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    • CAR CLAMS BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_CLAMS_BRDF) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 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 September 19, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/XMINAESYYUX7
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/CAR_CLAMS_L1C_1.jpg
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-76.5046,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":38.5845,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-70.4473,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":35.9647}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6c8f6f4dbf488554634876b66d8e2a6892f13659751f3e29f15b61cf6889c810
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2001-07-10/2001-07-10

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