CAR Clams Chesapeake Lighthouse Aircraft Ocean Measurements L1 V1 (CAR_CLAMS_L1C) at GES DISC

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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. A first CLAMS campaign, currently being planned for July 2001 to validate Terra data products, is 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.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	10.5067/CAR/DATA108
landingPage	https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/CAR_CLAMS_L1C_1.jpg
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
spatial	["CARTESIAN",[{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-76.5156,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":38.7007,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-70.2831,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":35.9617}]]
temporal	2001-07-10/2001-07-10
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]