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We have now seen the first results from all 4 EarthCARE’s instruments: and let me tell you, they are truly promising! The latest ones to come in are from the satellite’s LIDAR. The profiles from the atmospheric lidar come exactly as we had anticipated, after the instrument has been through its routine decontamination and calibration processes. The atmospheric lidar brings us completely new insight into the vertical distribution of clouds and aerosols and, together with the other instruments, puts us on course to gaining new scientific understanding into Earth’s energy balance. If