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Observing Systems for Atmospheric Composition

Satellite, Aircraft, Sensor Web and Ground-Based Observational Methods and Strategies

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Editors:
  1. Guido Visconti

    1. CETEMPS-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di L'Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy

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  2. Piero Di Carlo

    1. CETEMPS-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di L'Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy

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  3. William H. Brune

    1. The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology, University Park, USA

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  4. Andreas Wahner

    1. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, ICG-II: Troposphäre, Jülich, Germany

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  5. Mark Schoeberl

    1. Earth Sciences Directorate, Mail Code 900 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

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  • Edited by 5 prominent editors with different expertise and coming from 4 different countries (US and Europe)
  • Provides a truly global overview of the state of the art knowledge in both satellite, aircraft and ground based remote sensing techniques
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Observations by Satellites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Air-Quality Study from Geostationary/High-Altitude Orbits

      • P. K. Bhartia
      Pages 23-37

    3. Aerosol Forcing and the A-Train

      • C. Trepte
      Pages 38-47

    4. Total Ozone from Backscattered Ultraviolet Measurements

      • P. K. Bhartia
      Pages 48-63

    5. The EOS Aura Mission

      • M. R. Schoeberl
      Pages 64-70

    6. MIPAS experiment aboard ENVISAT

      • H. Fischer
      Pages 71-81

  3. Aircraft and Ground-Based Intensive Campaigns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Probing the Atmosphere with Research Aircraft-European Aircraft Campaigns

      • U. Schumann
      Pages 85-96

    3. MOZAIC -Measuring tropospheric constituents from commercial aircraft

      • J.-P. Cammas
      Pages 97-105

    4. Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles: Current and Future Use

      • P. A. Newman
      Pages 106-118

    5. U.S. Ground-Based Campaign -PM Supersite Program

      • K. L. Demerjian
      Pages 119-127

  4. Ground-Based Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Ozone from Soundings: A Vital Element of Regional and Global Measurement Strategies

      • A. M. Thompson
      Pages 131-142

    3. LIDAR Networks

      • V. Rizi
      Pages 143-158

    4. U.S. Federal and State Monitoring Networks

      • K. L. Demerjian
      Pages 159-168

    5. Autonomous Systems and the Sensor Web

      • K. M. Reichard
      Pages 169-181

    6. Comparison of Measurements – Calibration and Validation

      • P. A. Newman
      Pages 182-199

  5. Output of the Observational Web

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. The Sensor Web: A Future Technique for Increasing Science Return

      • M. R. Schoeberl, S. Talabac
      Pages 203-206
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About this book

The new challenge in atmospheric chemistry is to understand the intercontinental transport and transformation of gases and aerosols. This book describes the observational and modeling techniques used to understand the atmospheric composition from satellites, aircraft and ground based platforms. The two common ideas presented throughout are the role of each component in an observing system for atmospheric composition, and the advances necessary to improve the understanding of atmospheric composition. The objective of this book is to provide a larger audience the opportunity to learn about these techniques and advances in atmospheric composition.

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"This book covers the lectures given there by experts, presented as 17 chapters, and arranged in four parts which cover the ground specified in the book’s sub-title. … All in all, this is valuable and timely summary of the state of the art for observing and understanding the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, which is so precious a resource to us humans." (M. J. Rycroft, Surveys in Geophysics, Vol. 28, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • CETEMPS-Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di L'Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy

    Guido Visconti, Piero Di Carlo

  • The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology, University Park, USA

    William H. Brune

  • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, ICG-II: Troposphäre, Jülich, Germany

    Andreas Wahner

  • Earth Sciences Directorate, Mail Code 900 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    Mark Schoeberl

About the editors

Dr. Guido Visconti is professor at the Department of Physcis at l'Aquila University, Italy. He is a leading scientist in the field of remote sensing and has written and edited several books, and made numerous other contributions to the field.

The other editors with a wealth of knowledge and experience are affiliated to respectively l'Aqulia University (Dr. Di Carlo), Penn State University (Dr. Brune), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Dr. Schoeberl) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Dr. Wahner).

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