EarthCARE observations of stratospheric smoke - ATLID Extinction, Backscatter, Depolarization (A-EBD) in Baseline proto-CA

The ATLID Extinction, Backscatter, Depolariaztion (A-EBD) product (Donovan et al., AMT 2024) is provided for the 17 EarthCARE frames included in the study "The life cycle of a stratospheric smoke plume as seen from EarthCARE – tracking a plume from Canada to Europe" which was submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) by Haarig et al. The pre-operational Baseline proto-CA is applied, which will be released later in 2026 as Baseline CA. Unfortuneately, this baseline name cannot be entered in the usual field for the baseline - therefore it is stated Baseline "AA" - but actually, it is baseline "proto-CA". Please be aware. DISCLAIMER: The present work includes preliminary data (not fully calibrated/validated) of the EarthCARE mission that is developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The analysis has been performed in the context of the EarthCARE Data Innovation & Science Cluster.