Cloud Physics Lidar Level 1 & 2 Data Products from the GLOVE Field Campaign

The 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 CPL onboard the NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft in support of the Goddard Space Flight Center's Lidar Observation and Validation Experiment (GLOVE) field campaign. The main goals of GLOVE were to validate atmospheric data products from the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) and the Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite missions. GLOVE was based out of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The dataset files are available in HDF-5 format from February 03 to 20, 2025. A user's guide, with file formats, is included in this repository as a pdf file.