A joint workshop of the NASA/CNES CALIPSO, NASA/CSA CloudSat and the ESA/JAXA EarthCARE satellite missions will be held in Paris, France, 18-22 June 2012. CALIPSO is a joint NASA/CNES satellite mission and CloudSat a joint NASA/CSA satellite mission. They have been in operation since 2006 as part of the A-Train constellation of satellites. CALIPSO and […]
A reprocessing of the entire POLDER-1/POLDER-2 archive was completed in November 2007 to produce all atmosphere products (Aerosols and Clouds) with the latest generation of science algorithms used to process the PARASOL data, such that a consistent POLDER-1, POLDER-2, and POLDER-3/PARASOL archive is now available. On that occasion, POLDER distribution services for atmosphere products are […]
In March 2009, ICARE celebrates the 4th anniversary of PARASOL successful operations. PARASOL is a microsatellite launched by CNES on December 18, 2004. It carries a wide-field imaging radiometer/polarimeter called POLDER (Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances). PARASOL is part of the A-Train constellation, and contributes to an overall strategy to observe clouds and […]
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite mission is pleased to announce the immediate public release of its version 3.01 cloud and aerosol data products. The new release includes all Level 1 and Level 2 products derived from the Cloud Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) measurements. At present, no new data […]
Image credit: CNES CNES has processed the ScaRaB 4 channels to generate an example of level 1A geolocated data in the solar and thermal channels. ScaRaB (Scanner for Radiation Budget) is a broadband radiometer to measure shortwave and longwave outgoing fluxes at the top of the atmosphere and is one of the 3 radiometric instruments […]
The A-Train satellite constellation brings together a rich array of instruments to better understand Earth’s changing climate and environment. The International Symposium on the A-Train Satellite Constellation 2010 is an opportunity to learn more about the A-Train system and to engage other colleagues with similar interests.
The MADRAS and SAPHIR instruments onboard the Megha-Tropiques satellite have captured their first image on October 15, 2011. The CNES has processed the MADRAS 9 channels and SAPHIR 6 channels to generate geolocated brightness temperature on one orbit. This image is an example taken by the MADRAS instrument (Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and […]
ICARE is pleased to announce the public release of the product suite developed as part of the SODA project, which originates from the collaboration between IPSL/LATMOS, NASA LaRC, and ICARE Data and Services Center: SODA, the optical depth at the CALIPSO/CALIOP 333m native horizontal resolution, SODA_5km, a 5km-averaged SODA product with a thin-cloud/aerosol separation, SODA_L3, […]
CARE’s Users Committee and Chief Scientist organized a meeting on aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions and water cycle. The meeting took place on 8-9 October 2009 at the University Paris 6. The main objective of the meeting was to present the current status of remote sensing of atmospheric variables and processes followed by round table discussions. Four specific […]