HR: 17:35h
AN: OS34A-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Oceanic Aerosol Network: A Maritime Component of AERONET
AU: * Smirnov, A
EM: asmirnov@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, UMBC, code 614.4, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Holben, B N
EM: brent@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: code 614.4, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenblet, MD 20771, United States
AU: McClain, C R
EM: chuck@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: code 614.8, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Sakerin, S M
EM: sms@iao.ru
AF: Institute of Atmospheric Optics, SB RAS, Akademichesky, 1, Tomsk, Russian Federation
AU: Smyth, T
EM: tjsm@pml.ac.uk
AF: Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
AU: Radionov, V F
EM: vradion@aari.nw.ru
AF: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Beringa, 38, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
AU: Zielinski, T
EM: tymon@iopan.gda.pl
AF: Institute of Oceanology, PAS, Powstancow Warszawy, 55, Sopot, Poland
AU: Matarrese, R
EM: raffaella.matarrese@ba.infn.it
AF: University of Bari, via Amendola 173, Bari, 70126, Italy
AU: Zibordi, G
EM: giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it
AF: Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Center, Ispra, 21020, Italy
AU: Proshutinsky, A
EM: aproshutinsky@whoi.edu
AF: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#29, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA 02543, United States
AU: Robertson, L
EM: lislrobertson@gmail.com
AF: University of Cape Town, Department of Oceanography, RW James Building, Upper Campus, Cape Town, South Africa
AU: Harvey, M
EM: m.harvey@niwa.co.nz
AF: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA, P.O. Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
AU: Slutsker, I
EM: ilya@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., code 614.4, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Giles, D
EM: dgiles@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., code 614.4, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Tran, A
EM: atran@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., code 614.4, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AB: We suggest the establishment of the Oceanic Aerosol Network as a new component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) that adheres to AERONET calibration and processing. Climate change studies, atmospheric correction of the satellite data, satellite data validation, and aerosol modeling creates a strong demand for new data acquisition. Ship-based measurements can at least partly fill the gap in our knowledge on the global aerosol distribution over the oceans and complement island-based AERONET sites. We plan to reestablish NASA's ship-based aerosol optical depth measurement network by deploying hand-held sun photometers on various ships of opportunity; developing an archival system, similar to the AERONET browser, but specifically designed for "moving" objects (i.e., ships); developing a calibration protocol; developing stand alone processing, utilizing AERONET's Version 2 algorithm; and developing a centralized archiving and distribution system allowing for public domain, web-based access. The suggested Oceanic Aerosol Network (AERONET - OAN) will provide important information for the Ocean Color community as well as global ocean and global climate studies.
DE: 0360 Radiation: transmission and scattering
DE: 4264 Ocean optics (0649)
DE: 4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689, 2487, 3285, 4455, 6934)
DE: 4504 Air/sea interactions (0312, 3339)
DE: 4801 Aerosols (0305, 4906)
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly