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Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

2013 year, number 12

Results of spectral measurements of aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere with solar photometers during the 58th Russian Antarctic expedition

S.M. Sakerin1, N.I. Vlasov2, D.M. Kabanov1, K.E. Lubo-Lesnichenko2, A.N. Prakhov2, V.F. Radionov2, Ju.S. Turchinovich1, B.N. Holben3, A. Smirnov3
1V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1, Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia
2Federal State Budgetary Institution "Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute", 38 Bering str., St.Petersburg, Russia, 199397
3NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Keywords: аerosol optical depth, Atlantic, Antarctic

Abstract

We discuss the specific features of the spatiotemporal variations in the atmospheric aerosol optical depth (AOD), measured during the 58th Russian Antarctic Expedition onboard RVs Akademik Fyodorov, RV Akademik Treshnikov, and at the Mirny station. It is shown that the main regularity of the spatiotemporal AOD distribution over ocean in the southern hemisphere is the linear latitudinal decrease of AOD from 0.15 at the equator to 0.025 near Antarctica. We indicate the persistence of low AOD level in Antarctica (0.022 + 0.005) during last 17 years.