A synthesis of single scattering albedo of biomass burning aerosol over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000

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dc.contributor.authorLeahy, L. V.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, T. L.
dc.contributor.authorEck, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorBergstrom, R. W.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-29T17:02:12Z
dc.date.available2024-04-29T17:02:12Z
dc.date.issued2007-06-30
dc.description.abstractWe present a synthesis of single scattering albedo for biomass burning aerosol from the SAFARI 2000 field campaign. Values at 550 nm were derived from three methods: airborne in situ measurements of aerosol scattering and absorption; airborne flux radiometry; and ground-based sun-photometer/radiometer retrievals from AERONET. Collocated comparisons indicate that uncertainties are well understood for all three methods. The new (Version 2) AERONET retrieval gives substantially lower single scattering albedo over bright surfaces, and the comparisons herein represent the first independent check of this retrieval. Combined in situ and AERONET data yield a regional value of 0.85 ± 0.02 (mean and total uncertainty), which we propose is representative of single scattering albedo for the Southern African region during the biomass burning season. This value agrees with the “highly absorbing smoke” model used in MODIS aerosol retrievals, but indicates that many of the AeroCom models overestimate single scattering albedo for this region and season.
dc.description.sponsorshipT. L. Anderson and L. V. Leahy acknowledge support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (grant NNG04GD64G and contract NAS1-99105) and the National Science Foundation (grants ATM-0601177 and ATM-0205198). T. L. Anderson also acknowledges support from the NASA/Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology program through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We thank B. Holben and colleagues for establishing and maintaining the seven sites used in this investigation, and B. Schmid and colleagues for providing the airborne sun-photometer data.
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2007GL029697
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2guqn-fh51
dc.identifier.citationLeahy, L. V., T. L. Anderson, T. F. Eck, and R. W. Bergstrom. “A Synthesis of Single Scattering Albedo of Biomass Burning Aerosol over Southern Africa during SAFARI 2000.” Geophysical Research Letters 34, no. 12 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029697.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029697
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/33505
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAGU
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.subjectAERONET
dc.subjectbiomass burning
dc.subjectsingle scattering albedo
dc.titleA synthesis of single scattering albedo of biomass burning aerosol over southern Africa during SAFARI 2000
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-1610

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