CALIPSO Stories

NASA’s CloudSat Ends Mission Peering Into the Heart of Clouds

Over the course of nearly two decades, its powerful radar provided never-before-seen details of clouds and helped advance global weather and climate predictions. CloudSat, a NASA mission that peered into hurricanes, tallied global snowfall rates, and achieved other weather and…

First Long-Duration Lidar Satellite Mission CALIPSO Ends

CALIPSO, a lidar satellite that advanced the world’s understanding of climate, weather and air quality, ended its scientific mission August 1 after 17 years of operation.

NASA Satellites Show How Clouds Respond to Arctic Sea Ice Change

Clouds are one of the biggest wildcards in predictions of how much and how fast the Arctic will continue to warm in the future. Depending on the time of the year and the changing environment in which they form and…