CATS-ISS Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00

Description

CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 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 was intended to operate on-orbit for up to three years. 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/docs/CATS_Data_Products_Catalog.pdf
33 CATS Data Release Notes, L1B Version 2.08, L2O Version 2.00, L2O Version 2.01 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/quality_summaries/CATS_Release_Notes6_v2.pdf
21 ASDC Data and Information for CATS https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CATS-ISS
21 OPeNDAP data access for CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00_V3-00 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00/contents.html
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00_V3-00 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00/
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84214/blue-marble-eastern-hemisphere
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 CATS L1B Products Quality Statements Version 2.08 - 07 July 2017 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/quality_summaries/CATS_QS_L1B_2.08.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00_V3-00 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1577484487-LARC_ASDC
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Dust and Clouds Dance Over the Sahara https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84400/dust-and-clouds-dance-over-the-sahara
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: Nighttime View of Raung Volcanic Plume https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86286/nighttime-view-of-raung-volcanic-plume
21 NASA Earth Observatory Article: A Slice of Cirrus https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86218/a-slice-of-cirrus
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FISS%2FCATS%2FL1B_N-M7.2-V3-00
33 CATS Data Release Notes L1B Version 2.08 & L2O Version 2.00 - 07 July 2017 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/quality_summaries/CATS_Release_Notes6.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00_V3-00 https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00
33 CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog Release 7.0 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/guide/CATS_Data_Products_Catalog_R7.0.pdf
21 CATS Browse and Granule Availability https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/browse/
33 CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog, Release 6.0 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/guide/CATS_Data_Products_Catalog_R6.0.pdf

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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