Uncertainty and Bias in AERONET Nighttime AOD Measurements

David Matthew Giles1, Ilya Slutsker1, Joel Schafer2, Mikhail G Sorokin1, Alexander Smirnov2, Thomas F Eck3, Brent Holben4 and Ellsworth Judd Welton4, (1)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Nasa Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States