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CloudSat Standard Data Products

CloudSat Standard Data Products are distributed by the CloudSat Data Processing Center, located at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Process Description/Interface Control Documents for the Standard Data Products may be obtained here (CloudSat DPC site).

Product ID

Product Name

Responsible Persons

1B-CPR-FL Radar Backscatter Profiles (First-Look) Steve Durden
1B-CPR Radar Backscatter Profiles Steve Durden
2B-GEOPROF Cloud Geometrical Profile Jay Mace
2B-CLDCLASS Cloud Classification Zhien Wang
2B-CWC-RO Cloud Water Content (Radar-only) (includes liquid and ice) Norm Wood
2B-TAU Cloud Optical Depth John Haynes
2B-CWC-RVOD Cloud Water Content (Radar-Visible Optical Depth) (includes liquid and ice) Norm Wood
2B-FLXHR Fluxes and Heating Rates Tristan L'Ecuyer
2B-GEOPROF-LIDAR Radar-Lidar Cloud Geometrical Profile Jay Mace
2B-CLDCLASS-LIDAR Radar-Lidar Cloud Classification Zhien Wang
2B-FLXHR-LIDAR Radar-Lidar Fluxes and Heating Rates Tristan L'Ecuyer
2C-PRECIP-COLUMN Column Integrated Precipitation Retrieval John Haynes
2C-RAIN-PROFILE Range Resolved Precipitation Retreival Matt Lebsock
2C-ICE Ice Microphysical Retrieval Jay Mace
2C-SNOW-PROFILE Range Resolved Snowfall Retrieval Norm Wood
2D-CLOUDSAT-TRMM CloudSat/TRMM Matchups Kwo-Sen Kuo
2D-CLOUDSAT-POES CloudSat/NOAA 15-19 and MetOp-A Matchups Kwo-Sen Kuo
2D-CLOUDSAT-TC CloudSat/Tropical Cyclone Matchups Natalie Tourville