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Campaign Summary Information

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY INFORMATION

Campaign Details
Name: CALIPSO & CloudSat Validation Experiment
Dates: July 24 - Aug 14 2006
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, & Eastern USA
Principal Investigators: Dr. Trepte (NASA LaRC) & Dr. Mace (UU-Met)
Additional Sensors: APS, CPL, CRS, Reveal, VIS
Objective: CALIPSO & CloudSat Satellite Validation

Processing Information
Flights Processed: 13 of 14
Total Flight Tracks:
Total Scanlines:
Level-1B Version: #1
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: CC-VEX ARC 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: None
Status: Level-1B Data in HDF format is available.

Spectral Information
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

Level-1B Data Distribution
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data Center
NASA Distributive Active Archive Centers (DAACs)

CC-VEX Missions
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July 2006
13 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-610
19 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-611
26 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-612
28 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-613
30 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-614
31 Jul 2006
Flight: 06-615
August 2006
02 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-616
03 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-617
08 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-618
10 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-619
11 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-620
12 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-621
13 Aug 2006
Flight: 06-622
Satellite Overpasses
Satellite Date Time Flight: Track
CALIPSO / CloudSat 7/26/2006 19:15 06-612: 12
CALIPSO / CloudSat 7/28/2006 18:48 06-613:  5
CALIPSO / CloudSat 7/30/2006 18:36 06-614:  8
CALIPSO / CloudSat 7/31/2006 19:16 06-615:  7
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/02/2006 19:08 06-616:  5
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/03/2006 19:49 06-617: 11
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/08/2006 07:29 06-618:  2
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/10/2006 07:18 06-619:  6
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/11/2006 08:00 06-620:  4
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/12/2006 07:05 06-621:  7
CALIPSO / CloudSat 8/13/2006 18:49 06-622:  6
Related Web Sites
Official CALIPSO Home Page
Official CloudSat Home Page
NASA Suborbital Science Program

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CC-VEX

Sample Image
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Flight: 06-614, Track: #08
Satellite overpass @18:36
Click to load the full resolution image Flight: Direction Indicator
R: 2.14µm
G: 1.61µm
B: 0.55µm

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