Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer (DIAS)

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Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer (DIAS)

Status

Status:

Retired

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A solar tracking Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer (DIAS) is used for calculation of line of sight ozone and wavelength dependent aerosol optical depths.

Instrument Type:

Spectrometer

Measurements:

Aerosol, Optical Depth, O3

Aircraft:

DC-8 - AFRC

Missions:

SOLVE II

Point(s) of Contact:

Samuel R. Hall (POC; PI), Kirk Ullmann (Co-I), Richard E. Shetter (Prev PI)

Measurement Details

Range of Measurement: Integrated slant column

Instrument Pointing: Solar tracking

Measurement Wavelengths:

280-650 nm

Additional Information

Notes:

This instrument uses solar tracking direct beam UV/visible irradiance to determine wavelength dependent aerosol optical depth and slant ozone column

Publications:

Russell, P. B., et al. (2005), Aerosol optical depth measurements by airborne sun photometer in SOLVE II: Comparisons to SAGE III, POAM III and airborne spectrometer measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1311-1339, doi:10.5194/acp-5-1311-2005.

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