The Satellite Borne CALIPSO Lidar and Its Various Applications

The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite is a NASA and French CNES joint satellite program. It was launched in 2006 to provide new insight into the role that clouds and atmospheric aerosols play in regulating Earth’s weather, climate, and air quality. It has a design lifetime of three years and has been operating in space for 16+ years since its launch. A two-wavelength (532 nm and 1064 nm) polarization-sensitive backscatter lidar is a key instrument on board the CALIPSO payload that provides high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds. In this presentation I will give a brief introduction to the CALIPSO lidar and its various applications with a focus on dust transatlantic transport. Co-sponsored by: Ramesh Singh (rsingh@chapman.edu) Speaker(s): Dr. Zhaoyan Liu, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/327676