ASDC | CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V2-05

CATS-ISS Level 1B

Entry Title: Cloud-Aerosol Transport System Level 1B M7.2 Night

Entry ID: CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V2-05_V2-05

Aerosols Clouds

Description

The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), launched on January 10 2015, is a lidar remote sensing instrument that will provide range-resolved profile measurements of atmospheric aerosols and clouds from the International Space Station (ISS). CATS is intended to operate on-orbit for at least six months, and up to three years.

CATS will provide vertical profiles at three wavelengths, orbiting between ~230 and ~270 miles above the Earth's surface at a 51-degree inclination with nearly a three-day repeat cycle. For the first time, it will allow scientist to study diurnal (day-to-night) changes in cloud and aerosol effects from space by observing the same spot on Earth at different times each day.

L1B data that have been calibrated, annotated with ancillary meteorological data, and processed to sensor units.

DOI

10.5067/ISS/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V2-05

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

CATS project home page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Data and Information for CATS

PRODUCT USAGE

CATS Data Release Notes, L1B Version 2.08, L2O Version 2.00, L2O Version 2.01

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog Release 7.0
CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog, Release 6.0

PUBLICATIONS

NASA Earth Observatory Article: A Slice of Cirrus

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Dust and Clouds Dance Over the Sahara

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Nighttime View of Raung Volcanic Plume

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUDS
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
AEROSOLS

Aerosol Vertical Extent
Attenuated Backscatter Profiles
Cloud Vertical Extent
Injection Heights
Volume Depolarization Ratio Profiles

Data Distribution

Current Products

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -52, N: 52), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

SOUTHERN OCEAN

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-03-25 - 2015-09-01

Platforms

Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft

ISS

International Space Station

CATS

Cloud-Aerosol Transport System

Metadata Dates

Created on 2015-09-25

Last updated on 2018-05-03