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TI: ABOVE03, The 2003 AIRS BBAERI Ocean Validation Experiment: AIRS Validation and Aerosols
AU: * McMillan, W W
EM: mcmillan@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: * McMillan, W W
EM: mcmillan@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Hoff, R
EM: hoff@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Hoff, R
EM: hoff@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Strow, L L
EM: strow@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Strow, L L
EM: strow@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: DeSouza-Machado, S
EM: sergio@mustard.umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Lightner, K
EM: klight1@gl.umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Lightner, K
EM: klight1@gl.umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: McCourt, M L
EM: michele@jcet.umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: McCourt, M L
EM: michele@jcet.umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Maddy, E
EM: emaddy@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Maddy, E
EM: emaddy@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Kolb, N
EM: nkolb1@gl.umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: McCann, K
EM: kmccann@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: McCann, K
EM: kmccann@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Comer, J
EM: comer@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: SSAI, NASA GSFC Code 912, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Russo, F
EM: rfeli@umbc.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics U. Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Russo, F
EM: rfeli@umbc.edu
AF: JCET UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Balitmore, MD 21250-0001 United States
AU: Rutledge, C K
EM: c.k.rutledge@larc.nasa.gov
AF: Analytical Services and Materials, Inc., Suite 300 One Enterprise Parkway, Hampton, VA 23666-5845 United States
AB: From May 28 to July 9, 2003, a complementary set of instruments was deployed to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Chesapeake Light lighthouse platform to provide correlative measurements characterizing the atmosphere and sea surface over the ocean for validation of NASA's Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Located 25 km due east of Virginia Beach, VA, Chesapeake Light offers a relatively convenient site for measurements over the ocean while being far enough offshore for water only AIRS fields of view. In addition to the UMBC Baltimore Bomem Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (BBAERI), the UMBC Elastic Lidar Facility (ELF), and Vaisala RS-90 rawinsondes used during ABOVE02, we deployed in situ O$_{3}$ and CO gas analyzers and during the first three weeks, flew 18 ozonesondes in collaboration with Dr. Mike Newchurch, UAH. A total of 140 Vaisala RS-90 radiosondes were launched covering 61 Aqua and 12 Terra overpasses. Preliminary comparisons of ABOVE03 data products to AIRS observations and retrievals will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to both AIRS and ground-based aerosol observations.
UR: http://physics.umbc.edu/~mcmillan/ABOVE/index.html
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0365 Troposphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere--constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting