Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Jan 2018)
An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks
- B. N. Holben,
- J. Kim,
- I. Sano,
- S. Mukai,
- T. F. Eck,
- T. F. Eck,
- D. M. Giles,
- D. M. Giles,
- J. S. Schafer,
- J. S. Schafer,
- A. Sinyuk,
- A. Sinyuk,
- I. Slutsker,
- I. Slutsker,
- A. Smirnov,
- A. Smirnov,
- M. Sorokin,
- M. Sorokin,
- B. E. Anderson,
- H. Che,
- M. Choi,
- J. H. Crawford,
- R. A. Ferrare,
- M. J. Garay,
- U. Jeong,
- M. Kim,
- W. Kim,
- N. Knox,
- Z. Li,
- H. S. Lim,
- Y. Liu,
- H. Maring,
- M. Nakata,
- K. E. Pickering,
- S. Piketh,
- J. Redemann,
- J. S. Reid,
- S. Salinas,
- S. Seo,
- F. Tan,
- F. Tan,
- S. N. Tripathi,
- O. B. Toon,
- Q. Xiao
Affiliations
- B. N. Holben
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- J. Kim
- Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- I. Sano
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
- S. Mukai
- The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
- T. F. Eck
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- T. F. Eck
- Universities Space Research Association, GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
- D. M. Giles
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- D. M. Giles
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- J. S. Schafer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- J. S. Schafer
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- A. Sinyuk
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- A. Sinyuk
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- I. Slutsker
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- I. Slutsker
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- A. Smirnov
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- A. Smirnov
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- M. Sorokin
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- M. Sorokin
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
- B. E. Anderson
- NASA LRC, Hampton, VA, USA
- H. Che
- Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
- M. Choi
- Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- J. H. Crawford
- NASA LRC, Hampton, VA, USA
- R. A. Ferrare
- NASA LRC, Hampton, VA, USA
- M. J. Garay
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- U. Jeong
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- M. Kim
- Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- W. Kim
- Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- N. Knox
- Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
- Z. Li
- Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- H. S. Lim
- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
- Y. Liu
- Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- H. Maring
- NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
- M. Nakata
- Faculty of Applied Sociology, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
- K. E. Pickering
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- S. Piketh
- North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
- J. Redemann
- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
- J. S. Reid
- Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
- S. Salinas
- Singapore National University, Center for Imaging, Sensing and Processing, Singapore, Singapore
- S. Seo
- Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
- F. Tan
- School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
- F. Tan
- currently at: DISTED College, Penang, Malaysia
- S. N. Tripathi
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
- O. B. Toon
- University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Q. Xiao
- Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-655-2018
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 18
pp. 655 – 671
Abstract
Over the past 24 years, the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) program has provided highly accurate remote-sensing characterization of aerosol optical and physical properties for an increasingly extensive geographic distribution including all continents and many oceanic island and coastal sites. The measurements and retrievals from the AERONET global network have addressed satellite and model validation needs very well, but there have been challenges in making comparisons to similar parameters from in situ surface and airborne measurements. Additionally, with improved spatial and temporal satellite remote sensing of aerosols, there is a need for higher spatial-resolution ground-based remote-sensing networks. An effort to address these needs resulted in a number of field campaign networks called Distributed Regional Aerosol Gridded Observation Networks (DRAGONs) that were designed to provide a database for in situ and remote-sensing comparison and analysis of local to mesoscale variability in aerosol properties. This paper describes the DRAGON deployments that will continue to contribute to the growing body of research related to meso- and microscale aerosol features and processes. The research presented in this special issue illustrates the diversity of topics that has resulted from the application of data from these networks.
