CAR CLAMS BRDF Measurements V2 (CAR_CLAMS_BRDF) at GES DISC

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, and
3. 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.

CLAMS项目，即切萨皮克灯塔与航空测量卫星实地考察，由CERES、MISR、MODIS-大气层以及NASA/GEWEX全球气溶胶气候学项目（GACP）联合资助。CLAMS项目的核心设施位于弗吉尼亚海滩东部20公里的切萨皮克灯塔海上平台，该平台由NASA和NOAA进行持续的、长期辐射、气象学和海洋波浪测量。CERES、MISR和MODIS仪器团队的合作旨在实现与EOS数据产品验证相关的一系列共同目标。CLAMS实地考察于2001年7月至8月进行，旨在验证Terra数据产品，具体针对晴朗（无云）天空条件下的短波封闭实验，主要目标是获取以下内容：
1. 更精确的表面及大气内的光谱和宽带辐射通量；
2. 灯塔附近海洋光学特性的描述；
3. 大气气溶胶的量、微观物理和光学特性及其变异性描述。该数据集包括使用CAR仪器进行的观测数据，并包含不同光谱带的双向反射率因子值。