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CLAMS Data and Information

CLAMS Data and Information

The Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) field campaign was conducted from NASA Wallops Flight Facility covering the middle Atlantic eastern seaboard from July 10 - August 3, 2001. CLAMS is an experiment designed to validate and improve EOS Terra satellite data products derived from three sensors: CERES, MISR, and MODIS.

Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
AirMISR CLAMS

40.8 microseconds
  • L1B1: 7 m at nadir, 30 m at 70.5°
  • L1B2: 27.5 m

07/12,17, 08/01,02/2001
Additional AirMISR Data
Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
CLAMS_CV580_CAR

0.6 seconds

4-43 m

07/10/2001 - 08/02/2001
Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
CLAMS_CERES_CHESLIGHT_SONDE

5 seconds

Point Measurements

07/10/2001 - 08/03/2001
Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
CLAMS_ER2_MAS

15 minutes

50 m

06/29/2001 - 08/03/2001
Additional MAS data
Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
CLAMS_MODIS_L2_AEROSOL_PRODUCTS

Daily

Swath

07/10/2001 - 08/02/2001
Products Temporal Resolution Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage
CLAMS_UWASH_CONVAIR_DATA

Daily

Aircraft Flight Track

07/10/2001 - 08/02/2001
CLAMS read software is product dependent. If read software is available, a "read software" tab will appear on the product landing page.