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