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Description

CAR Kuwait Oil Fire mission measured bidirectional reflectance function of smoke from Kuwait oil fires during the Kuwait Oil Fire Smoke Experiment. Measurements were also taken over the Saudi Arabian desert with overlying desert dust, and Persian Gulf waters with some overlying aerosols.

Product Summary

Platforms
C-131A
Instruments
CAR
Projects
CAR
Spatial Extent

N: 28.7545 S: 26.2602 E: 50.7998 W: 46.9617

Location
KUWAIT ,
SAUDI ARABIA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1991-05-18 to 1991-06-02
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1442068298-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
5
Processing Level
1
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Radiance ,
Cloud Properties ,
Reflectance ,
Reflectance ,
Reflectance

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Gatebe, C. (2017). CAR Kuwait Oil Fire Level 1C Kuwait Oil Fire Spectral Reflectance [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CAR/DATA115 Date Accessed: 2026-08-27

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