Tropical Intercontinental Optical Measurement Network Of Aerosol, Precipitable Water And Total Column Ozone
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Holben, B.N., D. Tanre, J. A. Reagan, T.F. Eck, A. Setzer, Y.A. Kaufman, E. Vermote, G.D. Vassikiou, and Lavenue. “Tropical Intercontinental Optical Measurement Network Of Aerosol, Precipitable Water And Total Column Ozone.” [Proceedings] IGARSS ’92 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 1 (May 1992): 738–39. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.1992.576819.
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Abstract
A new generation of automatic sunphotometers will be used to
systematically monitor clear sky total column aerosol concentration and
optical properties, precipitable water and total column ozone diurnally and
annually in West Africa and South America beginning in 1992. The
instruments are designed to measure direct beam sun, solar aureole and
sky radiances in 9 narrow spectral bands from the UV to the near Infrared
on an hourly basis. This paper describes the projects participating in the
networks, the instrumentation, and the algorithms required to reduce the
data for subsequent analysis.