Aerosol and Light Extinction Databases for North America and Europe
Abstract
This study describes the databases assembled for the project Climate and Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols. This database description (metadata) is provided to aid the data usage by other researchers. Applications of the database include atmospheric transmission models (e.g. LOWTRAN), global change studies, air pollution studies, and general contribution to atmospheric sciences. The four major aerosol databases include: (1) Extinction coefficients for Europe (1977-1986) for 1,200 synoptic stations; (2) Extinction coefficient for North America (1948-1983) for 350 stations; (3) Aerosol mass and chemical composition data for 37 U.S. background stations; (4) Aerosol mass and chemical composition for the northeastern U.S. These primary databases are augmented by array of derived (filtered, aggregated, reconciled) databases. The data are provided both in portable ASCII form, as well as in efficient binary form. The binary data are suitable for browsing by the Voyager data browser which is supplied with the data set.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 10, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA256703
Entities
People
- Bret A. Schichtel
- Rudolf B. Husar
Organizations
- University of Washington