ASDC | CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-00_05kmPro

CATS-ISS Level 2

Entry Title: CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 5 km Profile

Entry ID: CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-00_05kmPro_V3-00

Aerosols Clouds

Description

CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-00_05kmPro is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 5 km Profile data product. This collection spans from March 25, 2015 to 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. CATS Level 2 Layer data products contain geophysical parameters and are derived from Level 1 data, at 60m vertical and 5km horizontal resolution.

DOI

10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-00_05KMPRO

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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

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

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

Aerosol Backscatter
Aerosol Optical Depth
Aerosol Optical Thickness
Cloud Height
Cloud Vertical Distribution

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Spatial Information

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

Locations

AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EASTERN HEMISPHERE EQUATORIAL EURASIA MID-LATITUDE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SAHEL SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TROPICS WESTERN HEMISPHERE OCEANIA ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE LAND SURFACE CONTINENT

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-03-25 - 2017-10-29
Temporal Resolution: 5.92 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