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Calipso (LIDAR in space) Data during DODO Flight B237 over Ocean off Mauritanian Coast 22 nd August 2006.

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1 Calipso (LIDAR in space) Data during DODO Flight B237 over Ocean off Mauritanian Coast 22 nd August 2006

2 CALIPSO FACTS CALIPSO = Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations –CALIOP – Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization – high resolution vertical profiles of aerosol & cloud –Wide Field Camera –IIR – Imaging Infrared Radiometer – Ci cloud emissivity & particle size Launched 28 th April 2006 Horizontal Resolution = 5km Vertical Resolution = 60m

3 EUMETSAT 1200UTC 1730UTC

4 6ºS6ºS 33ºN P2 P6+ P7 P2 P6/7 Aerosol Scattering (Aircraft) 0km 7km 0km 5km 25km ~17ºN, 17 ºW ~19ºN, 17 ºW LIDAR total attenuated backscatter, 532nm


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