The Advanced Navy Aerosol Model (ANAM): validation of small-particle modes

Alexander M. J. van Eijk; Jolanta T. Kusmierczyk-Michulec; Jacques J. Piazzola

doi:10.1117/12.896178

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6 September 2011 The Advanced Navy Aerosol Model (ANAM): validation of small-particle modes

Alexander M. J. van Eijk, Jolanta T. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, Jacques J. Piazzola

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Proceedings Volume 8161, Atmospheric Optics IV: Turbulence and Propagation; 816108 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896178
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The image quality of electro-optical sensors in the (lower-altitude marine) atmosphere is limited by aerosols, which cause contrast reduction due to transmission losses and impact on the thermal signature of objects by scattering solar radiation. The Advanced Navy Aerosol Model (ANAM) aims at providing a quantitative estimate of the aerosol effects on the basis of standard meteorological parameters such as wind speed and relative humidity. For application in coastal regions, the ANAM includes non-marine aerosols that are governed by an ill-defined tuning parameter: the air mass parameter (AMP). The present paper proposes a new parameterization for assessing the effect of these non-marine particles on the propagation. The new parameterization utilizes the Ångström coefficient, which can be experimentally obtained with a sun photometer, and introduces new types of aerosols in ANAM. The new parameterization was tested against experimental validation data acquired at Porquerolles Island at the French Riviera. The limited test data suggested that the new parameterization is only partially efficient in capturing the aerosol signature of the coastal environment. Nevertheless, the new Ångström coefficient algorithm avoids using the ill-defined AMP, and may thus be useful to the ANAM community.

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Alexander M. J. van Eijk, Jolanta T. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, and Jacques J. Piazzola "The Advanced Navy Aerosol Model (ANAM): validation of small-particle modes", Proc. SPIE 8161, Atmospheric Optics IV: Turbulence and Propagation, 816108 (6 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896178

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