HR: 16:20h
AN: A54A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: AEROSOL Characterization in SW Asia from long-term AERONET Observations
AU: * Holben, B N
EM: brent@aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 614.4, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: The Arabian Gulf is a focus of aerosol sources and transport in Southwest Asia owing to arid landscapes modified by land degradation, a highly developed fossil fuel industry and the unique meteorology of the region. The aerosol properties were well characterized in the gulf during the UAE2 campaign but their impact on the greater South and Southwest Asia aerosol environment is not well known. The AERONET program has a well established network in the gulf region with a growing distribution in SW Asia including India, Israel, Chad, and SE Africa and Indian Ocean island sites. This presentation will compare the UAE2 campaign and longer term gulf region aerosol characterizations from AERONET to the wider subcontinental and oceanic aerosol properties measured by AERONET over the last decade. These long-term point observations will be supported by backtrajectories and selected MODIS and MISR data since 2001.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906)
DE: 0345 Pollution: urban and regional (0305, 0478, 4251)
DE: 4801 Aerosols (0305, 4906)
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005