Description
The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET), developed to sustain atmospheric studies at various scales with measurements from worldwide distributed autonomous sun-photometers has been extended to support marine applications. This new network component called AERONET – Ocean Color (AERONET-OC), provides the additional capability of measuring the radiance emerging from the sea (i.e., water-leaving radiance) with modified sun-photometers installed on offshore platforms like lighthouses, oceanographic and oil towers. AERONET-OC is instrumental in satellite ocean color validation activities through standardized measurements a) performed at different sites with a single measuring system and protocol, b) calibrated with an identical reference source and method, and c) processed with the same code.
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http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/type_piece_of_map_seaprism_new?long1=-180&long2=180&lat1=-90&lat2=90&multiplier=2&what_map=4&nachal=1&formatter=0&level=3 |
Tags
- precipitable-water
- aerosols
- inversions
- satellite
- clouds
- radiation
- earth-science