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    • CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Profile

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmPro is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Profile data product. This collection spans from March 25, 2015 to 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. CATS Level 2 Layer data products contain geophysical parameters and are derived from Level 1 data, at 60m vertical and 5km horizontal resolution.

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    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 6, 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 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1599922061-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 2018-10-31. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC. https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmPro. 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 24476b47-5e87-420a-87b9-514a2c79901a
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.2-V3-01_05kmPro
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -52.0 180.0 52.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 222862f9e23e20fcfcdb642b168381db855e82610b0a258c53b5c8339f72c111
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z/2017-10-29T23:59:59Z

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