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    CAR Kuwait Oil Fire BRDF V2 (CAR_KUWAITOILFIRE_BRDF) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    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. This experiment was a part of an international research effort in response to an environmental crisis, when over 600 oil wells in Kuwait were ignited by Iraqi forces in 1991. The resulting fires produced large plumes of smoke that had significant effects on the Persian Gulf region but limited global effects. Between May 16 and June 12, 1991, the Kuwait Oil Fire Smoke Experiment (KOFSE) was conducted in the Persian Gulf Region. The purpose of KOFSE was to determine the chemical and physical nature of the smoke and to investigate its potential effects on air quality, weather, and climate.

    This data set consists of observations made with the CAR instrument and includes values for bidirectional reflectance factor at varying spectral bands.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1617621689-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2019-03-11
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category CAR, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 09119fff-e0e8-45aa-b7b6-f2c2e2403396
    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/TLTYU661EXN6
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 46.9617 27.8542 49.3732 28.602
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c05f3f8ea8a1e05e223f23eaf53bc8452255ca51fc6b21c701ea240521ac9830
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1991-05-18T00:00:00Z/1991-06-02T23:59:59.999Z

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