The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) project is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and PHOTONS (PHOtométrie pour le Traitement Opérationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire; Univ. de Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU) and is greatly extended by networks (e.g. RIMA, AeroSpan, AEROCAN and CARSNET) and collaborators from national agencies, institutes, universities, individual scientists and partners. For more than 25 years, the project has provided a long-term, continuous and easily accessible public domain database of aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties for aerosol research and characterisation, validation of satellite retrievals and synergy with other databases. The network is responsible for instrument standardisation, calibration, processing and distribution. The GRSV provides real-time data to NASA's international AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network). Public data are available via the website https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Collaboration
- Applicability of radiation models, variability of solar radiation with atmospheric factors: clouds and aerosols. Remote sensing, solar energy.
- Climate change.
- Biological effects of UV radiation.
- Study of solar radiation, analysis of solar radiation components: direct and diffuse radiation.
- Study of erythematic doses received in planes other than horizontal.
- Evaluation of atmospheric parameters and their relationship with UV radiation.
- Evaluation of the UV index.
- Measurement of the vertical profile of aerosols and clouds.
- New photoprotection strategies.
- Solar simulators.
- Remote sensing.
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