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The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) spacecraft is a joint U.S. (NASA) / French (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/CNES) mission that delivered measurements of the vertical structure of the atmosphere for 17 years.

CALIPSO Mission Page

Type

Spaceborne Lidar

Data Center

ASDC

Launch

Apr 28, 2006

Objective

Better understand aerosols and clouds
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Instruments Aboard CALIPSO

Instrument Name Operational Date(s) Spectral Resolution Type of Instrument
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP)

532 nm, 1064 nm

 Altimeters
Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR)

0.6 µm - 1.0 µm

 Spectrometer/Radiometer
Wide Field Camera (WFC)

620-670 nm

 Photon/Optical Detectors

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