CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - CALIPSO -
Full Name Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies NASA, CNES Launch Date 28 Apr 2006
Mission Links mission site | data access portal EOL Date 31 Jul 2023
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 29108 (TLE)
International Designator 2006-016B
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 98.3 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude 685 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications 3-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Measurements of aerosol and cloud properties for climate predictions, using a 3 channel lidar and passive instruments in formation with CloudSat for coincident observations of radiative fluxes and atmospheric state.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols CALIOP
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature CALIOP, IIR, WFC
Cloud particle properties and profile CALIOP
Atmospheric Temperature Fields CALIOP
Mission Instruments
CALIOP - Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
IIR - Imaging Infrared Radiometer
WFC - Wide Field Camera
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 84 )
CALIPSO IIR Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 1B Radiance, Standard V2-00
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 1B Radiance, Standard V2-01
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer Level 1B Radiance data, Provisional V1-13
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-20
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-21
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-51
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-20
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-21
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-51

Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 7 results: browser , table )
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CPR Cloud Properties DARDAR-CLOUD L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CPR Cloud Properties DARDAR-CLOUD L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CALIOP Aerosol Properties SODA L3 (daily). CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CALIOP Aerosol Properties SODA L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:

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