FIREX-AQ: Analysis of AERONET Measurements and Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Properties during the Field Campaign plus Climatological Context

Thomas F Eck1, Brent Holben2, Alexander Sinyuk3, David Matthew Giles4, Joel Schafer3, Mikhail G Sorokin4, Anthony D LaRosa5, Ilya Slutsker4, Alexander Smirnov3 and Jason Kraft6, (1)Universities Space Research Association, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (5)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, (6)Fibertek Inc., Herndon, VA, United States