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CALIPSO
CALIPSO is a NASA environmental satellite which is scheduled for launch atop a Delta II rocket on April 25, 2006. Its name stands for "Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations." It will actively (by laser) measure aerosols and clouds 24 hours a day. CALIPSO will fly in formation in the "A Train" with several other satellites (Aqua, Aura, CloudSat and the French PARASOL). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the Main Page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1215, 414 KB) Beschreibung Artist Concept of the CALIPSO Satellite Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1215, 414 KB) Beschreibung Artist Concept of the CALIPSO Satellite Source: http://www. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Delta II rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite The Boeing IDS Delta II family of launch vehicles has been in service since 1989. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. ... Aura spacecraft Aura is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earths ozone, air quality and climate. ... CloudSat - artist concept CloudSat is a NASA environmental satellite, which is scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket on April 21 2006. ... PARASOL is a French built Earth observing research satellite. ...
Instruments
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) - a lidar that provides high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds.
Wide Field Camera (WFC) - a modified version of the commercial off-the-shelf Ball Aerosopace CT-633 star tracker camera. It was selected to match band 1 of the MODIS instrument on Aqua.
Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) - used to detect cirrus cloud emissivity and particle size. The CALIOP is aligned with the center of the IIR image to optimize joint CALIOP/IIR observations.
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CALIPSO combines an active lidar instrument with passive infrared and visible imagers to probe the vertical structure and properties of thin clouds and aerosols over the globe.
CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary and together provide new, never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate.
CALIPSO is a joint U.S. and French (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales/CNES) satellite mission with an expected 3 year lifetime.
The climatology satellite Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) left Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), plant in Cannes (southern France) during the night of May 18 for transport to the Vandenberg Air Force Base and spaceport in California.
Calipso will help scientists understand the Earth's climatic system and predict global changes, an ability limited until now by uncertainty about the radiation impact of clouds and aerosols.
Calipso is part of a global climate study program and will be flying in formation with two American missions, Aqua and Cloudsat, along with the French microsatellite, Parasol.
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