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CAR CLAMS BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_CLAMS_BRDF) at GES DISC

Metadata Updated: August 29, 2025

CLAMS is the Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites field campaign sponsored by CERES, MISR, MODIS-Atmospheres and the NASA/GEWEX Global Aerosol Climatology Project (GACP). The centerpiece of CLAMS is the Chesapeake Lighthouse sea platform 20 km east of Virginia Beach, at which NASA and NOAA make continuous, long-term measurements of radiation, meteorology, and ocean waves. Members of the CERES, MISR and MODIS instrument teams are collaborating to accomplish a common set of objectives tied to the validation of EOS data products. The CLAMS campaign took place in July-August 2001 to validate Terra data products from a shortwave closure experiment targeting clear (cloud-free) sky conditions and focused on obtaining:1. more accurate spectral and broadband radiative fluxes at the surface and within the atmosphere,2. characterization of ocean optics in the vicinity of the lighthouse, and3. description of the atmospheric aerosol amounts, micro-physical and optical properties, and their variability.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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Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 29, 2025
Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/XMINAESYYUX7
Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
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Program Code 026:000
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Temporal 2001-07-10/2001-07-10

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