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Dataset Title:  PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry ACEASIA AOD(4080) data Subscribe RSS
Institution:  NOAA   (Dataset ID: ACG_ACEASIA_RHBrown_aod4080)
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Variable ?   Optional
Constraint #1 ?
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Constraint #2 ?
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 time (Datetime UTC, UTC) ?          2001-03-17T23:28:00Z    2001-04-19T03:51:00Z
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 trajectory_id ?      
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 duration (second) ?      
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 latitude (degrees_north) ?          30.999    38.959
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 longitude (degrees_east) ?          126.135    195.56
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 altitude (height above mean sea level, m) ?      
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 aod_380 ?          0.1169    1.4835
 aod_440 ?          0.1005    1.3556
 aod_500 ?          0.1004    1.3016
 aod_675 ?          0.0821    1.168
 aod_870 ?          0.0752    1.094
 
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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 9.8487168e+8, 9.8765226e+8;
    String axis "T";
    String comment "Start of sampling period";
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Datetime UTC";
    String source_name "datetime_utc";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String time_precision "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  trajectory_id {
    String cf_role "trajectory_id";
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Trajectory ID";
  }
  duration {
    Int32 _FillValue 2147483647;
    Int32 actual_range 60, 60;
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Duration";
    String units "second";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 30.999, 38.959;
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "GPS";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 90.0;
    Float64 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range 126.135, 195.56;
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "GPS";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 180.0;
    Float64 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  altitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    String _CoordinateZisPositive "up";
    Float64 actual_range 18.0, 18.0;
    String axis "Z";
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "height above mean sea level";
    String positive "up";
    String standard_name "altitude";
    String units "m";
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_380 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.1169, 1.4835;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 380nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_440 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.1005, 1.3556;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 440nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_500 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.1004, 1.3016;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 500nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_675 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.0821, 1.168;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 675nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  aod_870 {
    Float64 actual_range 0.0752, 1.094;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 6.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String coords "time";
    String instrument "Microtops sunphotometer";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Aerosol Optical Depth at 870nm";
    String source "surface observation";
    String standard_name "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles";
    Float64 valid_max 5.0;
    Float64 valid_min 0.0;
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_data_type "Trajectory";
    String cdm_trajectory_variables "trajectory_id";
    String comment 
"Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
A handheld Microtops sunphotometer (Solar Light Co.) was used for the measurement of AOD at wavelengths of 380, 440, 500, 675, and 870 nm.  Details about the data processing can be found at:

https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/man_data.html";
    String contributor_name "Coffman, Derek/NOAA-PMEL/Address: 7600 Sand Pt. Wy. NE,Seattle,WA 98115 /email: derek.coffman@noaa.gov";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, NCCSV-1.0";
    String creator_email "derek.coffman@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "Coffman, Derek";
    String creator_url "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/";
    String dimensions "time=314";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 195.56;
    String featureType "Trajectory";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 38.959;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 30.999;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 195.56;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 126.135;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_max 18.0;
    Float64 geospatial_vertical_min 18.0;
    String geospatial_vertical_positive "up";
    String geospatial_vertical_units "m";
    String history 
"2025-05-09T23:18:07Z (local files)
2025-05-09T23:18:07Z https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel/erddap/tabledap/ACG_ACEASIA_RHBrown_aod4080.html";
    String infoUrl "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acg/data/index.html";
    String institution "NOAA";
    String keywords "380nm, 440nm, 500nm, 675nm, 870nm, above, absorption, aceasia, aerosol, altitude, ambient, aod, aod_380, aod_440, aod_500, aod_675, aod_870, atmosphere, atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol_particles, atmospheric, chemistry, data, datetime, depth, due, duration, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height, environmental, height, identifier, laboratory, latitude, level, longitude, marine, mean, noaa, optical, optical properties, pacific, particles, pmel, properties, science, sea, station, thickness, time, trajectory, trajectory_id";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 38.959;
    String platform "RHBrown";
    String product_version "1";
    String project "ACEASIA";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 30.999;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String subsetVariables "trajectory_id, duration, altitude";
    String summary 
"The third Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE) focused on Asia (ACE-Asia) to study the effects of the aerosol emanating from this region on atmospheric chemistry and climate. The experiment was conducted during the spring (mid-March to mid-April of 2001) to capture outbreaks of Asian dust associated with frontal systems moving eastward through the dust-producing regions. The dust is routinely transported to Korea and Japan, out over the North Pacific, and occasionally as far east as North America. En route over China and coastal regions, the dust aerosol mixes with aerosol derived from industrial, combustion, volcanic, and natural sources. Hence by the time the Asian aerosol has reached the western margin of the Pacific Ocean it is a complex mixture of dust, organics, elemental carbon, sulfates, nitrate, sea salt, and liquid water.  

For ACE -Asia,  the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Atmospheric Chemistry Group made measurements onboard  the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown (RHB).  The RHB left left Honolulu, Hawaii on 15 March  and headed to the ACE-Asia study region.  During the transit across the Pacific, marine air with little influence from continental sources was sampled. Eleven days later on 26 March and 2000 km from the east coast of Japan, RHB encountered continentally influenced air. For the rest of the cruise, air masses heavily impacted by Asian emissions were sampled.";
    String time_coverage_end "2001-04-19T03:51:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2001-03-17T23:28:00Z";
    String title "PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry ACEASIA AOD(4080) data";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 126.135;
  }
}

 

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