Journal article
Initial performance assessment of CALIOP
Geophysical research letters, Vol.34(19), pp.L19803-n/a
10/2007
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030135
Abstract
The Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP, pronounced the same as “calliope”) is a spaceborne two‐wavelength polarization lidar that has been acquiring global data since June 2006. CALIOP provides high resolution vertical profiles of clouds and aerosols, and has been designed with a very large linear dynamic range to encompass the full range of signal returns from aerosols and clouds. CALIOP is the primary instrument carried by the Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite, which was launched on April 28, 2006. CALIPSO was developed within the framework of a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency, CNES. Initial data analysis and validation intercomparisons indicate the quality of data from CALIOP meets or exceeds expectations. This paper presents a description of the CALIPSO mission, the CALIOP instrument, and an initial assessment of on‐orbit measurement performance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Initial performance assessment of CALIOP
- Creators
- David M. Winker - Langley Research CenterWilliam H. Hunt - Science Systems and ApplicationsMatthew J. McGill - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geophysical research letters, Vol.34(19), pp.L19803-n/a
- DOI
- 10.1029/2007GL030135
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- eISSN
- 1944-8007
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2007
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984277260502771
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