Visualizing and Analyzing Collocated CALIPSO, MODIS and AIRS data: HYDRA

HYDRA - HYper-spectral data viewer for Development of Research Applications - provides a fast and flexible interface that allows users to explore and visualize relationships between passive observations of MODIS and AIRS with the active measurements of the CALIPSO lidar. It is a freeware based analysis toolkit for satellite data which has been developed to assist research and development of remote sensing applications as well as education and training of remote sensing scientists. HYRDA provides a needed visualization and analysis tool to explore the CALIPSO data, assess data quality and select case studies for detailed examination. This presentation will demonstrate the versatility and ease of use of HYDRA.