CAR Clams Chesapeake Lighthouse Aircraft Ocean Measurements L1 V1 (CAR_CLAMS_L1C) 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. 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, and
3. description of the atmospheric aerosol amounts, micro-physical and optical properties, and their variability.

CLAMS（切萨皮克灯塔和飞机对卫星测量的现场活动）由CERES、MISR、MODIS-大气层以及NASA/GEWEX全球气溶胶气候计划（GACP）资助。CLAMS的核心是位于弗吉尼亚海滩以东20公里的切萨皮克灯塔海上平台，在此处，NASA和NOAA进行持续、长期的辐射、气象和海洋波浪测量。CERES、MISR和MODIS仪器团队成员正协作完成一系列与EOS数据产品验证相关的共同目标。目前正在计划的第一轮CLAMS活动，预计于2001年7月进行，旨在验证Terra数据产品，该活动是一个针对晴朗（无云）天空条件的短波闭合实验，主要目标包括：
1. 在地表和大气中获取更精确的光谱和宽带辐射通量；
2. 对灯塔附近海域的光学特性进行表征；
3. 描述大气气溶胶的量、微物理和光学特性及其变化性。