Report: U.S. Virgin Islands Summer 1998 Research Trip, Study of the optical properties of Saharan dust over the ocean
Welton EJ. 1998. Report: U.S. Virgin Islands Summer 1998 Research Trip, Study of the optical properties of Saharan dust over the ocean. NASA contract #NA55-31363
I conducted a field measurement program from July 15, 1998 to August 12, 1998 at the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station (VIERS) at Lameshur, St. John, USVI. The purpose of the program was to study the optical properties of airborne particles in the atmosphere (aerosols). Aerosols directly effect the climate by scattering and absorbing sunlight in the atmosphere and indirectly cause climate effects by serving as cloud condensation nuclei [Russell et al., 1997]. Aerosols also interfere with the remote sensing of the earth's surface from satellite sensors because the signals from the surface must pass through the aerosol layers.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Welton, Ellworth
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Units
- VIIS
- Keywords
- Aerosols, field measurment, Remote Sensing, satellite sensors, VIERS