The
AERONET N.A.S.A. Program
The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) project
is an internationnal network composed of more than a hundred
of sunphotometers that covers a big part of Earth. This network
is among others used to study the aerosols and to validate
satellite data.
CNRS
: Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique (French public
laboratory)
This laboratory has two objectives : A first
objective is to quantify the impact of visible and infrared
radiation on the different planetary energetic exchanges,
particularly to specify how clouds influence the Earth radiative
budget, whose they constitute an essential factor. The second
objective relates to the characterization at the globe scale
of different parameters directly related to the climate evolution
(clouds, aerosols, surfaces), mainly using satellite observations.
A close collaboration between the LOA and CIMEL allowed to
develop and to make reliable the sunphotometer and the infrared
radiometer. The LOA, with more than 15 instruments, is also
part of the AERONET network.
The
AEROCAN sunphotometers network
The AEROCAN network is an set of sunphotometers
CE-318 scattered through the Canada. It's part of the NASA
AERONET project.
CRCSRSSS
China Radiometric Calibration Site for Remote
Sensing Satellite Sensor. This organisation is using CIMEL
Sunphotometers to validate a satellite sensor.
NERC
Equipment Pool for Field Spectroscopy
The Natural Environment Research Council Equipment
Pool for Field Spectroscopy (EPFS) is a centralised facility
based at the University of Southampton which provides access
to high performance spectroradiometers and sunphotometers
for research in remote sensing.
