The atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer (AERI) is a ground-based instrument that measures the downwelling infrared radiance from the Earth’s atmosphere. The observations have broad spectral content and sufficient spectral resolution to discriminate among gaseous emitters (e.g., carbon dioxide and water vapor) and suspended matter (e.g., aerosols, water droplets, and ice crystals). These upward-looking surface observations can be used to obtain vertical profiles of tropospheric temperature and water vapor, as well as measurements of trace gases (e.g., ozone, carbon monoxide, and methane) and downwelling infrared spectral signatures of clouds and aerosols.
AERI
aeri > Atmospheric Emitted Radiance InterferometerInstrument Type(s) > Baseline • Evaluation • External • Guest
Primary Derived Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Locations
Facility Name | Start Date |
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Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | 2016-07-12 |
Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 1994-01-10 |
Houston, TX; AMF1 (main site for TRACER) | 2021-08-09 |
Peckham, OK (Extended) | 2021-05-26 |
Central Facility, Barrow AK | 1998-02-22 |
Medford, OK (Extended) | 2016-04-07 |
Gunnison, CO; AMF2 (main site for SAIL) | 2021-07-01 |
Morrison, OK (Extended) | 2016-04-07 |
Related Publications
2022
Loveless D, T Wagner, R Knuteson, D Turner, and S Ackerman. 2022. "Information Content of a Synergy of Ground-based and Space-based Infrared Sounders Part I: Clear Sky Environments." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, , 10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0119.1. ONLINE.
Geerts B, S Giangrande, G McFarquhar, L Xue, S Abel, J Comstock, S Crewell, P DeMott, K Ebell, P Field, T Hill, A Hunzinger, M Jensen, K Johnson, T Juliano, P Kollias, B Kosovic, C Lackner, E Luke, C Lüpkes, A Matthews, R Neggers, M Ovchinnikov, H Powers, M Shupe, T Spengler, B Swanson, M Tjernström, A Theisen, N Wales, Y Wang, M Wendisch, and P Wu. 2022. "The COMBLE campaign: a study of marine boundary-layer clouds in Arctic cold-air outbreaks." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, , 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0044.1.
Wagner T, D Turner, T Heus, and W Blumberg. 2022. "Observing Profiles of Derived Kinematic Field Quantities Using a Network of Profiling Sites." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39(3), 10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0061.1.
Research Highlight
Liu L, Y Huang, J Gyakum, D Turner, and P Gero. 2022. "Trends in Downwelling Longwave Radiance over the Southern Great Plains." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(6), e2021JD035949, 10.1029/2021JD035949.
Shupe M, M Rex, B Blomquist, P Persson, J Schmale, T Uttal, D Althausen, H Angot, S Archer, L Bariteau, I Beck, J Bilberry, S Bucci, C Buck, M Boyer, Z Brasseur, I Brooks, R Calmer, J Cassano, V Castro, D Chu, D Costa, C Cox, J Creamean, S Crewell, S Dahlke, E Damm, G de Boer, H Deckelmann, K Dethloff, M Dütsch, K Ebell, A Ehrlich, J Ellis, R Engelmann, A Fong, M Frey, M Gallagher, L Ganzeveld, R Gradinger, J Graeser, V Greenamyer, H Griesche, S Griffiths, J Hamilton, G Heinemann, D Helmig, A Herber, C Heuzé, J Hofer, T Houchens, D Howard, J Inoue, H Jacobi, R Jaiser, T Jokinen, O Jourdan, G Jozef, W King, A Kirchgaessner, M Klingebiel, M Krassovski, T Krumpen, A Lampert, W Landing, T Laurila, D Lawrence, M Lonardi, B Loose, C Lüpkes, M Maahn, A Macke, W Maslowski, C Marsay, M Maturilli, M Mech, S Morris, M Moser, M Nicolaus, P Ortega, J Osborn, F Pätzold, D Perovich, T Petäjä, C Pilz, R Pirazzini, K Posman, H Powers, K Pratt, A Preußer, L Quéléver, M Radenz, B Rabe, A Rinke, T Sachs, A Schulz, H Siebert, T Silva, A Solomon, A Sommerfeld, G Spreen, M Stephens, A Stohl, G Svensson, J Uin, J Viegas, C Voigt, P von der Gathen, B Wehner, J Welker, M Wendisch, M Werner, Z Xie, and F Yue. 2022. "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere." Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10(1), 10.1525/elementa.2021.00060.
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