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Multiyear Observations of the Tropical Atlantic Atmosphere: Multidisciplinary Applications of the NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions

Nicholas R. Nalli Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., and NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), Camp Springs, Maryland

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Everette Joseph NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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Vernon R. Morris NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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Christopher D. Barnet NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, Maryland

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Walter W. Wolf NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, Maryland

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Daniel Wolfe NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado

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Peter J. Minnett Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

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Malgorzata Szczodrak Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

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Miguel A. Izaguirre Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

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Rick Lumpkin NOAA/OAR Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida

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Hua Xie I. M. Systems Group, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, Maryland

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Alexander Smirnov Sigma Space Corporation, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

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Thomas S. King Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., and NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), Camp Springs, Maryland

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Jennifer Wei Dell Services Federal Government, Inc., and NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), Camp Springs, Maryland

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Online Publication:
01 Jun 2011
Print Publication:
01 Jun 2011
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/2011BAMS2997.1
Page(s):
765–789
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This paper gives an overview of a unique set of ship-based atmospheric data acquired over the tropical Atlantic Ocean during boreal spring and summer as part of ongoing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aerosols and Ocean Science Expedition (AEROSE) field campaigns. Following the original 2004 campaign onboard the Ronald H. Brown, AEROSE has operated on a yearly basis since 2006 in collaboration with the NOAA Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) Northeast Extension (PNE). In this work, attention is given to atmospheric soundings of ozone, temperature, water vapor, pressure, and wind obtained from ozonesondes and radiosondes launched to coincide with low earth orbit environmental satellite overpasses [MetOp and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) A-Train]. Data from the PNE/ AEROSE campaigns are unique in their range of marine meteorological phenomena germane to the satellite missions in question, including dust and smoke outflows from Africa, the Saharan air layer (SAL), and the distribution of tropical water vapor and tropical Atlantic ozone. The multiyear PNE/AEROSE sounding data are valuable as correlative data for prelaunch phase validation of the planned Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and NOAA Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite R series (GOES-R) systems, as well as numerous other science applications. A brief summary of these data, along with an overview of some important science highlights, including meteorological phenomena of general interest, is presented.

This paper gives an overview of a unique set of ship-based atmospheric data acquired over the tropical Atlantic Ocean during boreal spring and summer as part of ongoing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aerosols and Ocean Science Expedition (AEROSE) field campaigns. Following the original 2004 campaign onboard the Ronald H. Brown, AEROSE has operated on a yearly basis since 2006 in collaboration with the NOAA Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) Northeast Extension (PNE). In this work, attention is given to atmospheric soundings of ozone, temperature, water vapor, pressure, and wind obtained from ozonesondes and radiosondes launched to coincide with low earth orbit environmental satellite overpasses [MetOp and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) A-Train]. Data from the PNE/ AEROSE campaigns are unique in their range of marine meteorological phenomena germane to the satellite missions in question, including dust and smoke outflows from Africa, the Saharan air layer (SAL), and the distribution of tropical water vapor and tropical Atlantic ozone. The multiyear PNE/AEROSE sounding data are valuable as correlative data for prelaunch phase validation of the planned Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and NOAA Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite R series (GOES-R) systems, as well as numerous other science applications. A brief summary of these data, along with an overview of some important science highlights, including meteorological phenomena of general interest, is presented.

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