Our last question comes from Junichi: What is the advantage of CALIPSO and CloudSat flying
in orbital formation as part of the A-train constellation of satellites?
Okay. Clouds move and develop rapidly in the atmosphere.
So by putting CloudSat and CALIPSO next to each other, the two satellites view the same cloud within a few seconds of each other.
And so this way, we can take the measurements from one and combine them with the measurements of the other.
CALIPSO sees very thin clouds, and it sees into the tops of thick clouds, whereas CloudSat sees all the way through thick clouds.
And so, by making both sets of measurements at almost the same time,
we can put the two measurements together and get a complete picture of clouds in the atmosphere.
Doctor Winker, thank you for taking time to expand our knowledge about CALIPSO.
Thanks, Tiffany.