Level 2.0 Almucantar Inversion Products: Aerosol Optical Properties

AERONET inversion code provides aerosol optical properties derived from direct and diffuse radiation measured by Cimel sun/sky-radiometers. The data is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated on March 13, 2026. The retrieval methodology is described in multiple research papers, including Dubovik and King [2000] and Dubovik et al. [2006b].

Use Cases

• Modeling aerosol radiative forcing based on retrieved optical properties.
• Validating satellite aerosol retrievals using ground-based inversion data.
• Studying aerosol type and size distribution from phase function information.
• Analyzing long-term trends in atmospheric column aerosol properties.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a well-documented inversion code with methodology described in multiple peer-reviewed papers.
• Produced by the authoritative organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Last updated on March 13, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from direct and diffuse radiation measured by AERONET Cimel sun/sky-radiometers using an inversion code.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:30:59.858675

Geography

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