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Berg et al. 2016
Berg, L.K., J.D. Fast, J.C. Barnard, S.P. Burton, , D. Chand, J.M. Comstock, S. Dunagan, R.A. Ferrare, C.J. Flynn, J.W. Hair, C.A. Hostetler, J. Hubbe, A. Jefferson, R. Johnson, E.I. Kassianov, C.D. Kluzek, P. Kollias, K. Lamer, K. Lantz, F. Mei, M.A. Miller, J. Michalsky, I. Ortega, M. Pekour, R.R. Rogers, P.B. Russell, J. Redemann, A.J. Sedlacek, M. Segal-Rosenheimer, B. Schmid, J.E. Shilling, Y. Shinozuka, S.R. Springston, J.M. Tomlinson, M. Tyrrell, J.M. Wilson, R. Volkamer, A. Zelenyuk, and C.M. Berkowitz, 2016: The Two-Column Aerosol Project: Phase I — Overview and impact of elevated aerosol layers on aerosol optical depth. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, no. 1, 336-361, doi:10.1002/2015JD023848.
The Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP), conducted from June 2012 through June 2013, was a unique study designed to provide a comprehensive data set that can be used to investigate a number of important climate science questions, including those related to aerosol mixing state and aerosol radiative forcing. The study was designed to sample the atmosphere between and within two atmospheric columns; one fixed near the coast of North America (over Cape Cod, MA) and a second moveable column over the Atlantic Ocean several hundred kilometers from the coast. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) was deployed at the base of the Cape Cod column, and the ARM Aerial Facility was utilized for the summer and winter intensive observation periods. One important finding from TCAP is that four of six nearly cloud-free flight days had aerosol layers aloft in both the Cape Cod and maritime columns that were detected using the nadir pointing second-generation NASA high-spectral resolution lidar (HSRL-2). These layers contributed up to 60% of the total observed aerosol optical depth (AOD). Many of these layers were also intercepted by the aircraft configured for in situ sampling, and the aerosol in the layers was found to have increased amounts of biomass burning material and nitrate compared to aerosol found near the surface. In addition, while there was a great deal of spatial and day-to-day variability in the aerosol chemical composition and optical properties, no systematic differences between the two columns were observed.
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@article{be00200u,
author={Berg, L. K. and Fast, J. D. and Barnard, J. C. and Burton, S. P. and Cairns, B. and Chand, D. and Comstock, J. M. and Dunagan, S. and Ferrare, R. A. and Flynn, C. J. and Hair, J. W. and Hostetler, C. A. and Hubbe, J. and Jefferson, A. and Johnson, R. and Kassianov, E. I. and Kluzek, C. D. and Kollias, P. and Lamer, K. and Lantz, K. and Mei, F. and Miller, M. A. and Michalsky, J. and Ortega, I. and Pekour, M. and Rogers, R. R. and Russell, P. B. and Redemann, J. and Sedlacek, A. J. and Segal-Rosenheimer, M. and Schmid, B. and Shilling, J. E. and Shinozuka, Y. and Springston, S. R. and Tomlinson, J. M. and Tyrrell, M. and Wilson, J. M. and Volkamer, R. and Zelenyuk, A. and Berkowitz, C. M.},
title={The Two-Column Aerosol Project: Phase I — Overview and impact of elevated aerosol layers on aerosol optical depth},
year={2016},
journal={J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.},
volume={121},
number={1},
pages={336--361},
doi={10.1002/2015JD023848},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - be00200u AU - Berg, L. K. AU - Fast, J. D. AU - Barnard, J. C. AU - Burton, S. P. AU - Cairns, B. AU - Chand, D. AU - Comstock, J. M. AU - Dunagan, S. AU - Ferrare, R. A. AU - Flynn, C. J. AU - Hair, J. W. AU - Hostetler, C. A. AU - Hubbe, J. AU - Jefferson, A. AU - Johnson, R. AU - Kassianov, E. I. AU - Kluzek, C. D. AU - Kollias, P. AU - Lamer, K. AU - Lantz, K. AU - Mei, F. AU - Miller, M. A. AU - Michalsky, J. AU - Ortega, I. AU - Pekour, M. AU - Rogers, R. R. AU - Russell, P. B. AU - Redemann, J. AU - Sedlacek, A. J. AU - Segal-Rosenheimer, M. AU - Schmid, B. AU - Shilling, J. E. AU - Shinozuka, Y. AU - Springston, S. R. AU - Tomlinson, J. M. AU - Tyrrell, M. AU - Wilson, J. M. AU - Volkamer, R. AU - Zelenyuk, A. AU - Berkowitz, C. M. PY - 2016 TI - The Two-Column Aerosol Project: Phase I — Overview and impact of elevated aerosol layers on aerosol optical depth JA - J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. VL - 121 IS - 1 SP - 336 EP - 361 DO - 10.1002/2015JD023848 ER -
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