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CALIPSO is a joint NASA (USA) and CNES (France) environmental satellite which was launched atop a Delta II rocket on April 28, 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).
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- Calypso music
- CALIPSO – "Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations", NASA/CNES satellite
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CALIPSO
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 the Aqua satellite.
- 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.
See also
External links
- CALIPSO Outreach
- CALIPSO and the A Train
- The CALIPSO page at NASA
- The CALIPSO page at French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
- CALIPSO Mission Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- CALIPSO results in five to ten years
Meteorological, EOS, and GIS Remote Sensing Observation Systems (Earth orbit) | |
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| Historical and defunct systems | ERS |
Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of African slaves, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Formed 29 July 1958
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Motto: For the Benefit of All[1]
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Agency overview
Formed 29 July 1958
Headquarters Washington D.C.
Annual Budget $16.
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Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Motto: For the Benefit of All[1]
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Agency overview
Formed 29 July 1958
Headquarters Washington D.C.
Annual Budget $16.
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Motto: For the Benefit of All[1]
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Agency overview
Formed 29 July 1958
Headquarters Washington D.C.
Annual Budget $16.
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Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris.
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Delta II
A Delta II rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite
Fact sheet
Function Launch vehicle
Manufacturer United Launch Alliance (Boeing IDS)
Country of origin USA
Cost per launch (1987) $36.
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A Delta II rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite
Fact sheet
Function Launch vehicle
Manufacturer United Launch Alliance (Boeing IDS)
Country of origin USA
Cost per launch (1987) $36.
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April 28 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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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. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and
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Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and Aqua (launched
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CloudSat is a NASA Earth observation satellite, which was launched on a Delta II rocket on April 28, 2006. It uses a radar to measure the altitude and properties of clouds, adding to information on the relationship between clouds and climate to help resolve questions about global
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For other uses, see Parasol (disambiguation).
PARASOL is a French built Earth observing research satellite. It carries an instrument called POLDER which studies the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds and aerosols...... Click the link for more information.
LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures properties of scattered light to find range and/or other information of a distant target. The prevalent method to determine distance to an object or surface is to use laser pulses.
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Aerosol technically refers to airborne solid particles (also called dust or particulate matter (PM)) or liquid droplets. In casual language, aerosol refers to an aerosol spray can or the output of such a can.
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cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets, frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body, such as a moon. (Clouds can also occur as masses of material in interstellar space, where they are called interstellar clouds and
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Cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals and are characterized by thin, wisplike strands, often accompanied by tufts. Sometimes these wispy clouds are so extensive that they are virtually indistinguishable from one another, forming a veil or sheet called "cirrostratus".
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The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth.
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The iris hypothesis is a theory proposed by Prof. Richard Lindzen in 2001 [1] that suggested increased sea surface temperature in the tropics would result in reduced cirrus clouds and thus more infrared radiation leakage from Earth's atmosphere.
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March 11
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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. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and
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European Remote-Sensing satellite (ERS) was the European Space Agency's first Earth-observing satellite. It was launched on July 17, 1991 into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at a height of 782–785 km.
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