CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Layer

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CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Layer data product. This collection spans from March 25, 2015 to 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. CATS Level 2 Layer data products contain geophysical parameters and are derived from Level 1 data, at 60m vertical and 5km horizontal resolution.

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Name Format Description Link
21 CATS Browse and Granule Availability https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/browse/
21 OPeNDAP data access for CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay_V3-01 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FISS%2FCATS%2FL2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 ASDC Data and Information for CATS https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CATS-ISS
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
33 CATS Data Management System Data Products Catalog https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/docs/CATS_Data_Products_Catalog.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay_V3-01 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1599922052-LARC_ASDC
21 DOI data set landing page for CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay_V3-01 https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay
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
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
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: Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84214/blue-marble-eastern-hemisphere
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
33 CATS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Level 1 and Level 2 Data Products - Release 1.0 - 12 June2015 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/cats/guide/CATS_ATBD.pdf
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay_V3-01 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay/

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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