Evaluation of sun photometer capabilities for retrievals of aerosol optical depth at high latitudes: The POLAR-AOD intercomparison campaigns

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-17

  Mazzola, M ^a   Stone, R S ^b,c   Herber, A ^d   Tomasi, C ^a   Lupi, A ^a   Vitale, V ^a   Lanconelli, C ^a   Toledano, C ^e   Cachorro, V E ^e   O'Neill, N T ^f,q   Shiobara, M ^g   Aaltonen, V ^h   Stebel, K ⁱ   Zielinski, T ^j   Petelski, T ^j   Ortiz de Galisteo, J P ^e,k   Torres, B ^e   Berjon, A ^e   Goloub, P ^l   Li, Z ^l   Blarel, L ^l   Abboud, I ^m   Cuevas, E ⁿ   Stock, M ^d   Schulz, K H ^o   Virkkula, A ^h,p   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^h FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^k National Institute of Meteorology   (Spain)

^l Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^m ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ Izanã Atmospheric Research Center   (Spain)

^o Dr Schulz and Partner GmbH   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Aerosol; Calibration; Intercomparison; Optical depth; Polar regions; Sun photometry

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MONITORING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTARCTIC STATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; AVERAGE VALUES; HIGH LATITUDES; INSTRUMENT MODELS; INTERCALIBRATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LARGE PARTS; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLAR REGIONS; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SPECTRAL VALUE; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUN PHOTOMETERS; SUN PHOTOMETRY; SVALBARD; TENERIFE;

AEROSOLS; BELT DRIVES; CALIBRATION; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; TURBIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; LATITUDE; MONITORING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; POLAR REGION; TURBIDITY; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ALGORITHM; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LATITUDE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

ARCTIC; CANARY ISLANDS; NY-ALESUND; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84858786674     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.042     Document Type: Article

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