ABOVE03, The 2003 AIRS BBAERI Ocean Validation Experiment: AIRS Validation and Aerosols
Abstract
From May 28 to July 9, 2003, a complementary set of instruments was deployed to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Chesapeake Light lighthouse platform to provide correlative measurements characterizing the atmosphere and sea surface over the ocean for validation of NASA's Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Located 25 km due east of Virginia Beach, VA, Chesapeake Light offers a relatively convenient site for measurements over the ocean while being far enough offshore for water only AIRS fields of view. In addition to the UMBC Baltimore Bomem Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (BBAERI), the UMBC Elastic Lidar Facility (ELF), and Vaisala RS-90 rawinsondes used during ABOVE02, we deployed in situ O3 and CO gas analyzers and during the first three weeks, flew 18 ozonesondes in collaboration with Dr. Mike Newchurch, UAH. A total of 140 Vaisala RS-90 radiosondes were launched covering 61 Aqua and 12 Terra overpasses. Preliminary comparisons of ABOVE03 data products to AIRS observations and retrievals will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to both AIRS and ground-based aerosol observations.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003AGUFM.H32B0572M
- Keywords:
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- 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345;
- 4801);
- 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry;
- 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry;
- 0394 Instruments and techniques