ASDC | CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00

CATS-ISS Level 1B

Entry Title: CATS-ISS Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00

Entry ID: CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00_V3-00

Aerosols Clouds

Description

CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 data product. The collection spans from March 25, 2015 through October 29, 2017. CATS, which was launched on January 10, 2015, was a lidar remote sensing instrument that provided range-resolved profile measurements of atmospheric aerosols and clouds from the ISS.

CATS was intended to operate on-orbit for up to three years. CATS provides 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, scientists were able 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. Level 1B data have been calibrated and annotated with ancillary meteorological data and processed to sensor units.

DOI

10.5067/ISS/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00

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PUBLICATIONS

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUDS
STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED)
AEROSOLS

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

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-52, 52), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-03-25 - 2017-10-29
Temporal Resolution: .051 second

Platforms

Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft

ISS

International Space Station

CATS

Cloud-Aerosol Transport System

LIDAR

Metadata Dates

Created on 2018-08-13

Last updated on 2020-07-23