CALIPSO - Atmospheric Arcade

Concept Animations
(Click on the images to view the animation. Some graphics and concepts courtesy of NASA Fact Sheets.)

Atmospheric Aerosols Book What are aerosols? How are aerosols made? How do they affect climate? Find out with this interactive book.
Atmospheric Crossword Puzzle Can you complete the entire crossword puzzle when given definitions for atmospheric terms? Download the PDF version of the Atmospheric Crossword Puzzle: puzzle, questions, answers.
Sun Photometer Simulator This interactive model of the Sun Photometer simulates the function of a real instrument. Taking measurements with the Sun Photometer simply requires aligning the sunlight on the LED, using the external guides, and measuring the corresponding voltage with a voltmeter. Adjust the slider controls for the desired conditions.
Atmospheric Trivia Game Test your atmospheric trivia with this three-level game.
Changes in Atmospheric Optical Depth What is optical depth? How does a volcanic eruption change optical depth? Find out in this animation.
Cloud Match Game& About Clouds Play a cloud "memory" game. Don't forget to go through the tutorial on the ten main cloud types. Download the PDF version of the Cloud Match Game. Print, cut, and then play on your own.
The Greenhouse Effect Find out how the greenhouse effect works.
Layers of the Atmosphere How high is it? Play a game to place different objects into the correct atmospheric layer.
The Light Spectrum This animation is an interactive diagram of the light spectrum. Also, find out what part of the spectrum human eyes see and why.
LITE Data MPG Movie LITE data showing aerosol and cloud profiles extending from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean is the subject for this movie. The yellow streaks are back trajectories of the aerosols showing the origin of these pollution plumes. In the figure, deep blue indicates clear sky, white indicates clouds, and warm colors (green, yellow, orange, and red) indicate aerosols. Movie #1 - File size: 17.1MB Movie #2 - File size: 2.08MB	Movie courtesy of the LITE team.
What is LIDAR? View a slide PowerPoint animation about how lidar works. Scroll through the slides to see the animation. The file size is 165K.


NASA Langley Research Center	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales	Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.	Institut Pierre Simon Laplace	Hampton University

CALIPSO is a collaboration between NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), the French space agency CNES, Hampton University, the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. The primary roles and contributions of these partners can be found at http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov. This mission is part of NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program, a series of missions designed to examine critical issues in Earth system science.