Agreement Between The National Aeronautics And Space Administration (Nasa) Of The United States Of America And The Geophysical Institute Of Peru (Igp) For Cooperation In The Aerosol Robotic Network (Aeronet)
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1 de julio de 2021
NASA’s scientific goals include a more detailed understanding of global atmospheric change phenomena with emphasis on climate research and the assessment of air quality. To these ends, NASA has established a global network of sun photometers, called AERONET (Aerosol Robotic NETwork), in cooperation with a wide range of international partner agencies and institutions. These devices are used to measure water vapor and aerosol optical properties, which are necessary measurements as well as being essential for ground-based validation for aerosol measurements taken by satellites.
For the proposed arrangement the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) will establish sun photometer stations at mutually agreed sites. The inclusion of these stations within the global AERONET will significantly improve the understanding of the properties and concentration of aerosols and their relationship to aerosols on both global and regional scales. Another objective of this cooperation is to encourage scientists from both the United States and Peru to develop research programs using data collected in Peru along with aerosol data available from the global AERONET database located at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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