SnowEx17 Cloud Absorption Radiometer BRDF, Version 1
Data set id:
SNEX17_CAR
DOI: 10.5067/VH3F5ZPLH3PM
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
New data set.
Overview
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.
Measurements 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 μm and 2.30 μm, which lie in the UV, visible, and near-infrared atmospheric windows.
Data were obtained for a variety of conditions including snow grain size (or age), snow liquid water content, solar zenith angle, cloud cover, and snowpack thickness. The data set can be used to assess the accuracy of satellite reflectance and albedo products in snow-covered, forested landscapes.
Parameter(s):
RADIANCE
Platform(s):
NP-3C Orion
Sensor(s):
CAR
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
16 February 2017 to 22 February 2017
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84
EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
N:
40.243618
S:
37.653967
E:
-104.459534
W:
-108.448729
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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