ABI-CALIOP Collocation Index (11/2017 - 10/2018)

ABI-CALIOP Collocation Index (11/2017 - 10/2018) This is an introduction to the collocated data of ABI and CALIOP from 11/2017 to 10/2018. The data files are saved in the format of Hierarchical Data Format, version 5. Table of Contents Brief Description Data Generation Process List of Variables References Brief Description Dataset includes: index_abi_calipso.tar.gz: the collocated ABI-CALIPSO index in a compressed folder. goesr_16_static_hkm.h5, goesr_16_static_hkm.h5, goesr_16_static_hkm.h5: The static files used to generate collocated index. Please see section 'Data Generation Process'. Time range: Nov. 01 2017 - Nov. 30 2017 Number of ABI-CALIOP collocated granules: 7,034 Storage size of ABI-CALIOP collocated index: 8 GB File name manner: Example: Ind_CAL_2018-05-24T21-53-19ZD_ABI_G16.h5 '2018-05-24T21-53-19ZD': The starting timestamp of the corresponding CALIPSO granule collection Data Generation Process Download CALIPSO data Source: Earth Data NASA GOV Product names: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer (CLayer), V4-20 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Cloud Layer (CLayer), V4-20 Time span: 11/01/2017 - 11/30/2017 Get ABI static data goesr_16_static_hkm.h5 goesr_16_static_1km.h5 goesr_16_static_2km.h5 Execute index generation Use Python to execute the code List of variables Please see ABI-CALIPSO_variables.txt for the full list of variables References Software of VIIRS-CALIPSO collection: https://github.com/AI-4-atmosphere-remote-sensing/satellite_collocation/tree/main/examples