Imaging · collection · 2026
CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 km Native Science data, Standard V4-00
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/wfc/calipso/cal_wfc_l1_1km-standard-v4-00_l1b-004.00
CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Standard-V4-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Wide Field Camera (WFC)Level 1B 1 km Version 4-00 data product.
Description
The primary WFC Level 1B data products are calibrated radiance and bidirectional reflectance registered to an Earth-based grid centered on the Lidar ground track. During normal operation, the WFC acquires science data only during the daylight portions of the CALIPSO orbits.
The 1 km Native Science grid covers the full 61 km swath centered on the Lidar track. CALIPSO was a partnership between NASA and the French Space Agency, CNES. CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 to study the many roles played by clouds and aerosols in Earth’s climate and weather.
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It flew in the international A-Train constellation for coincident Earth observations from launch until September 13, 2018, when CALIPSO began lowering its orbit from 705 km to 688 km (428 miles) above the Earth to resume formation flying with CloudSat as part of the “C-Train”. The CALIPSO satellite carried three remote sensing instruments: the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field-of-View Camera (WFC).
By mutual agreement between NASA and CNES, the CALIPSO science mission concluded on August 1, 2023.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/wfc/calipso/cal_wfc_l1_1km-standard-v4-00_l1b-004.00 ↗
DOI data set landing page for CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Standard-V4-00_V4-00
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CALIPSO Data Products Catalog - Release 5.00 asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/CALIPSO_DPC_Rev5x00.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CALIPSO Data User's Guide - FAQ asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/user_guides/CALIPSO_Data_Users_Guide_FAQ_mod… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Payload asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/user_guides/CALIPSO_Data_Users_Guide_Payload… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/user_guides/CALIPSO_Data_Users_Guide_Peer_Re… ↗
CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Peer Reviewed Bibliography
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- CALIPSO Final Report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20260000771 ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/user_guides/CALIPSO_Data_Users_Guide_Browse_… ↗
CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- How to cite ASDC data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/calipso/quality_summaries/cal_wfc_l1_1Km_v4-00_desc_… ↗
CALIPSO Data Description and Quality Summary – WFC Level 1 1km
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Standard-V4-00_V4-00 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
download · from NASA CMR
- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Standard-V4-00_V4-00
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG asdc.larc.nasa.gov/static/images/project_logos/calipso.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CALIPSO ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource calipso.cnes.fr/fr ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource science.nasa.gov/mission/calipso ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/calipso-wide-field-camera-level-1b-1-km-native-science… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=33269e7f-347a-4de7-a900-52c34c9b1… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Aerosol Radiance · Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations · Infrared Radiance · Reflectance · Visible Radiance · Wide Field Camera
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Imaging 75% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 23 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3964848876-LARC_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 33269e7f-347a-4de7-a900-52c34c9b1b25 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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:engineering | 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:wfc | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/reflectance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/infrared-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths/visible-radiance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:calipso | 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 · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |