Initial performance assessment of CALIOP

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作者：

Winker, David M. ^{[1
]}

Hunt, William H.

McGill, Matthew J.

机构：

[1] NASA, Langley Res Ctr, Hampton, VA 23665 USA

[2] Sci Syst & Appl Inc, Hampton, VA USA

[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2007年 / 34卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1029/2007GL030135

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP, pronounced the same as "calliope'') is a spaceborne two-wavelength polarization lidar that has been acquiring global data since June 2006. CALIOP provides high resolution vertical profiles of clouds and aerosols, and has been designed with a very large linear dynamic range to encompass the full range of signal returns from aerosols and clouds. CALIOP is the primary instrument carried by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite, which was launched on April 28, 2006. CALIPSO was developed within the framework of a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency, CNES. Initial data analysis and validation inter-comparisons indicate the quality of data from CALIOP meets or exceeds expectations. This paper presents a description of the CALIPSO mission, the CALIOP instrument, and an initial assessment of on-orbit measurement performance.

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