AEROSAT International Satellite Aerosol Science Network 
Information on the occurrence and properties of atmospheric aerosol is of crucial importance for climate and atmospheric research, numerical weather prediction, air quality monitoring and natural hazards. Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties, together with ground-based in-situ and remote sensing, and atmospheric models, are the essential tools used to provide aerosol information.
The International Satellite Aerosol Science Network (a.k.a. AEROSAT) is an initiative to help strengthen collaboration between different research groups around the world working on satellite aerosol retrieval. The AEROSAT constituting meeting took place in Hamburg (Germany), on 27 September 2013, in association with the 12th annual AeroCom meeting. The terms of reference, contact points and network participants are provided in the pages below.
AEROSAT is an unfunded activity intended to be of mutual benefit to the scientific work of the network participants.
The next AEROCOM / AEROSAT workshop will be held in Lille, France in the week 14 - 18 October 2024.
It will be hosted by LOA and local hosts Oleg Dubovik and Yevgeny Derimian.
You can find all relevant information on the meetup here: https://aerocom.met.no/events/aerocom2024.
At this website you can find a registration link and a payment link.
Registration deadline is 16 August 2024; payment deadline is 16 September 2024.
And here is the program: WorkshopProgramLille24_v3 - Google Sheets
Objectives
To:
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Advance satellite aerosol retrieval research and product development by providing a mechanism to promote and facilitate international scientific collaboration.
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Federate the satellite aerosol community to provide a more powerful collective voice towards the ecosystem of international projects, funding agencies and space agencies
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Coordinate scientific activities of mutual benefit (e.g. intercomparisons, common definitions, common tools, common formats, etc.)
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Stimulate communication and coordination between producers of satellite information on aerosol properties and the global user community.
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Identify best practice in retrieval development
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Promote the long term continuity of satellite aerosol data set production
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Encourage the open exchange of satellite, model and in-situ aerosol data streams, and harmonized access for users
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Help users to understand the strengths and weaknesses of different satellite aerosol products by promoting activities to intercompare data sets
Recorded introduction to AEROSAT
by co-chair Ralph Kahn / March 2022
Outputs
- List of candidate aerosol climate data records
- List of existing satellite aerosol dataset intercomparisons
Further Information
Publications Related to AEROSAT Activities
Link to our partner organization, AeroCom (Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and Models).