Appendix A
Research Data Sources



Ground-based Measurements

Measurement

Instrument

Locations(s)

Institutions

Measurement

Frequency

AEROSOL

Vertical Profiles (Mixing region up to ~2 km)

Lidar (Continuous wave)

(514.5 nm)

Trivandrum

Pune

SPL, IITM

One profile/night, 3 to 5 days/month. One profile/night, on all Wednesdays

Vertical Profiles

(up to stratosphere)

Pulsed lidar Nd:YAG (532 nm)

Trivandrum, Mt. Abu, Delhi

SPL, NMRF,

PRL/NPL/GSFC

One profile/night, on desired days

Vertical Profiles

(backscatter coeff., extinction coeff., size distr.)

Multi-Wavelength Lidar

(355, 400, 532, 710, 800, and 1064 nm)

Hulule

Inst. Trop. Res.

Continuous (under good conditions)

Optical Thickness, Column size distribution

Sun Photometer

Hulule

Inst. Trop. Res.

When possible (direct view to sun required)

Optical Thickness, Forward Scattering, Multiple Scattering

Sun Photometer, Aureolometer, Photopolarimeter

Hulule

LOA

When possible

Vertical profiles of aerosols

Near IR Twilight photometer

Mauritius

IITM

During twilight period of Jan-May 1998

Surface sampling, and size

4-stage high volume sampler

Trivandrum

SPL/PRL

Daily/weekly

8-stage Anderson impactor

Mumbai

IIT

As needed

Segregated Chemical Comp & Mass size distribution

4-stage high volume sampler

Minicoy

SPL

Daily/weekly

Mass size distribution

14 stage Anderson Sampler

Trivandrum

SPL

One/month

10 stage QCM

Mumbai

IIT

As desired

 

 

Ground Based Measurements(continued)

RADIATION

Spectral Optical Depth (vertical column)

10-channel multiwavelength radiometer (MWR) (380, 400, 450, 500, 600, 650, 750, 850, 935 & 1025 nm)

13-channel multiwavelength radiometer (MWR) (selectable 250 - 1100 nm)

Sunphotometer—5-channel (399, 497, 667, 848 & 1050 nm)

Spectrophotometer (350 - 1100 nm)

Trivandrum, Minicoy, Mysore, Vizag, Jodhpur, Mauritius (Jointly)

 

 

Pune

 

 

Mt. Abu

 

New Delhi

SPL

 

 

 

IITM

 

 

PRL

 

NPL

On all clear days/clear periods of the days

 

 

On all clear days/clear periods of the days

 

On all clear days/clear periods of the days

On all clear days/clear periods of the days

Global, direct, indirect radiation flux 300 - 1100 and 780 - 1100 nm

Kipp & Zonen Pyranometer, suntracker, Pyrheliometer

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

C4

Continuous, year round

Global, direct, indirect radiation flux 300 - 700 nm

5-channel, UV/VIS radiometer, BSI GTR-511

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

C4

Continuous, year round

Light scattering extinction coefficient

Radiance Research M903 Nephelometer

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

U Miami

Continuous, year round

Optical extinction coefficient

Radiance Research PSAP Aethelometer

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

U Miami

Continuous, year round

Global & diffuse flux

CIMEL Radiometer

CIMEL Radiometer

 

Pyranometer, Pyrgeometer, Spectroradiometer

Trivandrum

Hulule

 

Hulule

SPL

GSFC

 

LOA

Regular

Continuous (direct)

Hourly (diffuse)

Regular

Total incoming & outgoing radiation from ground to 30 km

Radiometer sonde

Delhi, Nagpur, Pune,

Bhubneshwar, Trivandrum

IMD

Regular

 

 

Ground Based Measurements(continued)

CHEMISTRY AND TRACE GASES

Surface O3, NOx, CO, CO2 and CH4

GC, UV absorption, IR absorption, chemistry

Mt. Abu, Minicoy, Delhi

PRL

NPL, NMRF

Regular

Column content of trace species NO2, OC10, H2O, O3, BrO

UV--visible spectrometer

Pune, Mauritius

IITM

Regular

Surface, CH4, CO & NOx

Gas & ion chromatographs

Delhi, Mauritius

NPL

Regular

Surface O3

Chemical

Delhi, Pune, Kodaikanal, Srinagar

Mt. Abu, Trivandrumi

IMD

PRL

Regular

Thermo Environmental UV absorption analyzer

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

U Miami

Continuous, year round

Surface CO

API NDIR analyzer

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

C4

Continuous, year round

Surface SF6, CFCs

HP GC/ECD

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

C4

Quasi-continuous, year round

O3 profile

Ozonesonde

Delhi, Pune, Trivandrum

IMD

Quasi-continuous, year round

O3 profile (Umkehr)

Brewer spectrometer

Delhi, Kodaikanal

IMD

Quasi-continuous, year round

O3 content

Dobson

Delhi, Pune, Srinagar, Kodaikanal, Varanasi

IMD

Quasi-continuous, year round

Rain chemistry

W.O. collector major ions

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

MISU

Rain event

Bulk Aerosol Sampling

Filter Impactor

Kaashidhoo/Maldives

U Miami

Continuous, year round

METEOROLOGY

Pressure, temp, RH, winds, height

NCAR GLASS

NCAR GLASS

NOAA GPS Sonde

German GPS Sonde

NCAR Dropsonde

R/V Sagar Kanya

KCO

R/V Brown

Hululé

NCAR G130

NCAR/SSSF

NCAR/SSSF

NOAA/U MD

ITRP

NCAR/SSSF

4-day (+ specials)

2-day (+ specials)

4-day

2-day (+ specials)

Variable--mission dependent

O3/Water vapor

German Sonde

R/V Brown

ICG-2

One-day

Position, temperature, RH

French Constant-Level Balloons

Launch from Goa

LMD

28 on forecast basis

15 Jan - 28 Feb




Dutch Citation

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Atmospheric Chemistry

CH4, CO, N2O--tunable diode laser spectrometer

Fischer

Wong

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

NMHC, carbonyls, organic acids--proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometer

de Gouw

Innsbruck U Utrecht U

              

Relative humidity--Vaisala humidity capacitor

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Innsbruck U Utrecht U

              

NMHC--gas chromato- graph (canister samples)

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Utrecht U

              

NO--chemiluminescense

Fischer,Lange

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

JNO2--2 actinic flux radiometers

Lelieveld

Utrecht U

              

CO2--infrared analyzer

Fischer,Williams

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

O3--chemiluminescence

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Utrecht U

              

Aerosols (5 nm)

Krajii,Strom

U Stockholm

              

Aerosol scattering--nephelometer

Andreae

Formenti

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

3-D wind vector pressure transducers, IRS, GPS

Soijer

Delft U

Dutch Citation (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Cloud Physics

3-D wind vector--pressure transducers, IRS, GPS

Soijer

Delft U

              

Relative humidity-- Vaisala capacitor

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Utrecht U

              

O3chemiluminescence

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Utrecht U

              

DMS--PTR mass spectrometer

de Gouw

Innsbruck U Utrecht U

              

LWC + droplet-- surface area. Light

Duynkerk

Lelieveld

Utrecht U

              

Droplet spectrum-- light scattering (FSSP-100)

Heymsfield

NCAR

              

Directional VIS radiance--optical fibers and photodiodes

Boot

Lelieveld

Utrecht U

              

Aerosols (5 nm < D < 3.5 µm)--2 CN counters, DMA, optical counter

Kreji, Strom

U Stockholm

              

Aerosol scattering-- nephelometer

Andreae

Formenti

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

NO chemiluminescence

Fischer,Lange

MPI/Chem, Mainz

              

NOy—(gold convert chemiluminescence)

MPI/Chem, Mainz

NMHC gas chromato- graph (canister samples)

Lelieveld

Scheeren

Utrecht U

              

CH4, CO,N2O--tunable diode laser spectrometer

Fischer, Wong

                




R/V Ronald Brown

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Trace Gases

NO, NOx, NOy

Carsey

Dickerson

AMOLUMD

              

O3 (UV absorption)

Carsey

Dickerson

AMOLUMD

              

CO

Dickerson

UMD

              

SO2

Dickerson

UMD

              

j(NO2)

Dickerson

UMD

              

O3 (sondes)

Thompson

Kley

GSFCKFA

ASCII

ASCII

1/day

1/day

2/day

pre-launch

100kb/flt

UV actinic flux

Perner

MPI

              

H2CO, H2O2, NO2, CO, (using TDL)
Fischer

MPI

              

j(O3)

Perner

MPI

              

ROx

Burrows

Bremen

MPI

ASCII

ASCII

  

1 min

1hr/day + 2hr every 2 days

    

O3, Rn, DMS

Bates

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

30 min average

  

38 lines/ day x 40 days

Column O3

(sun photometer)

Flatau

UCSD

              

Column O3 (microtops)

Thompson

Dickerson

GSFC, UMD

              

Column O3, H2O (sun photometer)

Meywerk

UCSD, SIO

              

SO2, NH3 (UV fluorescence)

Rodhe

U Stockholm

              

O3 (Raman lidar)

Philbrick

PSU

        

sfc-3500 m

    

NMHC

Brenninkmeijer

MPI

              

Radon counter

Rechou

Bhugwant

LPA

La Reunion U

ASCII

ASCII

maybe

no

30 mns

no

20 kb/day

03.PTU profiles (sondes

Posny

LPA

La Reunion U

ASCII

ASCII

    

2/month 35 m

  

less than 100Ko pe rlaunch

R/V Ronald Brown (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Meteorology

Surface Meteorology state parameters

  

NOAA

              

Rawinsondes (GPS)

Dickerson

NOAA, UMD

ASCII

ASCII

1/day

1/day

2-4/day

pre launch

30Kb/flight

Profiler

  

NOAA

              

Profiler

Raman

NCSU

              

Boundary layer SODAR

Raman

NCSU

              

Whole sky camera

Flatau

UCSD

              

Precip/cloud dynamics

Akerman

Battelle

              

Precip chemistry

Rodhe

U Stockholm

              

Cloud images

Meywerk

SIO

              

H20 (LIDAR/LAPS)

Philbrick

PSU

         
sfc-3500m/day

sfc-10km/night

    

Aerosols

Particle S/N Distrib.

Bates

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no
1 min total CN 30 min avg for # size dist size dist data in 26 size bins

20 min/day

simiarl to ACE-1

Aerosol backscatter

Flatau

UCSD

              

Aerosol scat, b-scat, absorp.

Quinn

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

1 min

negligible

250 kb

Size seg. Aerosol (majorions, mineral dust, total mass)

Quinn

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

4-24 hrs

0-2 hrs/day

300 kb

Size distri. & hydroscopy (TDMPS/HTDMA)

Wiedensohler

Heintzenberg

Leipzig

              

Size seg. Aerosol (OG/EC)

Wiedensohler

Heintzenberg

Leipzig

              

Aerosol composition

Annegarn

U Witwatersrand

              

Aerosol optical depth

Dickerson

UMD

              

AOD, H2O

Flatau

UCSD

              

Size seg. Aerosols

Rodhe

U Stockholm

              

Aerosol scatt/absorption

Meywerk

SIO/C4

              

Organic carbon

Prather

UCR

              

Aerosols in MBL

Shaw

U Alaska

              

Aerosol B-scat/ extinction

Philbrick

PSU

              

 

R/V Ronald Brown (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Aerosols (continued)

Aerosol optical depth (sun photometers

Quinn

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

once/day light hour

none

200 kb

Size segment aerosol (major ions. Br-)

Dickerson

Carsey Keene

UM, AMOL, UVa

              

Aerosol backscater extinction (lidar/MPL)

Voss

UM

              

Radiation

Solar UV/VIS/NIR

Lubin

UCSD/SIO

              

Solar UV-NIR

Meywerk

SIO

              

Aureole radiance distribution

Voss

UM

              

Oceanography

CTD radiation

Flatau

UCSD

              

Water leaving radiation

Frouin

UCSD

              

DMS (aqueous)

Bates

PMEL

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

approx hrly

  

24 lines/ day 40days

CO2 (air/water, Chlorophyll, O2

Wannikhof

AOML

              




C-130 Aircraft

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Chemistry

API/MS

Andreae

Max Planck I.

binary

ASCII

no

yes

1 second

10-20% measurement time

155 kb/hr

Organic Carbon with evolved CO2

Cachier

?

ASCII

ASCII

yes

?

10 micro-gram detection

?

?

O3 (slow), CO

Campos

NCAR/ATD/ACD

binary

Net CDF

yes

yes

O3 10-sec

CO1-min

03 none

CO2 min zeros every 7 min

?

PTR-MS

Hansel, Lelieveld

U Innsbruck

U Utrecht

binary

ASCII

no

yes

15-s

(user select)

2x5 min/hr

(user select)

10 kb/flt

Cloud Imagers

AIMR airborne imaging microwave radiometer 37 and 90 GHz

Radke

NCAR/ATD

AIMR field

DORADE

GEO format

Postscript images

yes

37+90 GHz (resolution = altitude)

none

60 mb/10 hr flt

MCR (7 channels)

Laursen

Coakley

Radke

NCAR/ATD

binary

binary

no

yes

~30m spatial

~20km wide-image scenes

?

?

Video camera (forward) & down

Friesen

NCAR.ATD

8mm video

8 mm video

continuous

Meteorology

Aircraft parameters

Friesen

NCAR/ATD

Net CDF

Net CDF

yes

yes

1 sec

between flights

100mb/flt

GPS Dropsonde

Friesen

NCAR/ATD

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

variable

prior to launch

30kb/ launch

Radiation

TDDR (up-looking)

Valero,Bucholtz

UCSD/SIO/ARL

binary

NetCDF

yes

yes

~2.5 Hz

none

~2mb/flt

MCRV (down-looking)

Valero,Bucholtz

UCSD/SIO/ARL

binary

NetCDF

yes

yes

~2.5 Hz

none

~2mb/flt

TSBR (up/down-looking)

Valero,Bucholtz

UCSD/SIO/ARL

binary

NetCDF

yes

yes

~2.5 Hz

none

~2mb/flt

FSBR (up/down-looking)

Valero,Bucholtz

UCSD/SIO/ARL

binary

NetCDF

yes

yes

~2.5 Hz

none

~2mb/flt

NFOVR (down-looking

Valero,Bucholtz

UCSD/SIO/ARL

binary

NetCDF

yes

yes

~2.5 Hz

none

~2mb/flt

Up/downwelling Spectral Radiance/flux

ASD-350-2500 nm

Porter

U Hawaii

C-130 Aircraft (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Aerosols

Ultrafine condensation particle counter

McMurry

UMN

ASCII

ASCII

yes

~ hours

order of minutes ~5

none

4.6 kB/

sample

(variable)

dry and wet nephelometer

Ogren

NOAA/CMDL

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

1Hz NCAR

User select--maybe 2/hr

1 Mb/flight

PSAP

Ogren

NOAA/CMDL:

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

1Hz sample

5 min smoothly

none

1 Mb/flight

CN data

Clarke

U Hawaii

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

1Hz NCAR

1/10 Hz ours

4/flight

1 Mb/flight

Optical particle

counter (OPC) size

Clarke

U Hawaii

binary

ASCII

maybe

no

1-3 min

1/flight

1 Mb/flight

RDMA Size Distribution

Clarke

U Hawaii

ASCII

ASCII

maybe

no

1-10 min

1/flight

1 Mb/flight

Miscellaneous

Diagnostic Data

Clarke

U Hawaii

ASCII

ASCII

no

o

1Hz NCAR1/10Hz ours

As needed <1/ flight

1 Mb/flight

Ultrafine CN

Clarke

U Hawaii

ASCII

ASCII

no

no

1Hz

?

?

Aersol composition, on impactors

J. Anderson

Buseck

Arizona State U.

MASP

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Binary

Net CDF

yes

w/in 4 hrs after flight

res.= distance between particles (mm scales)

self-cal. every 10 minutes

50-100mb/ flt--native

PCASP

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Net CDF

Net CDF

yes

w/in 4 hrs after flight

10Hz

Bench cal. after research flts-- frequent basis

20Mb/10hr flt--native

FSSP-100

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Net CDF

Net CDF

yes

w/in 4hrs after flt & in flight

10Hz

Bench cal. after research fits-- frequent basis

10Mb/10hr flt--native

FSSP-300

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Net CDF

Net CDF

yes

w/in 4hrs after flt & in flight

10Hz

Bench cal. after research fits-- frequent basis

20Mb/10hr flt--native

Actic Flux specro- radiometer (up/down)

100 - 900 nm

Shetter

Campos

NCAR/ACD

NCAR/MMM

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

0.5-1 Hz

none

10 Mb/flt hr

 

C-130 Aircraft (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

PVM--100

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Net CDF

Net CDF

yes

w/in 4hrs after flt & in flight

10Hz

Bench cal. after research fits--frequent basis

?

2-D Probes (Cloud and precipitation)

Baumgardner

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

Net CDF

Net CDF

10Hz

Bench cal. after research fits--frequent basis

Counterflow Virtual Impactor (CVI)

Twohy

OSU/NCAR

ASCII

Net CDDF

?

yes

1 Hz

none

?

CCN Spectrometer

Hudson

UNR

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

CCN Sectrometer Behind CVI

Hudson

UNR

Aerosol lidar (SABL)

Morley

Heymsfield

NCAR/ATD

NCAR/MMM

SABL field dorade

Dorade or Bscan

Postscript images

yes

532-1064nm 3.75-10 m

none

10 GB/10 hr flt

Aerosol chemical composition, filter sampling

Mayol, Andreae

Max Planck I.

ASCII

ASCII

no

?

order of minutes

none

~10 Kb/flt

Aethalometer

Rechou

Ghugwant

LPA

La Reunion U

ACSII

ASCII

maybe

no

0.5 hr

no

~10 Kb/day

Aerosol lidar

Rechou,Riviere

LPA

La Reunion U

ASCII

ASCII

maybe

?

532/1064nm 15 m analogical mode,150 m counting mode

none

about 3 mo/hr

TDDR Total direct-diffuse radiometer AIMR Airborne Imaging Microwave radiometer

MCRV Multi-channel radiometer CVI Counter flow virtual impactor

TSBR Two solar broadband radiometers RDMA Radial differential mobility analyzer

FSBR Two fractional short-wave broadband radiometers GPS Global positioning system

NFOVR Narrow field-of-view long-wave radiometer MCR Multi-channel cloud radiometer

SABL Scanning aerosol backscatter LIDAR CCN Cloud condensation nuclei

CAI community aerosol inlet OPC Optical particle counter

MS Mass spectrometer

 



Sagar Kanya

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

PARAMETERS

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Aerosols

High-volume sampler

  

NPL (New Delhi) et al

Chemical composition

          

QCM

  

PRL (Ahmedabad)

Concentration and size dist

          

Aerosol analyzer

  

IITM (Pune)

Concentration and size dist

          

Chemistry

NOx analyzer

  

NPL (New Delhi) PRL (Ahmedabad)

NOx concentration

          

Ozone analyzer

  

PRL (Ahmedabad)

Surface ozone concentration

          

Ozonesonde

  

IMD (New Delhi) NPL (New Delhi)

Ozone height profiles

          

CO analyzer

  

NPL(New Delhi) PRL (Ahmedabad)

Surface CO concentration

          

Air samples/ canisters

  

NPL (New Delhi) PRL (Ahmedabad)

Methane, N20, CFC, etc.

          

Meteorology

Gerdien condenser

  

IITM (Pune)

Electrical conductivity

          

Ran water collectors

  

NPL (New Delhi) MISU (Sweden)

Precipitation chemistry

          

Boundary layer measurements

  

SPL (Trivandrum) IISC (Bangalore)

Temperature, humidity and winds

          

Radiosonde

  

IMD (New Delhi)

Pressure, temperature & humidity

      

pre-launch

  

GLASS rawinsonde

Heymsfield

NCAR/MMM

Pressure, temp, humidity, winds

ASCII/binary

ASCII/binary

3/day

pre-launch

1 mb/flt

Automatic weather station

  

NIO (Goa)

surface observations

          

Oceanography

CTD, XBT, XCTD

  

NIO (Goa)

Currents, salinity & temperature

          

Thermosalinograph

  

NIO (Goa)

Temperature, salinity

          

Sea-water sample analysis

  

NIO (Goa)

CO2, DMS, N2O, dissolved O2, ph, alkalinity, nutrients

          

Sagar Kanya (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

PARAMETERS

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Radiation

Multi-wavelength radiometer

  

SPL (Trivandrum)

Optical depth of aerosols

          

Pyranometers

  

SIO/C4

Optical depths of aerosols

          

Sun photometers

  

PRL (Ahmedabad)

Optical depths of aerosols, ozone & water

          

Pyrheliometers

  

PRL (Ahmedabad)

Direct solar radiation flux

          




Hululé Operations Center

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Chemistry/Aerosols

Lidar

Althausen

Ansmann

I. Trop. Research

binary

Images of boundary layer height and dev of aerosol layers in troposphere

jpg: yes

own

heights between 300-20,000 m; temporal res of 5-30 min; spatial res of 30-150 m; depends on situation

Depends on situation

own storage; some GB

Sun Photometer (possibly add a 2nd)

Durkee

NPGS

ASCII

ASCII

yes

yes

?

?

?

Cimel sun & sky scanning radiometer

Holben

NASA

?

?

AERONET homepage:

http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/

15 min

<1 meg

Sun photometer

Althausen

I. Trop. Research

Sun photometer, aurelometer and scanning polarimeter

Tanre

LOA

Meteorology

AVHRR satellite

NOAA 12,14,15

Gamage

JOSS

Terascan

Terascan

yes

yes

2/day/ satellite1.1km, 1.5km

none

?

METEOSAT-5 Satellite

Gamage

JOSS

Terascan

TeraScan

yes

yes

hourly 1.5/3km

none

Pyranometer, pyregometer, spectroradiometer

Tanre

Lab. d' Optique Atmospherique





Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Chemistry

Weekly 600l whole air samples (CO2, CO, CH4, SF6, O and C isotopes)

Brenninkmeijer

MPIC

Surface O3

Dickerson

U MD College Park

Rain sampler (SO4, Cl, NO3, HCO3, Ace, Form, MSA, NH4, Na, K, Mg, Ca, pH, Cond.)

Granat

U Stockholm

Gas chromatograph (CFCs, N2O, SF6), surface CO

Lobert

UCSD-SIO-C4

Weekly 2l whole air samples (CO2, CO, CH4, SF6, N20, O isotopes)

Tans

NOAA-CMDL

DOAS: Diff. Opt. Absorption Spectr. (O3, NO2, OClO, NO3, BrO and IO)

Burrows

U Bremen

(Instit of Env Physics)

surface SO2

Dickerson

U MD College Park

O3 sondes (Vaisala)

Oltmans

NOAA-CMDL

Aerosol

Hi-volume aerosol sampler, Radiance Research PSAP & Nephelometer

Prospero, Savioe, Maring

U Miami

Streaker circular aerosol sampler (inorganic)

Annegarn

U Witwatersrand

Aerosol sampling (OC, sol. C and TPM) and Radon-222

Cachier

LSCE/CFR

TSI 3wl nephelometer (dry & humidified), Radiance Res PSAP, TSI 3760 CCN counter

Ogren

NOAA-CMDL

ATOMFS: Aerosol Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometer

Prather

UC Riverside

Scan. Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) and CCN Spectrometer

Shaw

U. Alaska Fairbanks

LIDAR for BL and upper trop. aerosol layers

Spinhirne

NASA-GSFC

Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory (continued)

DATASET

P.I.

AGENCY

NATIVE FORMAT

ARCHIVE FORMAT

ON-LINE CATALOG

IN-FIELD DISPLAY

FREQUENCY/RESOLUTION

CAL. & "0" MSMT. TIME

DATASET SIZE

Radiation

CIMEL sun photometer

Holben

NASA-GSFC

BSI photo-diode radiometers, pyranometers, suntracker and MFRSR

Ramanathan

UCSD-SIO-C4

ASD Spectroradiometer + Microtops sun photometer

Ramanathan

UCSD-SIO-C4

Total (TSBR) & Direct (DTSBR) Solar broadband radiometers (DTSBR on suntracker)

Valero

UCSD-SIO-ARL

Sun photometer, auroeolemeter and scanning polarimeter

Tanre

Lab d’Optique Atmospherique

Meteorology

GPS dual freq. receiver for column water vapor

Fein

NSF

GLASS sondes

Heymsfield

NCAR/MMM

Microwave radiometer

Heymsfield

NCAR/MMM

Sfc Met parameters

Lobert

SIO/C4