The Environmental Measurements and Observations Group (EMOG) at the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) coordinates research facilities, participates in NOAA, NASA, DOE, and NSF sponsored field campaigns and measurement networks aimed mainly at generating data sets critical for improving our understanding of chemical, physical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere and climate system. Results of analyses from the data sets will enable designs of better physical parameterization schemes, improved chemical mechanisms, and viable data assimilation methodologies that will improve forecast accuracies of NOAA operational weather, climate and air quality models.
Specific observational programs of the EMOG include:
- Beltsville Atmospheric Measurement Program (BAMP)
- Coastal/Marine Zone Observations Program (CoZObs)
- AERosols and Oceanographic Science Expedition (AEROSE)
- AErosols and RADiation Observing NETwork (AERADNET)
- Mineral dust observations and characterization
- Characterization of urban zone air quality
For more information about the EMOG, please see the latest annual report of the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences.
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AEROSE Publications
- SIZE-RESOLVED AEROSOL MASS AND AEROSOL NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS DURING THE NOAA CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES (NCAS) TRANS-ATLANTIC SAHARAN DUST AEROSOL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCE EXPEDITION (AEROSE)
- THE 2004 AEROSOL AND OCEAN SCIENCE EXPEDITION (AEROSE): A UNIQUE DATASET FOR INFRARED SATELLITE VALIDATION
- COMPARISON OF AEROSE-I AND AEROSE-II SURFACE LEVEL OZONE MEASUREMENTS AND OZONESONDE PROFILES WITHIN SAHARAN DUST AND BIOMASS BURNING PLUMES
- Measuring Trans-Atlantic Aerosol Transport From Africa
- Profile observations of the Saharan air layer during AEROSE 2004
- THE 2004 AEROSOL AND OCEAN SCIENCE EXPEDITION (AEROSE): A UNIQUE DATASET FOR INFRARED SATELLITE VALIDATION
- SIZE-RESOLVED AEROSOL MASS AND AEROSOL NUMBER DISTRIBUTIONS DURING THE NOAA CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES (NCAS) TRANS-ATLANTIC SAHARAN DUST AEROSOL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCE EXPEDITION (AEROSE)
- Lu, D., L. White, R.S. Reddy, P. Croft and J. Medlin, 2006: Numerical simulation of sea and bay breeze in a weak shear environment. Meteor. And Atmos. Physics, 94, 153-165.
- Min. Q., T. Wang, C.N. Long and M. Duan 2008: Estimating fractional sky cover from spectral measurements, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JD010278, in press
- Min, Q., and S. Wang 2008: Clouds modulate terrestrial carbon uptake in a midlatitude hardwood forest, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02406, doi:10.1029/2007GL032398
- Morris, V., T. Yu, E. Joseph, R. Armstrong, R. Fitzgerald, R. Karim, X. Liang and Q. Min 2007: The NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS): Programs and achievements. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 141-145.
- Nzeffe, F., E. Joseph, Q.Min, Surface-Based investigation of Aerosol Indirect Effect (AIE) in the Mid-Atlantic region, J. Geophys Res Accepted
- Williams, Q., V. Morris and T. Furman: A real World plan to increase diversity in the Geosciences, Physics Today 2007