CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Cloud-Aerosol Transport System
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Lidars 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Atmospheric lidar
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-5
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Measurements and Applications
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cloud and aerosol lidar profiling
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Resolution Summary
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60 m vertical by 350 horizontal, from 0 - 30 km
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Swath Summary
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350 m along-track
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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532 and 1064 nm (polarization sensing at both)
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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