Arctic Radiation Measurement in Column: Atmosphere-Surface
Atmospheric Composition
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- Deployment
1995-06-02 1995-06-17 - 3
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The Campaign
The Arctic Radiation Measurement in Column: Atmosphere-Surface (ARMCAS) was a NASA field investigation that aimed to detect and differentiate between clouds, ice, and snow. ARMCAS consisted of one deployment across the Alaska North Slope during June 1995. The University of Washington’s C-131A and NASA’s ER-2 aircraft were equipped with the Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR) and MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) to collect airborne spectral measurements, mainly surface-atmosphere bidirectional reflectance. Ground-based bidirectional measurements were also collected using the Portable Apparatus for Rapid Acquisition of Bidirectional Observation of the Land and Atmosphere (PARABOLA) radiometer.
N: 72°N
S: 37°N
W: 165°W
E: 140°W
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- MAS Website for ARMCAS
- Overview of airborne spectral measurements for arctic sea and tundra
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