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Maritime Aerosol Network as a Component of AERONET - First Results and Comparison with Global Aerosol Models and Satellite RetrievalsThe 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 handheld 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.
Document ID
20120010138
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi: 10.5194/amt-4-583-2011
Authors
Smirnov, A. (Sigma Space Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Holben, B. N. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Giles, D. M. (Sigma Space Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Slutsker, I. (Sigma Space Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
O'Neill, N. T. (Sherbrooke Univ. Quebec, Canada)
Eck, T. F. (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
Macke, A. (Institute for Tropospheric Research Leipzig, Germany)
Croot, P. (Kiel Univ. Germany)
Courcoux, Y. (Universite de La Reunion Saint-Denis, Reunion)
Sakerin, S. M. (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) Russia)
Smyth, T. J. (Plymouth Marine Lab. United Kingdom)
Zielinski, T. (Polish Academy of Sciences Poland)
Zibordi, G. (Joint Research Centre of the European Communities Ispra, Italy)
Goes, J. I. (Bigelow Lab. for Ocean Sciences West Boothbay Harbor, ME, United States)
Harvey, M. J. (National Inst. of Water and Atmospheric Research Wellington, New Zealand)
Quinn, P. K. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seattle, WA, United States)
Nelson, N. B. (California Univ. Santa Barbara, CA, United States)
Radionov, V. F. (Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Inst. Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Duarte, C. M. (Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Islas Baleares, Spain)
Remer, L. A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kahn, R. A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kleidman, R. G. (Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD, United States)
Gaitley, B. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tan, Q. (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
Diehl, T. L. (Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
March 21, 2011
Publication Information
Publication: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.00172.2012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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