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The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), launched in January of 2015, is a lidar remote sensing instrument that provides range-resolved profile measurements of atmospheric aerosols and clouds from the International Space Station.

Instrument Type

Profilers/Sounders

Instrument Subtype

Lidar/Laser Sounders

Specifications

Resolution

Spectral

532, 1064 nm

Temporal

5.92 sec, .74 sec

30 m - < 100 m

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