SAFARI 2000 CV-580 Aerosol and Cloud Data, Dry Season 2000 (CARG)

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The Cloud and Aerosol Research Group (CARG) of the University of Washington participated in the SAFARI-2000 Dry Season Aircraft campaign with their Convair-580 research aircraft. This campaign covered five countries in southern Africa from 10 August through 18 September, 2000. Various types of measurements were obtained on the thirty-one research flights of the Convair-580 in SAFARI-2000, to study their relationships to simultaneous measurements from satellites (particularly Terra), other research aircraft, and SAFARI-2000 ground-based measurements and activities. The main goals of the University of Washington's Convair-580 research aircraft were to: * Measure the physical and chemical properties of aerosols and trace gases in ambient air, and from various sources, in southern Africa. * Obtain measurements on aerosols, trace gases, clouds, and surface properties for comparisons with simultaneous remote sensing measurements from the NASA ER-2 aircraft and Terra satellite and from SAFARI-2000 ground stations. * Carry out closure studies using in situ and remote sensing measurements made aboard the Convair-580. * Compare aerosol and trace gas measurements aloft at various locations in Southern Africa. * Measure the nature and concentrations of aerosols and trace gases, and their emission factors, in smoke from prescribed fires and non-prescribed fires of biomass in southern Africa. * Measure the spectral albedo and bidirectional reflection distribution function (BRDF) of various surfaces and clouds in southern Africa. * Measure the microstructures of clouds off the Atlantic Coast of southern Africa. * Investigate aerosol-cloud interactions. For a complete detailed guide to the extensive measurements obtained aboard the UW Convair-580 aircraft in support of SAFARI 2000, see the UW Technical Report for the SAFARI 2000 Project [PDF format]. The latest version of this document can be found at the UW SAFARI 2000 Web site [Internet Link], listed in the CARG Publications on SAFARI 2000 section.

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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DCV-580_710%26ac%3Dtrue
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2FS2K%2Fguides%2Fs2k_CV580.html
5 https://doi.org%2F10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F710
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fprotected%2Fbundle%2FCV-580_710.zip
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2Fgraphics%2Fbrowse%2Fproject%2Fsquare%2Fsafari_logo_square.png
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fsafari2k%2Fatmospheric%2FCV-580%2Fcomp%2FSAFARI-MASTER.pdf
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fsafari2k%2Fatmospheric%2FCV-580%2Fcomp%2FCV-580.pdf
21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/710
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=CV-580_710&ac=true
57 CV-580_710.zip https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/CV-580_710.zip
34 safari_logo_square.png https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png
33 SAFARI-MASTER.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/atmospheric/CV-580/comp/SAFARI-MASTER.pdf
33 CV-580.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/atmospheric/CV-580/comp/CV-580.pdf
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2788380380-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115

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