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    • CATS-ISS Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 1B Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-00 data product. The collection spans from March 25, 2015 through 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. Level 1B data have been calibrated and annotated with ancillary meteorological data and processed to sensor units.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    CATS Browse and Granule Availability

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1577484487-LARC_ASDC
    Data First Published 2018-08-13
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-08-13
    Category CATS-ISS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation 2019-10-31. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC. https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00. https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CATS-ISS.
    Graphic Preview Description CATS Browse and Granule Availability
    Graphic Preview File https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/browse/
    Harvest Object Id a8367b0b-4971-4655-98bd-9c4f55346a76
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L1B_N-M7.2-V3-00
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -52.0 180.0 52.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0ad9073f91e91c1f413976aacfc7cc1b181ee3218f3d03d1747c2ca6058a086e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z/2017-10-29T23:59:59Z

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