Due to current COVID-19 lockdown in France, ICARE Data and Services Center will be operated by teleworking only beginning March 16, 2020. Data services will keep running on a best effort basis. Some delays in resolving technical incidents and processing users requests may be expected.
Information regarding this situation will be posted on our covid-19-lockdown page. Thank you for your understanding.
The CALIPSO Mission at ICARE
(Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations)
The role of ICARE's Data and Services Center in the CALIPSO mission is categorized into 3 responsabilities:
- Operationalize and maintain the IIR Level-2 processing code running at NASA/LARC, based on the algorithm developped by the IPSL/SA (Institut Pierre et Simon Laplace / Service d'Aéronomie)
- Provide CALIPSO data along with other coincident data sets from various sources to the ICARE community
- Develop specific browse imagery, custom interfaces, and specific tools, for ICARE applications
Mean Brightness Temperature Product from 2006/08 for the IIR 12µm channel
