Collection Citation
| Collection Title | Aerosol Characterization Data from the Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Project (ACE-Asia) | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE - Office of Science (SC) | ||
| Other Sponsors | National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Office of Naval Research (ONR); University of California; Australia; China; France; Japan; Korea; United Kingdom | ||
| Host Website | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) | ||
| Other Related Organizations | NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory | ||
| Main Content Type | Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Description | The Aerosol Characterization Experiments (ACE) were designed to increase understanding of how atmospheric aerosol particles affect the Earth's climate system. These experiments integrated in-situ measurements, satellite observations, and models to reduce the uncertainty in calculations of the climate forcing due to aerosol particles and improve the ability of models to predict the influences of aerosols on the Earth's radiation balance. ACE-Asia was the fourth in a series of experiments organized by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Program (A Core Project of the International Geosphere Biosphere Program). The Intensive Field Phase for ACE-Asia took place during the spring of 2001 (mid-March through early May) off the coast of China, Japan and Korea. ACE-Asia pursued three specific objectives: 1) Determine the physical, chemical, and radiative properties of the major aerosol types in the Eastern Asia and Northwest Pacific region and investigate the relationships among these properties. 2) Quantify the physical and chemical processes controlling the evolution of the major aerosol types and in particular their physical, chemical, and radiative properties. 3) Develop procedures to extrapolate aerosol properties and processes from local to regional and global scales, and assess the regional direct and indirect radiative forcing by aerosols in the Eastern Asia and Northwest Pacific region [Edited and shortened version of summary at http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?ACE-ASIA] The Ace-Asia collection contains 174 datasets. | ||
| DDE Number | DDE00384 | ||
| Special Interface | No | ||
| Registration_Required | No |
