Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment - Ames Sun Photometer - University of Washington C-131A aircraft

Description

TARFOX_UWC131A_SUNP Data Set was collected from the 6-channel Sun Photometer flown on the University of Washington C-131A aircraft during the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) mission.The TARFOX Intensive Field Campaign was conducted July 10-31, 1996. It included coordinated measurements from four satellites (GOES-8, NOAA-14, ERS-2, LANDSAT), four aircraft (ER-2, C-130, C-131A, and a modified Cessna), land sites, and ships. A variety of aerosol conditions was sampled, ranging from relatively clean behind frontal passages to moderately polluted with aerosol optical depths exceeding 0.5 at mid-visible wavelengths. Gradients of aerosol optical thickness were sampled to aid in isolating aerosol effects from other radiative effects and to more tightly constrain closure tests, including those of satellite retrievals. Early results from TARFOX include demonstration of the unexpected importance of carbonaceous compounds and water condensed on aerosol in the US mid-Atlantic haze plume, chemical apportionment of the aerosol optical depth, measurements of the downward component of aerosol radiative forcing, and agreement between forcing measurements and calculations.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FTARFOX%2F0001
21 http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/tarfox/tarfox_table
21 mission.html http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/mission/mission.html
21 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/project?p=%21C1336972923-LARC_ASDC
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/TARFOX/TARFOX_UWC131A_SUNP/contents.html
33 base_tarfox_datasets.pdf https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/tarfox/guide/base_tarfox_datasets.pdf
21 readme_tarfox_uwc131a_sunp.txt https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/tarfox/readme/readme_tarfox_uwc131a_sunp.txt
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/tarfox/read_software/read_sunp.f
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/tarfox/tarfox_uwc131a_sunp_table
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/citing-asdc-data
33 tarfox_project.pdf https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/tarfox/guide/tarfox_project.pdf
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0001
21 http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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