Measurement : Aerosol optical properties

The optical properties of aerosols, including asymmetry factor, phase-function, single-scattering albedo, refractive index, and backscatter fraction.

Categories
Aerosols

Instruments

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

  • ARM Instruments
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • AOS-PMFOV : Acoustical Optical Spectrometer-Photometer with Multiple Fields of View
    • AOD : Aerosol Optical Depth, derived from MFRSR/NIMFR
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
    • CPI : Cloud Particle Imager
    • DRUM-AEROSOL : Drum Aerosol Sampler
    • AEROSOL-TOWER-EML : EML Tower based Aerosol Measurements
    • MFRSR-WV1BARN : MFRSR Water-Vapor Barnard Algorithm
    • MPL-AIR : Micropulse Lidar- Airborne
    • CADENZA : NASA-Ames Cadenza Cavity Ring-Down Instrument
    • NEPHELOMETER : Nephelometer
    • UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft
    • WRF-CHEM : Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Output

Value-Added Products

  • RIPBE : Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (Process)
    • RIPBE1MCFARLANE : Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate profiles derived with first McFarlane algorithm

Datastreams

  • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer Datastreams
    • CSPHOTALM1DUBO : Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT): Dubovik almucantar retrievals
    • CSPHOTPFN1 : Cimel Sunphotometer (CSPHOT): Aerosol phase functions derived from almucantar sky radiances