CALIPSO L2 data - Help

[BARONI, T. <T.B...@nu...>]

Hello there!

My name is Thaize and I'm a PhD student from NUIG, Ireland
I'm part of the C-CAPS group and currently, I'm working with CALIPSO data
I found ccplot and used it at the very beginning of my PhD... it was really useful!
However now, I have to do some plots on my own and I'm kind of stuck
I don't really have any question about ccplot, but about CALIPSO data itself (L2 especially)
Could you help me, please?
I don't know very well how to read and interpret CALIOP L2 Integrated Attenuated Backscatter data...I mean, the data itself (the rows and columns)
I read the CALIPSO documentation several times but I still don't understand how it works...Could you please explain it to me?
The dimensions (number of columns and rows) between lat/lon, Integrated Attenuated Backscatter 532/1064 and Altitude, for example, are different and I don't get why
This doesn't happen with L1 and L1.5 data...
I'm sorry if this is a basic question and it's not directly related with ccplot, but as I said, I'm struggling with it for ages now. I'd really appreciate any help or explanation you could provide!

Thank you very much for your attention

Cheers

Thaize