Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of AERONET – an opportunity for collaboration
2Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg
3Climate and Ocean Research and Education Unit, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot
4Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology, Thuwal
5Department of Meteorology, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg
6Atmospheric Optics Laboratory, Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk
7Satellite Ocean Sensors Branch, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, Maryland
8Directorate for Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra
9Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
10Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
11Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Durham, New Hampshire
12Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
13School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
14School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville
15Atmosphere Center, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington
16Atmospheric Science Unit, Stockholm University, Stockholm
17Department of Ocean Technologies, Institute of Oceanology, Varna
18Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec
19Sea-Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory, Institute of Oceanology, Moscow
20Subdivision Environment, Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources, Swakopmund
21Climatology Research Group, North-West University, Potchefstroom
22Department of Marine Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, New York
23Climate Science Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Aspendale
24Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette
25Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq
26Global Monitoring Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado
27Département de géomatique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec
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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