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CloudSat Data Processing Center (DPC)
The CloudSat DPC is run by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), which is a part of the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State University (CSU).
Raw CloudSat data are collected and QC'd by the US Air Force in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The data are then forwarded to the CloudSat DPC in Fort Collins, Colorado for the production of many science products.
The CloudSat DPC will process standard products and make them available for distribution to the general scientific community.
Experimental products, however, will be produced and archived by individual scientists (list of these products is expected to grow).
Click on a product ID to view Interface Control Documents at the CloudSat DPC
| Product ID |
Description |
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Standard data
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| 1A-AUX |
Auxillary data for navigation altitude assignments, raw CPR data. |
| 1B-CPR |
Calibrated radar reflectivities. |
| 2B-GEOPROF |
Cloud geometric profile - expressed terms of occurrence and reflectivity (significant echoes), also includes (gas) attenuation correction. |
| 2B-CLDCLASS |
Eight classes of cloud type, including precipitation, identification, and likelihood of mixed phase conditions. |
| 2B-TAU |
Cloud optical depth by layer. |
| 2B-LWC |
Cloud Liquid Water Content |
| 2B-IWC |
Cloud Ice Water Content |
| 2B-FLXHR |
Atmospherics Radiative Fluexes and Heating Rates |
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Auxiliary data
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| MODIS-AUX |
MODIS radiances and cloud mask. |
| AN-STATVAR |
Subset along track of forecast model state variables. |
| AN-AMSR |
AMSR-E radiances |
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Selected experimental products
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| Precipitation |
Quantitative precipitation. |
| Cloud phase |
Discrimination of ice and liquid. |
| Cloud microphysics |
Droplet size profiles, number concentrations. |
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