NOAA R/V Ron Brown Sun Photometer Data

Aerosol optical depth observations from the Microtops sunphotometers that were onboard the R/V Ronald H. Brown for the VOCALS (VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study) 2008 campaign. The campaign cruise was along the Chilean coast and east-west transacts around 20S.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2008-10-20T00:00:00Z
    End:  2008-11-30T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2008-11-30T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 2.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -22.00000
Bounding Box West Long -86.00000
Bounding Box East Long -70.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : README_VOCALS_Ron_Brown_sunphotometer.pdf
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Resource Format NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
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Asset Size 1 MB
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Author Patricia K. Quinn ORCID icon
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Publication Date 2026-10-26T20:54:10
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/R86S-S37Y-G20X
Alternate Identifier 89.324
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2026-11-09T20:18:34Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::89.324
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Patricia K. Quinn. (2026). NOAA R/V Ron Brown Sun Photometer Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/R86S-S37Y-G20X. Accessed 10 November 2026.

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