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Nephelometer
Nephelometer

Nephelometers are an in situ airborne or ground-based optical sensor. They measure the total scattering and backscattering of aerosol particles in the atmosphere. Nephelometers operate across three wavelengths: 450 nm, 550 nm, and 700 nm and have a typical time resolution of 1 Hz.

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

Optical/Photon
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Forward Scatter
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Backscatter
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Extinction
Troposphere
1 Hz
Point
666 THz, 545 THz, 428 THz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013%3C0987:DAAOTI%3E2.0.CO;2
  • Currently unavailable

  • Gunnar Senum, Janek Uin

  • TSI Incorporated, Radiance Research

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  • Currently unavailable

TRACE

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1992—2001
Brazil, Southern Africa, Tropical Atlantic, Central & Western Regions of the Pacific Ocean Basin
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2 Deployments
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TRACE

Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator

1992—2001
Brazil, Southern Africa, Tropical Atlantic, Central & Western Regions of the Pacific Ocean Basin
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2 Deployments
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PEM

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1991—1999
Pacific Ocean
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4 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
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LISTOS

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2017—2019
New York City metropolitan and Long Island Sound area, Northeastern U.S.
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2 Deployments
· 16 Data Products
PEM

Pacific Exploratory Mission

1991—1999
Pacific Ocean
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4 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
PAC2001

Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study

2001
Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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1 Deployment
· 8 Data Products
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External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0009
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0010
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0002
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/713
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/714
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/710
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/CLAMS/0005
External Linkhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/LARGE/DATA201
External Link10.5067/ASDCDAAC/NARSTO/0009