Aerosol Data

320-nm Aerosol Optical Depth Time Series

10-20N Jan 1958 - Dec 1997
includes observations from SAGE II (B. Chu and L. Thomason); Mauna Loa, Hawaii lidar and Mauno Loa, Hawaii pyrheliometer (J. Barnes)

20-30N Aug 1956 - Aug 1997
includes observations from SAGE II (B. Chu and L. Thomason) and Camaguey, Cuba lidar (C. Antuna)

30-40N Aug 1956 - Dec 1997
includes observations from SAGE II (Chu and Thomason); Boulder, CO lidar; Langley (Hampton, VA) lidar (M. Osborn), Tateno, Japan lidar; Japanese turbidity data; Tucson, AZ pyrheliometer (B. Herman)

40-50N Nov 1953 - Dec 1997
includes observations from SAGE II (Chu and Thomason); Japanese turbidity data; Rattlesnake Mountain, WA photometric data (N. Larson); Frascati, Italy lidar; Haute Provence, France lidar; and Garmisch, Germany lidar.