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PARASOL, second satellite of the CNES microsatellite product line MYRIADE has been successfully launched from Kourou in December 2004. The PARASOL mission purpose is to perform measurements of the polarized and multi-directional reflectances, on ground areas previously observed by the CALIPSO LIDAR. The Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique (LOA-CNRS) in the northern French city of Lille is the PARASOL...