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The CALIPSO Mission
- Source :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 91:1211-1230
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- American Meteorological Society, 2010.
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Abstract
- Aerosols and clouds have important effects on Earth's climate through their effects on the radiation budget and the cycling of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface. Limitations in our understanding of the global distribution and properties of aerosols and clouds are partly responsible for the current uncertainties in modeling the global climate system and predicting climate change. The CALIPSO satellite was developed as a joint project between NASA and the French space agency CNES to provide needed capabilities to observe aerosols and clouds from space. CALIPSO carries CALIOP, a two-wavelength, polarization-sensitive lidar, along with two passive sensors operating in the visible and thermal infrared spectral regions. CALIOP is the first lidar to provide long-term atmospheric measurements from Earth's orbit. Its profiling and polarization capabilities offer unique measurement capabilities. Launched together with the CloudSat satellite in April 2006 and now flying in formation with the A-train satellite constellation, CALIPSO is now providing information on the distribution and properties of aerosols and clouds, which is fundamental to advancing our understanding and prediction of climate. This paper provides an overview of the CALIPSO mission and instruments, the data produced, and early results.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
Thermal infrared
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Meteorology
Satellite constellation
Climate change
010501 environmental sciences
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
Lidar
Atmospheric measurements
Early results
13. Climate action
Global distribution
Radiation budget
Environmental science
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15200477 and 00030007
- Volume :
- 91
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........39fda3b47c5861eb6c0a04d04b3e4dbd