Imaging · collection · 2004
SAFARI 2000 Cloud Absorption Radiometer BRDF, Dry Season 2000
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/709
This record links to the web page for the Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) data for the SAFARI 2000 project.
Description
Twenty-one flights were undertaken over Southern Africa during the study. Flight track maps, browse images, and Convair CV-580 flight logs are available on this web site.The Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) is an airborne multi-wavelength scanning radiometer that can perform several functions including: determining the single scattering albedo of clouds at selected wavelengths in the visible and near-infrared; measuring the angular distribution of scattered radiation; measuring bidirectional reflectance of various surface types; and acquiring imagery of cloud and Earth surface features.
The CAR instrument was developed at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center by Dr. Michael King. The CAR now operates from a position mounted in the improved nose cone on a Convair CV-580.
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In addition to its traditional starboard viewing mode, the CAR instrument can be operated in zenith viewing, nadir viewing, and bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) mode; and can be switched between each of these four modes during flight.The CAR has been deployed on a regular basis in field campaigns around the world including deployments to Portugal (Azores), Brazil, Kuwait, the conterminous United States, Alaska, and various countries in southern Africa.
During typical research field campaigns, the CAR is flown in concert with an array of cloud microphysics, aerosol, atmospheric chemistry, and general meteorological instruments under the direction of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/709 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/CAR_BRDF/comp/car_brdf_cv580_do… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2788376147-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/CAR_BRDF_709.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2788376147-ORNL_CLOUD ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/safari-2000-cloud-absorption-radiometer-brdf-dry-seaso… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2788376147-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=5c13c0a3-d419-4ca6-b881-c0dbb8ec5… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2788376147-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Cloud Absorption Radiometer · CONVAIR CV-580 · Reflectance
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 18 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2788376147-ORNL_CLOUD | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 5c13c0a3-d419-4ca6-b881-c0dbb8ec5a01 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:car | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/reflectance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:convair-cv-580 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |