The CALIPSO mission: spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds
The CALIPSO mission: spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds
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10.1117/12.466539
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2003-03
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D. Winker;J. Pelon;M. McCormick;N. Langley
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作者：
D. Winker;J. Pelon;M. McCormick;N. Langley
目前，气溶胶和云层对地球辐射预算的影响的不确定性限制了我们对气候系统和全球气候变化可能性的了解。CALIPSO卫星将使用主动激光雷达和被动仪器来提供气溶胶和云的垂直剖面及其特性，这将有助于解决这些不确定性。CALIPSO将与EOS Aqua和CloudSat卫星以及Aqua星座的其他卫星一起编队飞行。获得同时和一致的观测将使CALIPSO的观测与其他平台的补充观测相结合，从而实现许多协同增效作用。具体地说，CALIPSO激光雷达和CloudSat雷达的云观测将是互补的，共同涵盖大气中发现的各种云，从薄卷云到深对流云。CALIPSO是在美国国家航空航天局和国家空间研究中心的合作框架内开发的，计划于2004年发射。
Current uncertainties in the effects of aerosols and clouds on the Earth radiation budget limit our understanding of the climate system and the potential for global climate change. The CALIPSO satellite will use an active lidar together with passive instruments to provide vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds and their properties which will help address these uncertainties. CALIPSO will fly in formation with the EOS Aqua and CloudSat satellites and the other satellites of the Aqua constellation. The acquisition of simultaneous and coincident observations will allow numerous synergies to be realized by combining CALIPSO observations with complementary observations from other platforms. In particu-lar, cloud observations from the CALIPSO lidar and the CloudSat radar will be complementary, together encompassing the variety of clouds found in the atmosphere, from thin cirrus to deep convective clouds. CALIPSO is being developed within the framework of a collaboration between NASA and CNES and is scheduled for launch in 2004.