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Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, USA
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, USA
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, USA
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Ocean Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Washington, USA
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Institute for Meteorology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UK
Climatology Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université des Sciences et Techniques de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, India
Department of Physics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine, Brest, France
The paper presents the current status of the Maritime Aerosol Network (MAN), which has been developed as a component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET). MAN deploys Microtops handheld Sun photometers and utilizes the calibration procedure and data processing (Version 2) traceable to AERONET. A web site dedicated to the MAN activity is described. A brief historical perspective is given to aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements over the oceans. A short summary of the existing data, collected on board ships of opportunity during the NASA Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) Project is presented. Globally averaged oceanic aerosol optical depth (derived from island-based AERONET measurements) at 500 nm is ∼0.11 and Angstrom parameter (computed within spectral range 440–870 nm) is calculated to be ∼0.6. First results from the cruises contributing to the Maritime Aerosol Network are shown. MAN ship-based aerosol optical depth compares well to simultaneous island and near-coastal AERONET site AOD.
Received 7 October 2008; accepted 23 January 2009; published 21 March 2009.
Citation: (2009), Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06204, doi:10.1029/2008JD011257.
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