Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of AERONET – an opportunity for collaboration
2Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
3Climate and Ocean Research and Education Unit, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
4Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Meteorology, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
6Atmospheric Optics Laboratory, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia
7Satellite Ocean Sensors Branch, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, Maryland, USA
8Directorate for Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy
9Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
10Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
11Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
12Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
13School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
14School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
15Atmosphere Center, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
16Atmospheric Science Unit, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
17Department of Ocean Technologies, Institute of Oceanology, Varna, Bulgaria
18Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
19Sea-Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory, Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
20Subdivision Environment, Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources, Swakopmund, Namibia
21Climatology Research Group, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
22Department of Marine Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
23Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Aspendale, Australia
24Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
25Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
26Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
27Département de géomatique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET was established in 2006.
MAN deploys hand-held sunphotometers (Microtops) aboard ships of opportunity.
Aerosol optical depth over oceans is a very important atmospheric parameter. The interest to the data is high in various scientific communities (ocean color, global aerosol transport modelling, satellite remote sensing). We provide instruments, calibration and processing. The major advantage of our activity is the fact that hand-held sunphotometer calibration and processing are tied to the AERONET standard.
We have been successful negotiating with various government agencies and institutions in the US, UK, Poland, Germany, France, Canada, Russia, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand regarding the possibility of ship-borne measurements. Overall about 550 cruises have been completed and many are ongoing or planned.
The current status of the network can be found at https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/maritime_aerosol_network.html
The data are in a public web-based archive and available for the scientific community at large. The collected data will make an important contribution, will enhance our knowledge and help the scientific community better understand aerosol optical properties over the oceans.
Being a component of AERONET, Maritime Aerosol Network provides an excellent opportunity for collaboration.
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