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    • CAR ARCTAS BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_ARCTAS_BRDF) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    ARCTAS focuses on advancing understanding of the factors driving current changes in the Arctic region including transport of mid-latitude pollution, boreal forest fires, aerosol radiative forcing, and chemical processes. ARCTAS aimed to use detailed observations from aircraft to provide the validation, retrieval constraints, correlative data, and process information needed to better achieve the potential of satellites for Arctic research. The plan is for the combination of satellite and aircraft data to provide together powerful information for constraining and evaluating models of Arctic atmospheric composition and climate, and thus improve model projections of future change.

    The first phase of ARCTAS was based in Fairbanks and Barrow, Alaska with some flights to Thule, Greenland in April and focused on thick aerosol layers known as “arctic haze.” The second phase followed in July based from Cold Lake, Alberta and the Northwest Territories focusing on the emissions from large boreal forest fires in northwest Canada.

    This data set consists of observations made with the CAR instrument and includes values for bidirectional reflectance factor at varying spectral bands.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1617621679-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2019-01-27
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-03-05
    Category CAR, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Charles Gatebe; Michael King; Rajesh Poudyal. 2019-05-30. CAR_ARCTAS_BRDF. Version 2. CAR ARCTAS BRDF Measurements L1 V2. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/SQSWDF366LDY. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/CAR_ARCTAS_BRDF_2.html.
    Creator Charles Gatebe; Michael King; Rajesh Poudyal
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/CAR_ARCTAS_L1C_1.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 9c51722f-9874-435f-af22-4550150b9089
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/SQSWDF366LDY
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -156.458 33.2106 -75.2635 80.6429
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name CAR_ARCTAS_BRDF
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    Source Hash ffd3af32add43067afc16f04ac7d8ea31c4f66f8a8dd1f474388bce32a44bf92
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2008-04-06T00:00:00Z/2008-07-10T23:59:59.999Z

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