An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks

Holben, Brent N.; Kim, Jhoon; Sano, Itaru; Mukai, Sonoyo; Eck, Thomas F.; Giles, David M.; Schafer, Joel S.; Sinyuk, Aliaksandr; Slutsker, Ilya; Smirnov, Alexander; Sorokin, Mikhail; Anderson, Bruce E.; Che, Huizheng; Choi, Myungje; Crawford, James H.; Ferrare, Richard A.; Garay, Michael J.; Jeong, Ukkyo; Kim, Mijin; Kim, Woogyung; Knox, Nichola; Li, Zhengqiang; Lim, Hwee S.; Liu, Yang; Maring, Hal; Nakata, Makiko; Pickering, Kenneth E.; Piketh, Stuart; Redemann, Jens; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Salinas, Santo; Seo, Sora; Tan, Fuyi; Tripathi, Sachchida N.; Toon, Owen B.; Xiao, Qingyang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-655-2018

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An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks

Brent N. Holben¹, Jhoon Kim², Itaru Sano³, Sonoyo Mukai⁴, Thomas F. Eck^1,5, David M. Giles^1,6, Joel S. Schafer^1,6, Aliaksandr Sinyuk^1,6, Ilya Slutsker^1,6, Alexander Smirnov^1,6, Mikhail Sorokin^1,6, Bruce E. Anderson⁷, Huizheng Che⁸, Myungje Choi², James H. Crawford⁷, Richard A. Ferrare⁷, Michael J. Garay⁹, Ukkyo Jeong¹, Mijin Kim², Woogyung Kim², Nichola Knox¹⁰, Zhengqiang Li¹¹, Hwee S. Lim¹², Yang Liu¹³, Hal Maring¹⁴, Makiko Nakata¹⁵, Kenneth E. Pickering¹, Stuart Piketh¹⁶, Jens Redemann¹⁷, Jeffrey S. Reid¹⁸, Santo Salinas¹⁹, Sora Seo²⁰, Fuyi Tan^12,a, Sachchida N. Tripathi²¹, Owen B. Toon²², and Qingyang Xiao¹³ Brent N. Holben et al.

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¹NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
²Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
³Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
⁴The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
⁵Universities Space Research Association, GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
⁶Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
⁷NASA LRC, Hampton, VA, USA
⁸Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
⁹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
¹⁰Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
¹¹Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
¹²School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
¹³Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
¹⁴NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
¹⁵Faculty of Applied Sociology, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
¹⁶North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
¹⁷NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
¹⁸Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
¹⁹Singapore National University, Center for Imaging, Sensing and Processing, Singapore, Singapore
²⁰Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
²¹Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
²²University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
^acurrently at: DISTED College, Penang, Malaysia

¹NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
²Department of Atmosphere Sciences/IEAA BK 21 plus, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
³Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
⁴The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
⁵Universities Space Research Association, GESTAR, Columbia, MD, USA
⁶Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
⁷NASA LRC, Hampton, VA, USA
⁸Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
⁹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
¹⁰Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia
¹¹Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
¹²School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
¹³Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
¹⁴NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
¹⁵Faculty of Applied Sociology, Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
¹⁶North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
¹⁷NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
¹⁸Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
¹⁹Singapore National University, Center for Imaging, Sensing and Processing, Singapore, Singapore
²⁰Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
²¹Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
²²University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
^acurrently at: DISTED College, Penang, Malaysia

Correspondence: Brent N. Holben (brent.n.holben@nasa.gov)

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Received: 30 Dec 2016 – Discussion started: 15 Feb 2017 – Revised: 17 Jul 2017 – Accepted: 18 Jul 2017 – Published: 19 Jan 2018

Abstract. Over the past 24 years, the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) program has provided highly accurate remote-sensing characterization of aerosol optical and physical properties for an increasingly extensive geographic distribution including all continents and many oceanic island and coastal sites. The measurements and retrievals from the AERONET global network have addressed satellite and model validation needs very well, but there have been challenges in making comparisons to similar parameters from in situ surface and airborne measurements. Additionally, with improved spatial and temporal satellite remote sensing of aerosols, there is a need for higher spatial-resolution ground-based remote-sensing networks. An effort to address these needs resulted in a number of field campaign networks called Distributed Regional Aerosol Gridded Observation Networks (DRAGONs) that were designed to provide a database for in situ and remote-sensing comparison and analysis of local to mesoscale variability in aerosol properties. This paper describes the DRAGON deployments that will continue to contribute to the growing body of research related to meso- and microscale aerosol features and processes. The research presented in this special issue illustrates the diversity of topics that has resulted from the application of data from these networks.

How to cite. Holben, B. N., Kim, J., Sano, I., Mukai, S., Eck, T. F., Giles, D. M., Schafer, J. S., Sinyuk, A., Slutsker, I., Smirnov, A., Sorokin, M., Anderson, B. E., Che, H., Choi, M., Crawford, J. H., Ferrare, R. A., Garay, M. J., Jeong, U., Kim, M., Kim, W., Knox, N., Li, Z., Lim, H. S., Liu, Y., Maring, H., Nakata, M., Pickering, K. E., Piketh, S., Redemann, J., Reid, J. S., Salinas, S., Seo, S., Tan, F., Tripathi, S. N., Toon, O. B., and Xiao, Q.: An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 655–671, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-655-2018, 2018.