Measurement : Aerosol scattering

The scattering of radiative energy by processes at the aerosol and molecular level.

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
    • AOS : Aerosol Observation System
    • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights)
    • RL : Raman Lidar
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • AOS : Aerosol Observation System
    • DRI-GND : Desert Research Institute Ground-Based Aerosol Instruments
    • AEROSOL-TOWER-EML : EML Tower based Aerosol Measurements
    • G-1 : Gulfstream
    • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights)
    • LASE : LASE-airborne Dial System
    • MSR : Multi-wavelength Scanning Radiometer
    • CADENZA : NASA-Ames Cadenza Cavity Ring-Down Instrument
    • NOAA-AIR : NOAA Airborne Aerosol Instruments
    • RONBROWN : NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown
    • PASS-AIR : Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer- Airborne
    • RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles
    • RL : Raman Lidar
    • UW-AIR : University of Washington Airborne Aerosol Instruments
    • UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft

Value-Added Products

  • RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles (Process)
    • 10RLPROFBE1TURN : Raman LIDAR (RL): Best-estimate state of the atmos. profiles from RL & AERI+GOES retrievals
    • 10RLPROFASR1FERR : Raman Lidar (RL): aerosol scattering ratio and backscattering coefficient profiles

Datastreams

  • AOS : Aerosol Observation System Datastreams
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System (AOS): aerosol data, 1-min
  • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights) Datastreams
    • IAPAVG : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights), averaged at various flight levels
    • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights), 1-second