0d-10fcdc74c… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4191526515-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Aerosol Extinction · Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations · Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization · Cloud Fraction · Cloud Height · Cloud Liquid Water/Ice · CloudSat · CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar · Cloud Top Height · Cloud Top Pressure · Cloud Top Temperature · Earth Observing System, Aqua · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer · Rain Water Path · Uv Aerosol Optical Depth
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 73%
Provenance · 2 source records, 30 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4191526515-LARC_CLOUD | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 8b9633e0-154a-4383-ac0d-10fcdc74c18b | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| 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:caliop | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:cloudsat-cpr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-extinction | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-optical-depth-thickness/uv-aerosol-optical-depth | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-liquid-water-ice | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-fraction | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-pressure | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/precipitation-profiles/rain-water-path | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:aqua | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:calipso | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:cloudsat | 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 · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@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 · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |