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CALIOP  

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  • [Source: NASA CALIPSO Project Home Page, http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/about/payload.php#CALIOP ] The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument on CALIPSO is a two-wavelength polarization-sensitive lidar that provides high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds. CALIOP utilizes three receiver channels: one measuring the 1064 nm backscatter intensity and two channels measuring orthogonally polarized components of the 532 nm backscattered signal. Dual 14-bit digitizers on each channel provide an effective 22-bit dynamic range. The receiver telescope is 1 meter in diameter. A redundant laser transmitter is included in the payload. An active boresight system is employed to maintain co-alignment between the transmitter and the receiver. Ball Aerospace Corporation, developed the instrument. For more information see: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/about/payload.php#CALIOP Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: CALIOP Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Active Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Spectrometers/Radiometers Instrument_Subtype: Lidar/Laser Spectrometers Short_Name: CALIOP Long_Name: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: CALIPSO End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Number_Channels: 2 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 532 nm, End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Near Infrared Number_Channels: 1 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 1064 nm End_Group Online_Resource: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/about/payload.php#CALIOP Sample_Image: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/about/images/payload.jpg Creation_Date: 2007-05-22 Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 316 kbps Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group (en)

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