ATLID

Atmospheric Lidar

Satellite

Earth-CARE

Status

Being developed – To be utilised in the period 2012 to ~ 2015

Mission

Aerosol profile, cloud top height

Instrument type

Single-wavelength lidar (355 nm), High Spectral Resolution Laser (HSRL) to discriminate Mie and Rayleigh scattering components, thus improve aerosol type classification

Scanning technique

Near-nadir viewing 2° ahead along-track, sampling at 100 m intervals along track, near continuous profiling

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 16 d for cells of 100 km side

Resolution

Horizontal: 30 m IFOV sampled at 100 m intervals along track. Vertical: 100 m

Resources

Mass: 230 kg - Power: 310 W - Data rate: 822 kbps