LaRC Airborne Lidar Underflights of EarthCARE ATLID

The Atmospheric Lidar (ATLID) on the European Space Agency (ESA) EarthCARE (Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Explorer) mission launched on 28 May 2024 has provided global, high-resolution profiles of aerosols and clouds since it became operational on 8 August 2024. Since 16 August 2024, the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Airborne Lidar Group, includes the High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL-2) and the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO), has been deployed on the NASA G-III and NASA ER-2 for underflights of the EarthCARE satellite to provide validation measurements for the ATLID data products.

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» EarthCARE-LaRC_Lidar_Underflights_README.pdf
» Google Earth KMZ of Airborne Lidar Underflights