The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation
The CloudSat mission and the A-train: a new dimension of space-based observations of clouds and precipitation
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10.1175/bams-83-12-1771
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发表时间：
2002-12
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8
通讯作者：
G. Stephens;D. Vane;R. Boain;G. Mace;K. Sassen;Zhien Wang;A. Illingworth;E. O'connor;W. Rossow
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作者：
G. Stephens;D. Vane;R. Boain;G. Mace;K. Sassen;Zhien Wang;A. Illingworth;E. O'connor;W. Rossow
CloudSat是一项卫星实验，旨在从太空测量云的垂直结构。CloudSat预计将于2004年发射，一旦发射，CloudSat将作为卫星星座（a - train）的一部分在轨道上运行，该星座包括NASA的Aqua和Aura卫星，NASA - CNES激光雷达卫星（CALIPSO）和CNES携带偏振计的卫星（PARASOL）。CloudSat为该星座带来的一个独特功能是能够飞行精确的轨道，使CloudSat雷达的视野与CALIPSO激光雷达足迹和星座的其他测量重叠。这种重叠的精度和近同时性创造了一个独特的多卫星观测系统，用于研究对水文循环至关重要的大气过程。CloudSat在全球范围内提供的云特性垂直剖面填补了研究云与气候之间的反馈机制的一个关键空白。衡量这些利润……
CloudSat is a satellite experiment designed to measure the vertical structure of clouds from space. The expected launch of CloudSat is planned for 2004, and once launched, CloudSat will orbit in formation as part of a constellation of satellites (the A-Train) that includes NASA's Aqua and Aura satellites, a NASA–CNES lidar satellite (CALIPSO), and a CNES satellite carrying a polarimeter (PARASOL). A unique feature that CloudSat brings to this constellation is the ability to fly a precise orbit enabling the fields of view of the CloudSat radar to be overlapped with the CALIPSO lidar footprint and the other measurements of the constellation. The precision and near simultaneity of this overlap creates a unique multisatellite observing system for studying the atmospheric processes essential to the hydrological cycle. The vertical profiles of cloud properties provided by CloudSat on the global scale fill a critical gap in the investigation of feedback mechanisms linking clouds to climate. Measuring these profi...