SAFARI 2000 Airborne Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth and Water Vapor Data

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The NASA Ames Airborne Tracking 14-channel Sunphotometer (AATS-14) was operated successfully aboard the University of Washington CV-580 for 24 data flights during the dry-season airborne campaign from August 13 to September 25, 2000. Flights originated from Pietersburg, South Africa; Kasane, Botswana; and Walvis Bay, Namibia. The AATS-14 instrument measures the transmission of the direct solar beam at 14 discrete wavelengths (350-1558 nm) from which we derived spectral aerosol optical depths (AOD) and columnar water vapor (CWV). Flying at different altitudes over a fixed location allows derivation of layer AOD and CWV. Data taken during vertical profiles allows derivation of aerosol extinction and water vapor density.

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5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2FS2K%2Fguides%2Faats14.html
5 https://doi.org%2F10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F643
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fprotected%2Fbundle%2Fames_sunphotometer_643.zip
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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dames_sunphotometer_643%26ac%3Dtrue
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fsafari2k%2Fremote_sensing%2Fames_sunphotometer%2Fcomp%2Frevision.txt
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fsafari2k%2Fremote_sensing%2Fames_sunphotometer%2Fcomp%2FAATS14_readme.txt
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fsafari2k%2Fremote_sensing%2Fames_sunphotometer%2Fcomp%2Faats14.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ames_sunphotometer_643&ac=true
21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/643
57 ames_sunphotometer_643.zip https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/ames_sunphotometer_643.zip
34 safari_logo_square.png https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png
33 aats14.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/ames_sunphotometer/comp/aats14.pdf
47 revision.txt https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/ames_sunphotometer/comp/revision.txt
47 AATS14_readme.txt https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/ames_sunphotometer/comp/AATS14_readme.txt
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2788351532-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-indicators-water-vapor
  • earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness

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