CALIPSO Search and Sub-setting

Website
Quick Tutorial

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 Login

To gain access to the CALIPSO Search and Sub-setting Tools (www.calipso.larc.nasa.gov/search), the user must log on using their
NASA Langley ASDC user name and password. (These are the same log on credentials that would be used to order any of the
standard CALIPSO data products.) Users who need to set up an account with the NASA Langley ASDC can do so by clicking on
the 'New User Registration' button on the bottom of the page.

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Once you have successfully logged on, you
will see a new page like the one shown to
the right. The three different sections of
this page offer various tools for specifying
the content and temporal and spatial extent
of the subsetted data. The following tools
are available.

Data Product Selection

-Which CALIPSO data product to use.
-Which variables to extract from the file
-Granule types (day, night, both)

Temporal Filtering
-Date range
-Orbit number range

Geospatial Filtering
-Area selected by bounding box; dynamically
from map or inputted by N/S/E/W range.
-Point & radial distance circle
-ESRI defined region

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 Data Product Selection

The user has the ability to select the CALIPSO file type, day and/or night granules, and a down selection of the parameters
available. Parameters have been grouped together based on type, and are listed in the left most window. If no parameters are
selected by the user then a default package (time, position, and other ancillary information) is put into the file. The user must
select the grouping(s) which they want, which are added to the center window. A listing of the parameters selected are then
added to the output file are in the right most window. Users wanting all parameters in the file must select all variable groupings.

Product Type Day, Night, or Both Granules

Which variable Which variable Which variables are

groupings the user groupings have been going to be in the
has the ability to added by the user sub-set file.
extract from the file.

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 Data Product Selection – All Parameters

The example below shows that the user has selected all parameters from the CALIOP Lidar Level 1 data product. Scrolling
down the listing in the right most window will show a list of all parameters that will be included in the subsetted data files.

Product Type Day, Night, or Both Granules

Which variable Which variable Which variables are

groupings the user groupings have been going to be in the
has the ability to added by the user sub-set file.
extract from the file.

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 Data Product Selection – 532nm Calibration

The example below shows that the user has selected 532nm calibration parameters from the CALIOP Lidar Level 1 data
product. The right most window has been scrolled down to show which parameters will be included.

Product Type Day, Night, or Both Granules

Which variable Which variable Which variables are

groupings the user groupings have been going to be in the
has the ability to added by the user sub-set file.
extract from the file.

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 Temporal Filtering

The user has the ability to filter files based on a temporal range, set on day boundaries. The user also can select based on a
CALIPSO orbit number.

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 Geospatial Filtering

The user has the ability to filter files based on a geospatial selection. The user can isolate regions based on a latitude/longitude
box (either set dynamically through the map or set through North/South/East/West bounding points), a point-radial distance
target selection, or pre-defined ESRI regions.

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 Geospatial Filtering – Bounded Box

In this example the user has used their cursor to isolate a region around the Australian continent.

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 Geospatial Filtering – Atlanta, Georgia

In this example the user is looking for all orbits which are within 100 kilometers of Atlanta, Georgia (33.45 N, 84.23 W).

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 Geospatial Filtering – Delaware

In this example the user is looking for all orbits which fall within the U.S. state of Delaware.

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 Ancillary Information

The site also provides the user with the total number of files found for a given search. In the example below a search was done
over the entire mission for those orbits which fall over Europe. The site returned back 21,112 files in 4.18 seconds.

The user also has the ability to provide feedback on the site, either to report problems or to make suggestions.

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 Confirmation and Ordering

Once the user is satisfied with the results of the

search then a confirmation request needs to be made,
using the low left ‘Confirm Request’ button on the
bottom of the page. Once selected the page on the
right should come up. In this example, again
isolating all orbits which are within 100km of
Atlanta, a complete list of files are provided. A link
to the CALIPSO browse image pages are
highlighted in blue next to the file names;
[1][2][3][4]. The search criteria is listed above. The
user also has the ability to save off the a hard copy
of the selected files, in case the user already has the
files locally. The user must select the ‘Submit
Request to ASDC’ button in order to fulfill the sub-
setting order. The user will be prompted with a
message signifying that ASDC has gotten the order
and will be sending to the specified email address.

Once the order has been filled the user will be

provided via email with instructions on how to FTP
the data.

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