20 JANUARY 2012 | CloudSat Overpass Tropical Cyclone Heidi CloudSat overpass of Tropical Cyclone Heidi off the coast of Australia on Janaury 11, 2012.

17 JANUARY 2012 | CloudSat Publication The Three-Dimensional Distribution of Clouds over the Southern Hemisphere High Latitudes Journal of Climate publication highlighting the varying vertical structure of cloudiness throughout Antarctica and Southern Ocean.

17 JANUARY 2012 | CloudSat Publication Clouds Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation: A New Perspective from CloudSat Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences publication rendering Madden-Julian Oscillation phases using CloudSat data.

9 JANUARY 2012 | CloudSat Overpass Thunderstorms over Texas CloudSat overpass of severe thunderstorms in Texas on January 9, 2012.

11 DECEMBER 2011 | CloudSat Data Products 2C-PRECIP-COLUMN and 2C-RAIN-PROFILE released to the General Science Community New data products containing surface precipitation occurrence and intensity and profiles of precipitation liquid and ice water content.

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CloudSat is an experimental satellite that uses radar to observe clouds and precipitation from space. CloudSat orbits in formation as part of the A-Train constellation of satellites (Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, PARASOL, and Aura).

Orbital elements (two-line elements or TLEs) for CloudSat are available here (CloudSat DPC). CloudSat ground tracks may be predicted using tools located on this NASA LaRC page. Orbital elements at the LaRC page are updated regularly, but use the DPC link for the very latest TLEs.

For an overview document (PDF) of science and research themes, click here. The BAMS 2002 article (PDF) describing the CloudSat mission is available here.