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Cloud-Screening and Quality Control Algorithms for the AERONET Database
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In this paper, the authors present a cloud-screening algorithm for ground-based sun-photometer measurements of aerosol optical depth in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET).About:
This article is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.The article was published on 2000-09-01. It has received 1311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: AERONET & Angstrom exponent.read more
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AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol Characterization
Brent N. Holben,Thomas F. Eck,Ilya Slutsker,Didier Tanré,J. P. Buis,Alberto Setzer,Eric Vermote,John A. Reagan,Yoram J. Kaufman,Teruyuki Nakajima,François Lavenu,I. Jankowiak,Alexander Smirnov +12 more
TL;DR: The operation and philosophy of the monitoring system, the precision and accuracy of the measuring radiometers, a brief description of the processing system, and access to the database are discussed.
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The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products and Validation
Lorraine A. Remer,Yoram J. Kaufman,Didier Tanré,Shana Mattoo,D. A. Chu,J. V. Martins,Rong-Rong Li,Charles Ichoku,Robert C. Levy,Richard G. Kleidman,Thomas F. Eck,Eric Vermote,Brent N. Holben +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the spectral optical thickness and effective radius of the aerosol over the ocean were validated by comparison with two years of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) data.
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Variability of Absorption and Optical Properties of Key Aerosol Types Observed in Worldwide Locations
Oleg Dubovik,Brent N. Holben,Thomas F. Eck,Thomas F. Eck,Alexander Smirnov,Yoram J. Kaufman,Michael D. King,Didier Tanré,Ilya Slutsker +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the AERONET network of ground-based radiometers were used to remotely sense the aerosol absorption and other optical properties in several key locations, and the results showed robust differentiation in both the magnitude and spectral dependence of the absorption, a property driving aerosol climate forcing.
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An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET
Brent N. Holben,Didier Tanré,Alexander Smirnov,Thomas F. Eck,Thomas F. Eck,Thomas F. Eck,Ilya Slutsker,Nader Abuhassan,W. W. Newcomb,Joel Schafer,Joel Schafer,Bernadette Chatenet,F. Lavenu,Yoram J. Kaufman,J. R. Vande Castle,Alberto Setzer,Brian L. Markham,Dennis K. Clark,Robert Frouin,Rangasayi N. Halthore,Rangasayi N. Halthore,A. Karneli,N. T. O'Neill,Christophe Pietras,Christophe Pietras,Rachel T. Pinker,Kenneth J. Voss,Giuseppe Zibordi +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the AERONET program of spectral aerosol optical depth, precipitable water, and derived Angstrom exponent were analyzed and compiled into a spectral optical properties climatology.
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Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model
Paul Ginoux,Mian Chin,Ina Tegen,Joseph M. Prospero,Brent N. Holben,Oleg Dubovik,Shian-Jiann Lin +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the global distribution of dust aerosol is simulated with the Georgia Tech/Goddard Global Ozone Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) model.
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AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol Characterization
Brent N. Holben,Thomas F. Eck,Ilya Slutsker,Didier Tanré,J. P. Buis,Alberto Setzer,Eric Vermote,John A. Reagan,Yoram J. Kaufman,Teruyuki Nakajima,François Lavenu,I. Jankowiak,Alexander Smirnov +12 more
TL;DR: The operation and philosophy of the monitoring system, the precision and accuracy of the measuring radiometers, a brief description of the processing system, and access to the database are discussed.
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Wavelength dependence of the optical depth of biomass burning, urban, and desert dust aerosols
Thomas F. Eck,Brent N. Holben,Jeffrey S. Reid,Oleg Dubovik,Alexander Smirnov,N. T. O'Neill,Ilya Slutsker,Stefan Kinne +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral variation of α is typically not considered in the analysis and comparison of values from different techniques, and the spectral measurements of τ a from 340 to 1020 nm obtained from ground-based Aerosol Robotic Network radiometers located in various locations where either biomass burning, urban, or desert dust aerosols are prevalent.
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Objective algorithms for the retrieval of optical depths from ground-based measurements
Lee Harrison,Joseph J. Michalsky +1 more
TL;DR: An algorithm is described that objectively selects data points from a continuous time series and performs the required regression by means of Langley regression to provide intercomparable retrievals of optical depths from widely varying historical data sets.
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