CALIPSO Earth Observing Unmanned Missions

CALIPSO is a joint U.S. (NASA)/French (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/CNES) mission. Observations from spaceborne lidar, combined with passive imagery, will lead to improved understanding of the role aerosols and clouds play in regulating the Earth’s climate, in particular, how aerosols and clouds interact with one another.

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• Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) - Includes details about the science, satellite, operations, photographs and images.
• Wikipedia - CALIPSO - Includes an overview of the program and summary calipso of specifications.
• Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - CALIPSO - Payload manufacturer. Includes a spacecraft overview and information calipso about the calipso LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument.
• Earth Observatory Library: CALIPSO - Offers an overview of the program, discussion of earth observing science results, and instrument details.
• NASA - CALIPSO - Includes mission news, fact sheets, press kits, and unmanned featured multimedia.

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