2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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Figure 15<br />
Flight track map for the<br />
B200 CALIPSO validation<br />
flights conducted<br />
from Jan. 22 through<br />
Feb. 3, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
validated the new CALIOP calibration<br />
algorithms, which are crucial for providing<br />
accurate aerosol and cloud retrievals on the<br />
day side of the orbit. As an added bonus, the<br />
B-200 flew a coordinated pattern with the<br />
Wallops P-3B, along a CALIPSO track on the<br />
return transit, to acquire coincident data with<br />
the HSRL and the Geostationary Imaging<br />
Fabry-Perot Spectrometer (GIFS) prototype<br />
instrument flown on the P-3. Dr. Chris<br />
Hoseteler of <strong>NASA</strong> Langley was the Principal<br />
Investigator for the CALIPSO validation<br />
deployment.<br />
URL: http://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov<br />
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