Atmospheric correction is necessary to estimate the surface reflectance required within biophysical algorithms used to estimate canopy characteristics. Aerosol characterization is obviously one of the main problem in atmospheric correction because aerosol may vary rapidly with time and space. The objective of this study is to develop an autonomous aerosol correction method exploiting the inform...

NASA developed an Earth Observing System (EOS) to study global change and reduce uncertainties associated with aerosols and other key parameters controlling climate. The first EOS satellite, Terra, was launched in December 1999. The Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) field campaign was conducted from 10 July to 2 August 2001 to validate several Terra data pro...

The topic of cloud radiative forcing associated with the atmospheric aerosol has been the focus of intense scrutiny for decades. The enormity of the problem is reflected in the need to understand aspects such as aerosol composition, optical properties, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation potential, along with the global distribution of these properties, controlled by emissions, transport, tr...

Previous aerosol studies utilizing solid-phase microextraction (SPME) predominantly focused on volatile and semivolatile compounds in the gaseous phase. Difficulties were associated with quantitative analysis of these compounds when they were associated with atmospheric particles. The present study combines SPME technology with that of carboxen packed needles (needle trap, NT) for analysis of g...

An International Aerosol Conference (IAC), held once in every four years, is the largest and most prestigious professional meeting in the aerosol research community worldwide. The 9th IAC was organized by the Korean Association for Particle and Aerosol Research (KAPAR) on behalf of the International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA) and held from August 31 to September 5, 2014 in Busan, Republic...

Calorimetric measurements of extensive air showers are performed with the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. To correct these measurements for the effects introduced by atmospheric fluctuations, the Observatory operates several instruments to record atmospheric conditions across and above the detector site. New developments have been made in the study of the aerosol optical ...

The effect of the surface roughness of solid atmospheric aerosol particles on their heterogeneous nucleation capability has been examined using the concept of Aself-affineB rough surfaces. The surface roughness has a great influence on the contact angle between the particle surface and the nucleating liquid droplets. Roughness enhances wetting and the rate of heterogeneous nucleation from the v...