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AOP
Aerosol Optical Properties

The Aerosol Optical Properties (AOP) is a suite consisting of three instruments: a cavity ringdown (CRD) aerosol extinction spectrometer, a photoacoustic absorption spectrometer (PAS), and an ultra-high sensitivity aerosol size spectrometer (UHSAS). This suite measures aerosol absorption and extinction, and can also characterize black carbon optics. AOP was designed to provide quick and accurate measurements of aerosols with stability while aboard an aircraft.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Carbonaceous Aerosols
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Optical Depth/thickness
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Extinction
Troposphere
10–30-ns, 300s
This data will be added in future versions
741 THz, 564 THz, 453 THz, 743 THz, 455 THz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02786820600803917
  • Nicholas L. Wagner, Charles Brock

  • Nicholas L. Wagner

  • CIRES, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

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