| Product Name | Product Definition | Product Units | Spatial Resolution | Temporal Resolution | Coverage Area | Product Format | Period of Product Availability |
| Cloud Type | CloudSat identifies eight basic cloud types: 1) Cirrus (Ci); 2) Altostratus (As); 3) Altocumulus (Ac); 4) Stratus (St); 5) Stratocumulus (Sc); 6) Cumulus (Cu); 7) Nimbostratus (Ns); 8) Deep Convection |
None | Horizontal: ~2.5km along-track by 1.4 km across-track. Vertical: 125 vertical bins, each ~240-m thick and a total vertical window of 30 km | 16-day repeat cycle | Gobal | HDF-EOS (HDF-4)/user selectable binary format | April 28, 2006-present |
| Downwelling long-wave (4-100 µm) and shortwave fluxes (0.2-4 µm), Upwelling long- and shortwave fluxes, Mean and Standard Deviation at the top of the atmosphere and at the surface. |
Radiative Fluxes--Shortwave radiation: Radiant energy with wavelengths between approximately .2 and 4 µm...Longwave radiation: Radiant energy characterized by wavelengths primarily between 4 and 100 µm with a maximum near 10 µm. | W/m2 | Horizontal: ~2.5km along-track by 1.4 km across-track. Vertical: 125 vertical bins, each ~240-m thick and a total vertical window of 30 km | 16-day repeat cycle | Gobal | HDF-EOS (HDF-4)/user selectable binary format | April 28, 2006-present |
| Mean and Standard Deviation longwave total atmospheric radiative heating rate, Mean and Standard Deviation shortwave total atmospheric radiative heating rate. |
Radiative Heating Rates due to the divergence of long and shortwave radiative flux (calculated and includes the effects of clouds and aerosols) | K/day | Horizontal: ~2.5km along-track by 1.4 km across-track. Vertical: 125 vertical bins, each ~240-m thick and a total vertical window of 30 km | 16-day repeat cycle | Gobal | HDF-EOS (HDF-4)/user selectable binary format | April 28, 2006-present |
| Retrieved profile of : 1) Effective Drop Radius; 2) Ice Water Content; 3) Ice Water Path; 4) Ice Number Concentration; 5)Liquid Water Content; 6) Liquid Water Path; 7) Column Droplet Number Density; |
Cloud Micro-physical Properties | 1) µm; 2) µg/m3; 3) µg/m2 ; 4) None; 5) µg/m3; 6) µg/m2; 7) None; |
Horizontal: ~2.5km along-track by 1.4 km across-track. Vertical: 125 vertical bins, each ~240-m thick and a total vertical window of 30 km | 16-day repeat cycle | Gobal | HDF-EOS (HDF-4)/user selectable binary format | April 28, 2006-present |
| 1) Column cloud optical depth 2) Mean cloud droplet effective radius 3) Layer cloud optical depth |
Cloud Optical Properties | 1) None 2) µm 3) None |
Horizontal: ~2.5km along-track by 1.4 km across-track. Vertical: 125 vertical bins, each ~240-m thick and a total vertical window of 30 km | 16-day repeat cycle | Gobal | HDF-EOS (HDF-4)/user selectable binary format | April 28, 2006-present |
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