Book Description

The BOREAS RSS-12 team collected both ground and airborne sunphotometer measurements for use in characterizing the aerosol optical properties of the atmosphere during the BOREAS data collection activities. These measurements are to be used to: 1) measure the magnitude and variability of the aerosol optical depth in both time and space; 2) determine the optical properties of the boreal aerosols; and 3) atmospherically correct remotely sensed data acquired during BOREAS. This data set contains airborne tracking sunphotometer data that were acquired from the C-130 aircraft during its flights over the BOREAS study areas. The data cover selected days and times from May to September 1994. The data are stored in tabular ASCII files. The data files are available on a CD-ROM (see document number 20010000884), or from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).Hall, Forrest G. (Editor) and Nickeson, Jaime (Editor) and Lobitz, Brad and Spanner, Michael and Wrigley, RobertAmes Research Center; Goddard Space Flight CenterEARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE); REMOTE SENSING; DATA ACQUISITION; AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETERS; ECOSYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION); TABLES (DATA); EARTH RESOURCES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; DEPTH MEASUREMENT; AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POSITION