Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET - first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals

Type Article
Date 2011
Language English
Author(s) Smirnov Alexander1, 2, Holben B. N.2, Giles D. M.1, 2, Slutsker I.1, 2, O'Neill N. T.3, Eck T. F.2, 4, Macke A.5, Croot P.6, Courcoux Y.7, Sakerin S. M.8, Smyth T. J.9, Zielinski T.10, Zibordi G.11, Goes J. I.12, Harvey M. J.13, Quinn P. K.14, Nelson N. B.15, Radionov V. F.16, Duarte C. M.17, Losno R.18, Sciare J.19, Voss K. J.20, Kinne S.21, Nalli N. R.22, Joseph E.23, Moorthy K. Krishna24, Covert D. S.25, Gulev S. K.26, Milinevsky G.27, Larouche P.28, Belanger S.29, Horne E.30, Chin M.31, Remer L. A.32, Kahn R. A.32, Reid J. S.33, Schulz M.19, Heald C. L.34, Zhang J.35, Lapina K.34, Kleidman R. G.32, 36, Griesfeller J.19, Gaitley B. J.37, Tan Q.4, 31, Diehl T. L.4, 31
Affiliation(s) 1 : Sigma Space Corp, Lanham, MD 20706 USA.
2 : NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Biospher Sci Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
3 : Univ Sherbrooke, CARTEL, Sherbrooke, PQ J1K 2R1, Canada.
4 : Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Goddard Earth Sci & Technol Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA.
5 : Leibniz Inst Tropospher Res, Leipzig, Germany.
6 : Univ Kiel IFM GEOMAR, Leibniz Inst Marine Sci, Kiel, Germany.
7 : Univ Reunion, OPAR, St Denis, Reunion.
8 : Russian Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Opt, Siberian Branch, Tomsk, Russia.
9 : Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth, Devon, England.
10 : Polish Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Sopot, Poland.
11 : Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Environm & Sustainabil, I-21020 Ispra, Italy.
12 : Bigelow Lab Ocean Sci, W Boothbay Harbor, ME USA.
13 : Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res, Wellington, New Zealand.
14 : NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab, Seattle, WA 98115 USA.
15 : Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Inst Computat Earth Syst Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA.
16 : Arctic & Antarctic Res Inst, St Petersburg 199226, Russia.
17 : IMEDEA CSIC UIB, Inst Mediterraneo Estudios Avanzados, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain.
18 : Univ Paris 07, Lab Interuniv Syst Atmospher, Creteil, France.
19 : Univ Paris 12, Creteil, France.
20 : Univ Miami, Dept Phys, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA.
21 : Univ Hamburg, Inst Meteorol, D-2000 Hamburg, Germany.
22 : NOAA NESDIS Ctr Satellite Applicat & Res STAR, Camp Springs, MD USA.
23 : Howard Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Washington, DC 20059 USA.
24 : Vikram Sarabhai Space Ctr, Space Phys Lab, Trivandrum 695022, Kerala, India.
25 : Univ Washington, Dept Atmospher Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
26 : Russian Acad Sci, PP Shirshov Oceanol Inst, Moscow, Russia.
27 : Taras Shevchenko Natl Univ Kyiv, Space Phys Lab, Kiev, Ukraine.
28 : Inst Maurice Lamontagne, Mont Joli, PQ, Canada.
29 : Univ Quebec, Dept Biol Chim & Geog, Rimouski, PQ G5L 3A1, Canada.
30 : Bedford Inst Oceanog, Bedford, NS, Canada.
31 : NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Atmospher Chem & Dynam Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
32 : NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Climate & Radiat Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
33 : USN, Marine Meteorol Div, Res Lab, Monterey, CA USA.
34 : Colorado State Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA.
35 : Univ N Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58201 USA.
36 : Sci Syst & Applicat Inc, Lanham, MD USA.
37 : CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA USA.
Source Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (1867-1381) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2011 , Vol. 4 , N. 3 , P. 583-597
DOI 10.5194/amt-4-583-2011
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Abstract The Maritime Aerosol Network (MAN) has been collecting data over the oceans since November 2006. Over 80 cruises were completed through early 2010 with deployments continuing. Measurement areas included various parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Northern and Southern Pacific Ocean, the South Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and inland seas. MAN deploys Microtops hand-held sunphotometers and utilizes a calibration procedure and data processing traceable to AERONET. Data collection included areas that previously had no aerosol optical depth (AOD) coverage at all, particularly vast areas of the Southern Ocean. The MAN data archive provides a valuable resource for aerosol studies in maritime environments. In the current paper we present results of AOD measurements over the oceans, and make a comparison with satellite AOD retrievals and model simulations.
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Smirnov Alexander, Holben B. N., Giles D. M., Slutsker I., O'Neill N. T., Eck T. F., Macke A., Croot P., Courcoux Y., Sakerin S. M., Smyth T. J., Zielinski T., Zibordi G., Goes J. I., Harvey M. J., Quinn P. K., Nelson N. B., Radionov V. F., Duarte C. M., Losno R., Sciare J., Voss K. J., Kinne S., Nalli N. R., Joseph E., Moorthy K. Krishna, Covert D. S., Gulev S. K., Milinevsky G., Larouche P., Belanger S., Horne E., Chin M., Remer L. A., Kahn R. A., Reid J. S., Schulz M., Heald C. L., Zhang J., Lapina K., Kleidman R. G., Griesfeller J., Gaitley B. J., Tan Q., Diehl T. L. (2011). Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET - first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4(3), 583-597. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-583-2011 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00142/25304/