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    • CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.1 Version 3-01 5 km Layer

    Metadata Updated: August 29, 2025

    CATS-ISS_L2O_D-M7.1-V3-01_05kmLay is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 2 Operational Day Mode 7.1 Version 3-01 5 km Layer data product. This collection spans from February 20, 2015 to March 21, 2015. 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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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.1-V3-01_05kmLay
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 5779326c-521f-4990-b295-f3681425c94e
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://cats.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/docs/CATS_Data_Products_Catalog.pdf
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"Boundary":{"Points":{"Latitude":-90,"Longitude":-180},{"Latitude":-90,"Longitude":180},{"Latitude":90,"Longitude":180},{"Latitude":90,"Longitude":-180},{"Latitude":-90,"Longitude":-180}}}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d31d7c54342da0e99085d10e1b6d48f3f68376cbbff731ad4c9b543d572c79c3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2015-02-10/2015-02-10

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