GOES-R PLT Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL)

The GOES-R PLT Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) dataset consists of backscatter coefficient, lidar depolarization ratio, layer top/base height, layer type, particulate extinction coefficient, ice water content, and layer/cumulative optical depth data collected from the Cloud Physics LiDAR instrument flown aboard the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) field campaign. The GOES-R PLT field campaign supported post-launch L1B and L2+ product validation of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The CPL instrument is a multi-wavelength backscatter LiDAR that provides multi-wavelength measurements of cirrus clouds and aerosols with high temporal and spatial resolution. Data files are available from April 13, 2017 through May 14, 2017 in HDF-5 format with layer information in ASCII text files. Browse imagery files in GIF format are also available.

GOES-R PLT云物理激光雷达（CPL）数据集包含从搭载于NASA ER-2高空飞机上的云物理激光雷达仪器收集的散射系数、激光雷达去偏振比、层顶/底高度、层类型、颗粒物消光系数、冰水含量以及层/累积光学深度数据。该数据集是在GOES-R发射后测试（PLT）野外考察期间收集的。GOES-R PLT野外考察旨在支持发射后L1B和L2+产品的高级基线成像仪（ABI）和地球静止闪电测绘仪（GLM）的产品验证。CPL仪器是一种多波长后向散射激光雷达，能够以高时间和空间分辨率提供卷云和气溶胶的多波长测量。数据文件以HDF-5格式提供，从2017年4月13日至2017年5月14日，层信息以ASCII文本文件形式提供。此外，还提供了GIF格式的浏览图像文件。