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Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
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CALIPSO IN THE A-TRAIN
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The Franco-American CALIPSO mission (Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) was selected by the NASA for the Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) program to supply a unique data set of atmosphere vertical profiles measured by a Lidar on-board a satellite. |
The CALIPSO satellite, which uses a PROTEUS platform, has a payload composed of one backscattering Lidar, main instrument equiped of a 1 meter telescope, a visible camera, and an infrared imager provided by CNES. |
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Latest update 01/02/2008
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Since November 28, 2007 19:24:20 UTC, Calipso has definitively changed its tilt (pitch from 0,3° to 3°) following tests performed from November 6 to 15, 2006 and from August 21 to September 7 2007.
To insure the best possible footpring overlap, Cloudsat has modified its position with respect to Calipso by moving 5 secondes away ahead of Calipso.
New A-Train phasing
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January 2008
CALIPSO level 2 Lidar products are available at ASDC (Atmospheric Science Data Center). |
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October 2007
A-Train Lille Symposium 2007" Lille (France) from October 22 to 25, 2007. The goal of this ... |
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June, 2007
1st CALIPSO Exploitation Review at CNES Toulouse |
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April 28, 2007
CALIPSO first successful year! Preliminary results |
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January 2007
Examples of level 1 qualified products from the Infrared Imager ... |
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