CALIPSO - Text Resources

CALIPSO's 'First Light' Data
View the PDF that shows some of the first data collected and analyzed. The plots arranged in this PDF can be placed end-to-end starting at the top graph and moving down. The map shows the ground track, which is the location where the data was taken. In the first plot the satellite is near 60 N heading south. Near 8 N there is a layer near 20 km which we believe is the plume from Soufriere Hills Volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The dome collapse May 20 sent ash clouds 55,000 feet into the atmosphere. A large polar stratospheric cloud can be seen above Antarctica.

An Example of the
CALIPSO 'First Light' Data

CALIPSO and CloudSat Press Kit for Launch

The GLOBE Aerosols Protocol
The CALIPSO Mission and the GLOBE Program have developed an Aerosols Protocol for use by teachers and students. Download the PDF document and use this in conjunction with the CALIPSO Sunphotometer.

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CALIPSO One-Page Summary Sheet
A one-page summary of the CALIPSO mission and websites.

NASA Fact Sheets
NASA publishes fact sheets on many topics for educational use. Fact Sheets related to the CALIPSO mission are posted and available in FlashPaper and PDF.

CALIPSO Packet released by CNES, the French Space Agency
This PDF created by CNES is a great overview of the CALIPSO mission and the general science concepts related to CALIPSO.

"To the A-Train", Article about CALIPSO and CloudSat by Aviation Weekly

Publications
Publications and references related to the CALIPSO mission are listed here.

Recommended Books on Clouds and Weather

Title	Author	ISBN #
The Weather Sky	Bruce McMillan	0-374-38261-1
Clouds & Storms	National Audubon Society Pocket Guide	0-679-77999-X
Clouds & Weather	Peterson First Guides / John A. Day/Vincent J. Schaefer	0-395-90663-6
Earth from Above	Claire L. Parkinson	0-935702-41-5
The Weather Wizards Cloud Book	Louis D. Rubin, Sr. & Jim Duncan	0-912697-10-5
Simple Weather Experiments with Everyday Materials	Muriel Mandell	0-8069-7295-5
All About the Weather	Ivan R. Tannehill	Random House
Clouds in a Glass of Beer	Craig F. Bohren	0-486-41738-7
Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth	Art Sussman, Ph. D.	1-890132-73-X
Weather - Discovery Channel: An Explore Your World Handbook	Discovery Books/Random House	1-56331-802-4
The Weather Book (USA Today)	Jack Williams	0-679-77665-6
How Much is A Million?	David M. Schwartz, pictures by Steven Kellogg	0-688-04050-0
Between Earth and Sky: How CFC's Changed Our World and Endangered the Ozone Layer	Seth Cagin	Hardcover only. Out of print. Try online used books: $5-10.00 on Amazon.com


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.