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

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-597

  Smirnov, A ^a,b   Holben, B N ^b   Giles, D M ^a,b   Slutsker, I ^a,b   O'Neill, N T ^c   Eck, T F ^b,d   MacKe, A ^e   Croot, P ^f   Courcoux, Y ^g   Sakerin, S M ^h   Smyth, T J ⁱ   Zielinski, T ^j   Zibordi, G ^k   Goes, J I ^l   Harvey, M J ^m   Quinn, P K ⁿ   Nelson, N B ^o   Radionov, V F ^p   Duarte, C M ^q   Losno, R ^r   Sciare, J ^s   Voss, K J ^t   Kinne, S ^u   Nalli, N R ^v   Joseph, E ^w   Krishna Moorthy, K ^x   Covert, D S ^y   Gulev, S K ^z   Milinevsky, G ^aa   Larouche, P ^ab   Belanger, S ^ac   Horne, E ^ad   Chin, M ^b   Remer, L A ^b   Kahn, R A ^b   Reid, J S ^ae   Schulz, M ^s   Heald, C L ^af   Zhang, J ^ag   Lapina, K ^af   Kleidman, R G ^b,ah   Griesfeller, J ^s   Gaitley, B J ^ai   Tan, Q ^b,d   Diehl, T L ^b,d   more..

^a SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^h V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^k JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^l BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁿ NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^q INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^r LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^s LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^v OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^w HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^z SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^aa TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^ab MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^ad BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^ae NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^af Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^ah SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^ai CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84864496887     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-583-2011     Document Type: Article

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