CATS-ISS Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Layer

CATS-ISS_L2O_N-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 2 Operational Night Mode 7.2 Version 3-01 5 km Layer data product. This collection spans from March 25, 2015 to October 29, 2017. 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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Field	Value
Maintainer	Earthdata Forum
Last Updated	June 23, 2026, 01:58 (UTC)
Created	April 1, 2025, 15:04 (UTC)
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identifier	10.5067/ISS/CATS/L2O_N-M7.2-V3-01_05kmLay
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modified	2026-06-15T22:16:01Z
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temporal	2015-03-25/2017-10-29
theme	{"Earth Science"}