Welcome to the CloudSat Data Processing Center

CloudSat is a satellite mission designed to measure the vertical structure of clouds from space. The radar data produces detailed images of cloud structures which will contribute to a better understanding of clouds and climate. Please peruse this website to find out more about the CloudSat mission and the Data Processing Center.

Visit the main CloudSat project website at Colorado State University.

Spacecraft and Data Status Update (27 March 2012)

After a battery anomaly on 17 April 2011 the CloudSat spacecraft ceased collecting data and lost formation with the A-Train. Daylight-only data collection resumed on 27 October and the operations team is in the process of reestablishing formation. The spacecraft should be back in the A-Train by 16 May 2012.

Data collected while CloudSat was out of formation will be processed and reviewed. 2B-TAU and 2B-CWC-RVOD require MODIS data and therefore will not be produced for this period.

CloudSat Level 3 Product Available

The level 3 product is derived from 2B-GEOPROF and contains the monthly-mean joint histograms of radar reflectivity and height and radar-determined total cloud fraction. The histograms and documentation are available at the Level 3 website. Points of contact are Yuying Zhang and Roger Marchand.

R04 Available to the General Science Community

Release 4 is available to the General Science Community via the data ordering system. This release includes the 1B-CPR, 2B-GEOPROF, 2B-GEOPROF-LIDAR, ECMWF-AUX, MODIS-AUX, and 2B-CLDCLASS products. Please see the annoucement for more information.