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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ATLID
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Full Name
ATmospheric LIDar
Status
Approved
Instrument Agencies
ESA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Lidars
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Atmospheric lidar
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF5
Measurements and Applications
Derivation of cloud and aerosol properties - Measurement of molecular and particle backscatter in Rayleigh, co-polar and cross-polar Mie channels.
Resolution Summary
300 m horizontal (TBC)
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
Laser at 355 nm
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Aerosols
Aerosol Extinction / Backscatter (column/profile)
Aerosol optical depth (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
Cloud base height
Cloud particle properties and profile
Cloud liquid water (column/profile)
Precipitation Profile (liquid or solid)
Cloud ice (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)
Cloud optical depth
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
Cloud top height
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties
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Cloud Properties
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search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
ESA Future Missions - ESA Future Missions (2008 - 2018)
EarthCARE - EarthCARE (2023 - 2026)
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