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Analysis Interface for Nighttime Aerosol Optical Depth Assessment with ARM WSI

Musat, I.C.(a) and Ellingson, R.G.(b), University of Maryland at College Park (a), Florida State University (b)
Twelfth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting

Nighttime values of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) are determined from ARM WSI measurements of starlight. For these measurements, an interface for automatic analysis of clear sky nights and data display is being developed. This analysis utilizes the SBDART model, in conjunction with sounding measurements. By running the system in a quasi-operational mode, a database of nighttime AOD is being obtained. Comparison with daytime determined AOD by other instruments is performed.

Note: This is the poster abstract presented at the meeting; an extended version was not provided by the author(s).