Smoke, Clouds and Radiation Brazil NASA ER-2 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) Airborne Simulator (MAS) Data

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SCARB_ER2_MAS data are Smoke, Clouds and Radiation Brazil (SCARB) NASA ER2 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) Airborne Simulator (MAS) Data.Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation - Brazil (SCAR-B) data include physical and chemical components of the Earth's surface, the atmosphere and the radiation field collected in Brazil with an emphasis in biomass burning. SCAR-B, the third SCAR experiment, was completed in September 1995, studied the effects of biomass burning on atmospheric processes and aids in the preparation of new techniques for remote sensing of these processes from space.The objectives for the SCAR mission are: to advance our knowledge of how the physical, chemical and radiative processes in our atmosphere are affected by sulfate aerosol and smoke from biomass burning; to improve our expertise at remotely sensing smoke, water vapor, clouds, vegetation and fires; and to assess the effects of deforestation and biomass burning on tropical landscapes. The MODIS Airbourne Simulator (MAS) is a modified Daedalus Wildfire scanning spectrometer which flies on a NASA ER-2 and provides spectral information similar to that provided by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), launched on Terra (EOS AM-1) in 1999 and Aqua (EOS PM-1) in 2002. The MAS spectrometer acquires high spatial resolution imagery in the wavelength range of 0.55 to 14.3 microns. A total of 50 spectral bands are available in this range, and the digitizer can be configured to collect data from any 12 of these bands. The digitizer was configured with four 10-bit channels and seven 8-bit channels. The MAS spectrometer was mated to a scanner subassembly which collected image data with an IFOV of 2.5 mrad, giving a ground resolution of 50 meters from 20000 meters altitude, and a cross track scan width of 85.92 degrees. The data granules were written using the self documenting file storage format provided through the netCDF interface routines included in the HDF libraries.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 OPeNDAP data access for SCARB_ER2_MAS_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/SCAR-B/SCARB_ER2_MAS/contents.html
21 Readme Information about the NASA ER2 MAS data sets https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/scarb/readme/scar_b_er2_mas.readme
21 Readme to open the MAS_READ_NETCDF_IDL file and initialize the SDS interface https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/scarb/read_software/mas_read_netcdf_idl.pro
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) Reference Materials & Documentation https://mas.arc.nasa.gov/reference.html
21 Campaign Summary Information for Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation - Brazil (SCARB) https://mas.arc.nasa.gov/data/deploy_html/scarb_home.html
21 Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS) Project Home Page https://mas.arc.nasa.gov/
21 MAS Spectral Response Summary https://mas.arc.nasa.gov/data/srf/ARC-Jun95/msr0695.ph
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for SCARB_ER2_MAS_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/SCAR-B/SCARB_ER2_MAS/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FSCAR_B%2F0002
21 ASDC Data and Information for MAS https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MAS
21 Earthdata Search for SCARB_ER2_MAS_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1337195081-LARC_ASDC
21 Readme to produce a general read program for users to access Data Sets written in NCSA's HDF netCDF format - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/scarb/read_software/mas_read_netcdf.c
33 SCAR-B NASA ER-2 MAS Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/scarb/guide/base_scar_b_er2_mas_dataset.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for SCARB_ER2_MAS_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/SCAR_B/0002

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  • infrared-wavelengths
  • visible-wavelengths
  • spectral-engineering
  • earth-science

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