CATS-ISS Level 1B
Entry Title: CATS-ISS Level 1B Day Mode 7.2 Version 2-08
Entry ID: CATS-ISS_L1B_D-M7.2-V2-08_V2-08
Aerosols Clouds
Description
CATS-ISS_L1B_D-M7.2-V2-08 is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station Level 1B Day Mode 7.2 Version 2-08 data product. The collection spans from March 25, 2015 through October 29, 2017. CATS, which was launched on January 10, 2015, was a lidar remote sensing instrument that provided range-resolved profile measurements of atmospheric aerosols and clouds from the ISS. CATS provides vertical profiles at three wavelengths, orbiting between ~230 and ~270 miles above the Earth's surface at a 51-degree inclination with nearly a three-day repeat cycle. For the first time, scientists were able to study diurnal (day-to-night) changes in cloud and aerosol effects from space by observing the same spot on Earth at different times each day. Level 1B data have been calibrated and annotated with ancillary meteorological data and processed to sensor units.
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Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- CATS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Level 1 and Level 2 Data Products - Release 1.0 - 12 June2015
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CATS
- CATS Data Descriptions by Level
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CATS L1B Products Quality Statements Version 2.08 - 07 July 2017
- CATS L1B Products Quality Statements Version Release: 2.07 - 06 June 2016
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- CATS Data Release Notes L1B Version 2.08 & L2O Version 2.00 - 07 July 2017
- CATS Data Release Notes, L1B Version 2.08, L2O Version 2.00, L2O Version 2.01
PRODUCT USAGE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUDS
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- AEROSOLS
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Aerosol Vertical Extent
- Attenuated Backscatter Profiles
- Cloud Vertical Extent
- Injection Heights
- Volume Depolarization Ratio Profiles
Data Distribution
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2015-03-25 - 2017-10-29