{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["026:00"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Thomas Morgan", "hasEmail": "mailto:thomas.h.morgan@nasa.gov"}, "description": "This data set contains measurements of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) for two locations in Colorado, USA: Grand Mesa, a snow-covered, forested study site about 40 miles east of Grand Junction; and Senator Beck Basin approximately 80 miles to the SSE of Grand Mesa.\n\nMeasurements were acquired using the NASA Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR), an airborne multi-angular, multi-wavelength scanning radiometer. The CAR instrument measures scattered light in 14 spectral bands between 0.34\u00a0\u03bcm and 2.30\u00a0\u03bcm, which lie in\u00a0the UV, visible, and near-infrared atmospheric windows.\n\nData were obtained for a variety of conditions including\u00a0snow grain size\u00a0(or age),\u00a0snow liquid water content,\u00a0solar zenith angle,\u00a0cloud cover,\u00a0and snowpack thickness. The data set can be used to assess the accuracy of satellite reflectance and albedo products in snow-covered, forested landscapes.", "identifier": "C1452811724-NSIDC_ECS", "issued": "2017-02-16", "keyword": ["earth-science", "infrared-wavelengths", "spectral-engineering", "ultraviolet-wavelengths", "visible-wavelengths"], "landingPage": "https://doi.org/10.5067/VH3F5ZPLH3PM", "language": ["en-US"], "modified": "2025-07-17", "programCode": ["026:001"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "NASA NSIDC DAAC"}, "spatial": "-108.448729 37.653967 -104.459534 40.243618", "temporal": "2017-02-16T00:00:00Z/2017-02-22T23:59:59.999Z", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "SnowEx17 Cloud Absorption Radiometer BRDF V001"}