Validation of SAGE III satellite data

Updated 2002-01-02

SAGE III was successfully launched on 10. Dec. 2001 on a Russian M3 rocket. It provides accurate data of aerosols, water vapour, ozone, and other key parameters of the earth's atmosphere. The science team of the SAGE III experiment at NASA has nominated the Koldewey-Station as an anchor site to contribute within the Data Validation Plan as part of the Operational Surface Networks. Data directly relevant to the SAGE III validation are aerosol measurements by photometers and lidar, as well as temperature measurements and ozone profiling by balloon borne sondes, lidar and microwave radiometer. Data will be provided quasi online for immediate validation tasks.

http://www.awi-potsdam.de

Status: Planned
Project time span: 2002 - 2005
Data collection: 2002 - 2005
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person: Roland Neuber
Address: Alfred Wegener Institute, Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam Telegrafenberg A43 D-14473 Potsdam Germany
Phone: +49 331 288 2129
Fax: +49 331 288 2178
Email: ed.madstop-iwa@rebuen
Other project contacts: See also www-sage3.larc.nasa.gov/

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Climate change effects

UV effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Air/aerosol

Geography

Regions studied: UV effects; UV effects; UV effects

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: NASA Langley Research Center University of Bremen NILU, Kjeller
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: NASA