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Vertical Characterization of Aerosol using Aeronet

Vertical Characterization of Aerosol using Aeronet. Purpose . To separate surface, troposphere and stratospheric aerosol components. Background Aeronet – Instrument Desc. Aeronet is a sun photometer focuses on the sun It measures x wavelengths

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Vertical Characterization of Aerosol using Aeronet

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  1. Vertical Characterization of Aerosol using Aeronet

  2. Purpose • To separate surface, troposphere and stratospheric aerosol components

  3. Background Aeronet – Instrument Desc • Aeronet is a sun photometer focuses on the sun • It measures x wavelengths • Knowing the solar constant at the top of the atmosphere, Aeronet takes the difference to find AOT and x wavelengths. • Aeronet was put into place by NASA as a way to validate satellite AOT measurements.

  4. Aeronet Sites with Data

  5. Method • Pick Aeronet sites in Pacific where there isn’t a lot of pollution • Extract three wavelengths (380, 500, 675) and plot • We assume that the only components in the pacific column are sea salt at the surface and the additional is from the troposphere. • AOT Surf + AOT Trop = AOT Tot

  6. Angstrom Exponent • The other information we have about the aerosol is the angstrom exponent • Bext = C(Lambda)^-A • A= - ln(Tau1/Tau2)/ln(wavelength 1/wavelength 2) • A is the slope between two wavelengths and indicates the color of the aerosol • For the pacific island sites we made the assumption that the surface angstrom exponent = 0 and that the troposphere would have a constant A

  7. 6 Equations/ 6 Unknowns • We have six unknowns, AOT Surf and Trop for 380, 500 and 675 • We know that AOT surf + AOT trop = AOT tot • This gives us 3 equations • Since the AngsExponent on the surf is 0 we can say that AOTsurf 380 = AOTsurf 500= AOTsurf 675 • This gives us 2 independent equations AOT380=AOT 500 and AOT380 = AOT 675

  8. Last Equation • At the peak we assume a surface AOT and then calculate the tropospheric AOT and the trop Angstrom Exponent • We assume that Angs Exponent is fixed in the troposphere, so then we can substitute and solve for Surf AOT 380 • We then get two curves – Surf and trop • We iterate to find the best sea salt concentration

  9. Stratosophere • Using this same method, we extracted the stratosphere from the troposphere at Mauna Loa • Assume that the stratosphere has a constant slope. • Assume it is constant over the entire world.

  10. Future work: • Once we’ve separated the surface and the troposphere components we can subtract this troposphere from other sites in the same latitude belt • Also – when we have validated the MODIS and MISR AOT with aeronet we will be able to make this same subtraction from the satellite and characterize AOT both horizontally and vertically

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