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CloudSat
CloudSat
Measure the vertical structure of clouds from space
Launched in:
2006
Out of service since:
2020
Orbit height:
705 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Exited the A-train 22 Feb 2018,
in standby mode since 27 Aug 2020
CloudSat websites
Information
NASA - CloudSat
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat
NASA JPL - CloudSat
Data ordering
CSA - Open atmospheric data
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat data processing
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat data products
On Board Sensors
CPR (Cloud Profiling Radar)
Information
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat
JAXA - EarthCARE
Data ordering
Colorado State Univ - CloudSat data processing
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 94GHz (SAR-W)
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