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Release Number Data Sets Description of Revision
DPC Release 3.0
PDF: Size ~2.4 MB
June 2009
  • CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-00
  • Added new Level 2 parameters, layer top pressure, layer base pressure, layer mid-point pressure, layer top temperature, and layer base temperature to tables.
  • Added new parameters to both the cloud and aerosol profiles. These include extinction QC flags, CAD scores, re-worked atmospheric volume description array, column optical depths for cloud, aerosol, and stratospheric layers, and intial lidar ratios for all cloud, aerosol, and stratospheric subtypes.
  • Added orbit number and path number in file metadata record.
  • Added "single shot cloud cleared fraction" to 5-km cloud and aerosol layer products.
  • Added column optical depths to layer products.
  • Added 1064 nm column optical depths to profile products.
  • Deleted the "fixed lidar ratio" aerosol profile products.
  • The IGBP max value needed to be updated.
  • Updated link in section 4.6.
  • Added an opacity flag to the 1/3 km and 1 km cloud layer products.
  • Remove fixed lidar ratio layer products.
  • Modified pages 6-7 such that the text in reflects the lidar level 1 version naming convention.
  • Adjusted spacing for content to fit on one page.
DPC Release 2.4
PDF: Size ~3 MB
December 2007
  • CAL_IIR_L2-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Beta-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_40kmAProCal-Beta-V2-01
  • CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V2-01
  • CAL_WFC_L1_125m-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-Prov-V1-10
  • Modified Lidar Level 2 data products to include extinction QC flags at both 532 and 1064 nm.
  • Added Column Reflectances to the Lidar Level 1 Data Products.
  • Added relative humidity, surface wind speeds, tropopause height, and temperature to the Level 1 Data Products.
  • Added "Lidar Reflectance" (aka "lidar albedo") to the Lidar Level 2 Data Products
  • Added Feature Finder Quality Flags, V02
  • Updated entire document to make all sections consistent.
  • Updated the contents of Lidar Level 1B and calibration output files.
  • Updated Section 4.3 to reference the GEOS version. All metadata table records using this information was updated.
  • Added new parameter, "Lidar_Data_Altitude" to layer products. Added UTC to cloud and aerosol profile products. Added tropopause height and tropopause temperature to the cloud and aerosol profile products.
  • Added the Spacecraft_Position to the Lidar Level 2 layer and vertical feature mask products.
DPC Release 2.3
PDF: Size ~3.3 MB
December 2006
  • CAL_IIR_L2-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-11
  • CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V1-20
  • CAL_WFC_L1_125m-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Prov-V1-10
  • CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-Prov-V1-10
  • Update IIR Level 2 tables in Section 2.8
  • Added UTC time to tables in Section 2.1 - 2.4, 2.7, 5.1 - 5.3

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