CALIPSO is a joint U.S. (NASA)/French (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/CNES) mission. Observations from spaceborne lidar, combined with passive imagery, will lead to improved understanding of the role aerosols and clouds play in regulating the Earth’s climate, in particular, how aerosols and clouds interact with one another.
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- NASA - CALIPSO Includes mission news, fact sheets, press kits, and featured multimedia.
- Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Includes details about the science, satellite, operations, photographs and images.
- Earth Observatory Library: CALIPSO Offers an overview of the program, discussion of science results, and instrument details.
- Wikipedia - CALIPSO Includes an overview of the program and summary of specifications.
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - CALIPSO Payload manufacturer. Includes a spacecraft overview and information about the LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument.