AERONET, Twenty-five years of development to the Version 3 Database

Abstract:

The Aerosol Robotic Network program (AERONET) developed twenty-five years ago under Diane Wickland’s program management to provide a database that could be applied to atmospheric corrections of remotely sensed data and to help quantify aerosol carbon emissions generated from biomass burning. From that initial support by Dr. Wickland and through BOREAS and LBA-Ecology, AERONET has grown to a globally distributed network making significant contributions to land, ocean and atmospheric remote sensing. In recognition of Diane’s insight for the need of aerosol measurements and creating an opportunity for making these measurements, this presentation will trace the development and contributions of AERONET from the formative years to the present. It will conclude with the details of the release of Version 3 AERONET processing and plans for the future.