Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II Sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages AAC-5-1-AAC-5-17

  Ichoku, Charles ^a,b   Levy, Robert ^a,b   Kaufman, Yoram J ^b   Remer, Lorraine A ^b   Li, Rong Rong ^a,b   Martins, Vanderlei J ^b,c   Holben, Brent N ^b   Abuhassan, Nader ^a,b   Slutsker, Ilya ^a,b   Eck, Thomas F ^b,c   Pietras, Christophe ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmosphere; Calibration; Microtops; Sun photometer; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PHOTOMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SUN; VAPORS;

AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOMETER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0346756652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001302     Document Type: Article

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