The CALIPSO Mission: results and progress

Dave Winker; Yong Hu; Michael Pitts; Melody Avery; Brian Getzewich; Jason Tackett; Chieko Kittaka; Zhaoyan Liu; Mark Vaughan

doi:10.1117/12.864901

26 October 2010 The CALIPSO Mission: results and progress

Dave Winker, Yong Hu, Michael Pitts, Melody Avery, Brian Getzewich, Jason Tackett, Chieko Kittaka, Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan

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Proceedings Volume 7832, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VI; 78320B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864901
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Aerosols and clouds play important roles in Earth's climate system but uncertainties over their interactions and their effects on the Earth energy budget limit our understanding of the climate system and our ability to model it. The CALIPSO satellite was developed to provide new capabilities to observe aerosol and cloud from space and to reduce these uncertainties. CALIPSO carries the first polarization-sensitive lidar to fly in space, which has now provided a four-year record of global aerosol and cloud profiles. This paper briefly summarizes the status of the CALIPSO mission, describes some of the results from CALIPSO, and presents highlights of recent improvements in data products.

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Dave Winker, Yong Hu, Michael Pitts, Melody Avery, Brian Getzewich, Jason Tackett, Chieko Kittaka, Zhaoyan Liu, and Mark Vaughan "The CALIPSO Mission: results and progress", Proc. SPIE 7832, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VI, 78320B (26 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864901

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