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

    Metadata Updated: February 21, 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. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025

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    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1621697936-LARC_ASDC
    Data First Published 2018-08-13
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category CATS-ISS, geospatial
    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 f0d5ac2f-070c-4c91-b53b-f6cccf71c342
    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_D-M7.1-V3-01_05kmLay
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -52.0 180.0 52.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c9840ce7142f9f4f99e6b269ed021828341222a25efffb48224648c86fb57aaf
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z/2015-03-21T23:59:59Z

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