Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: Long‐term measurements by the AERONET program of spectral aerosol optical depth, precipitable water, and derived Angstrom exponent were analyzed and compiled into an aerosol optical properties climatology. Quality assured monthly means are presented and described for 9 primary sites and 21 additional multiyear sites with distinct aerosol regimes representing tropical biomass burning, boreal forests, midlatitude humid climates, midlatitude dry climates, oceanic sites, desert sites, and background sites. Seasonal trends for each of these nine sites are discussed and climatic averages presented.
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd900014
Institutions: Goddard Space Flight Center, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Maryland, Baltimore, RTX (United States), Raytheon (United States), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, University of New Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of California San Diego, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Université de Sherbrooke, Science Applications International Corporation (United States), University of Maryland, College Park, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Joint Research Centre, Joint Research Centre
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2012247153