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Arctic Study on Tropospheric Aerosol and Radiation: Comparison of tropospheric aerosol extinction profiles measured by airborne photometer and SAGE II
Author(s) -
Thomason Larry W.,
Herber Andreas B.,
Yamanouchi Takashi,
Sato Kaoru
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2002gl016453
Subject(s) - aerosol , troposphere , environmental science , photometer , context (archaeology) , atmospheric sciences , sun photometer , haze , satellite , arctic , meteorology , remote sensing , geology , geography , oceanography , physics , paleontology , astronomy , optics
The Arctic Study on Tropospheric Aerosol and Radiation (ASTAR) is focused on understanding the climate effects of Arctic haze. As a part of this experiment, a tropospheric aerosol extinction profile was obtained by airborne sun photometer spatially and temporally close to a satellite‐based measurement. The results suggest that airborne photometry is a promising avenue for the validation of satellite‐derived aerosol extinction measurements in the middle and upper troposphere. The results also suggest that SAGE II measurements can be used to provide a regional context to more intensive but spatially limited aircraft and ground‐based data sets.

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