CATS-ISS Level 1B Night Mode 7.1 Version 3-00

CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.1-V3-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) International Space Station (ISS) Level 1B Night Mode 7.1 Version 3-00 data product. The collection spans from February 10, 2015 through March 21, 2015. 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. Level 1B data have been calibrated and annotated with ancillary meteorological data and processed to sensor units.

CATS-ISS_L1B_N-M7.1-V3-00乃云气传输系统（Cloud-Aerosol Transport System，简称CATS）国际空间站（International Space Station，简称ISS）第一级B类夜间模式7.1版本3-00数据产品。该数据集的收集时间跨度为2015年2月10日至2015年3月21日。CATS于2015年1月10日发射升空，是一套激光雷达遥感仪器，能够从ISS上提供大气气溶胶和云层的距离分辨率剖面测量。CATS旨在轨运行至多三年。该系统在地球表面上方约230至270英里处，以51度的倾角运行，具有近三天的重复周期，提供了三个波长的垂直剖面数据。科学家们首次能够通过观察地球表面同一地点在不同时间的变化，从空间角度研究云和气溶胶的昼夜（日间至夜间）变化。1B级数据已经过校准，并附加了辅助气象数据，并已处理为传感器单位。