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noaaaos (b0)
Abstract
The aerosol observing system (AOS) is the primary platform for in situ aerosol measurements at Earth’s surface. Each AOS has a different complement of instruments, which are selected to ensure the best measurements at each deployment site. The AOS measures aerosol optical properties to better understand how particles interact with solar radiation and influence the Earth's radiation balance. These measurements are useful for calculating parameters used in radiative forcing calculations, such as the aerosol single scattering albedo, asymmetry parameter, mass scattering efficiency, and hygroscopic growth. Measurements made with the AOS form a long-term record at the ARM fixed sites. Shorter measurement records are available from mobile deployments in a wide variety of geographical regions. These measurements are valuable for: identifying long-term changes in aerosol properties identifying atmospheric processes controlling aerosol life cycle and their influence on clouds providing experimental data for developing and testing atmospheric climate models.
- Authors:
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- ORNL
- Publication Date:
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725;
- Research Org.:
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Collaborations:
- PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Aerosol absorption; Aerosol backscattered radiation; Aerosol concentration; Aerosol particle size; Aerosol particle size distribution; Aerosol scattering; Atmospheric moisture; Backscattered radiation; Cloud condensation nuclei; Hygroscopic growth; Particle number concentration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1996906
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.5439/1996906
Citation Formats
Mayol-Bracero, Olga, Andrews, Elisabeth, and Smith, Scott. noaaaos (b0). United States: N. p., 1996.
Web. doi:10.5439/1996906.
Mayol-Bracero, Olga, Andrews, Elisabeth, & Smith, Scott. noaaaos (b0). United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1996906
Mayol-Bracero, Olga, Andrews, Elisabeth, and Smith, Scott. 1996.
"noaaaos (b0)". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.5439/1996906. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1996906. Pub date:Mon Jul 01 20:00:00 EDT 1996
@article{osti_1996906,
title = {noaaaos (b0)},
author = {Mayol-Bracero, Olga and Andrews, Elisabeth and Smith, Scott},
abstractNote = {The aerosol observing system (AOS) is the primary platform for in situ aerosol measurements at Earth’s surface. Each AOS has a different complement of instruments, which are selected to ensure the best measurements at each deployment site. The AOS measures aerosol optical properties to better understand how particles interact with solar radiation and influence the Earth's radiation balance. These measurements are useful for calculating parameters used in radiative forcing calculations, such as the aerosol single scattering albedo, asymmetry parameter, mass scattering efficiency, and hygroscopic growth. Measurements made with the AOS form a long-term record at the ARM fixed sites. Shorter measurement records are available from mobile deployments in a wide variety of geographical regions. These measurements are valuable for: identifying long-term changes in aerosol properties identifying atmospheric processes controlling aerosol life cycle and their influence on clouds providing experimental data for developing and testing atmospheric climate models.},
doi = {10.5439/1996906},
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year = {1996},
month = {7}
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