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SNEX17_CAR

SnowEx17 Cloud Absorption Radiometer BRDF V001

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.

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N: 40.243618 S: 37.653967 E: -104.459534 W: -108.448729

Data Format(s):

Distribution: NetCDF

Temporal Extent:

2017-02-16 to 2017-02-22

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NP-3C Orion

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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD

Instrument(s):

CAR

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Title: SnowEx17 Cloud Absorption Radiometer BRDF V001
Version: 1
Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/VH3F5ZPLH3PM, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

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Scientific Research
DOI
10.5067/VH3F5ZPLH3PM
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Level 1C

Sensor units with georeferencing parameters

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Complete

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IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Name: AircraftID STRING Description: The identifier of the airplane used by the FAA to uniquely identify each aircraft
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Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	GEODETIC

Location Keywords

- Continent
- North America
- United States Of America
- Colorado
- Grand Mesa, Colorado LSOS, and Senator Beck Basin

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- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

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- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

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NSIDC Services
- CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

1 303 492 2468

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Charles Gatebe

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Metadata Dates

Creation	2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

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