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Publications resulting from project:

1. Miskolczi, F., T. O. Aro, M. Iziomon , R. T. Pinker, 1997. Surface Radiative Fluxes in Sub - Sahel  Africa.; Journal  of  Applied  Meteorology  36 (5) :  521- 530.

2. Pinker, R. T, G. Pandithurai, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, and T. O. Aro, 2001. Importance of Observing Dust Aerosol Properties in Real-Time. J. Geophys. Res.,  
Vol. 106, No. D19, p. 22,9231.

3. Pinker, R. T., G. Pandithurai, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, and T. O. Aro, 2001. A dust outbreak episode in sub-Sahel West Africa. J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D19, 22,923-22,930.

4. Pinker, R. T., Y. Zhao, C. Akoshile, J. Janowiak, and P. Arkin, 2005. A Diurnal and seasonal variability of rainfall in the sub-Sahel as seen from observations, satellites and a numerical model. Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 33, L07806, doi:10.1029/2005GL025192..

5. Pandithurai, G.,  R. T. Pinker, O. Dubovik, B. N. Holben, and T. O. Aro, 2001. Remote Sensing of Dust Optical Characteristics in Sub-Sahel, West Africa. J.  Geophys. Res., 106, No. D22, 28,347-28,356.

6. Holben, B. N., D. Tanre, A. Smirnov, T. F.  Eck, I. Slutsker, N. Abuhassen, W. W. Newcomb, J. Schafer, B. Chatenet, F. Lavenue, Y. J. Kaufman, J. Vande Castle, A. Setzer, B. Markham, D. Clark, R. Frouin, R. Halthore, A. Karnieli, N. T. O'Neill, C. Pietras, R. T. Pinker, K. Voss, G. Zibordi, 2001. An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol Optical Depth from AERONET.  J.  Geophys. Res., Vol. 106, 
No. D11, 12,067-12,097.

7. Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, B. Chatenet and R. T. Pinker, 2002. Diurnal variability of aerosol optical depth observed at AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) sites. Submitted for publication in GRL.

Presentations:

1. Pandithurai,  G., R. T. Pinker, B. N. Holben, T. Nakajima, T. Takamura and  S. Kaneta, 1999. Optical Characteristics of Aerosols Derived with two State-of-the Art Sky Radiometers. The ‘99 Kyoto Aerosol-Cloud Workshop, the CCSR COE Symposium/3rd Aerosol-Cloud  Remote  Sensing  Workshop.

2. Pinker, R. T., 1999. Validation of Remotely Sensed Data for Land Surface Hydrology Applications, Fall AGU 1999, San Francisco, December 15-12, 1999 (invited).

3. Pinker, R. T., 1999. Use of Remote Sensing in Climate Research: Need for Validation. University of Ilorin, Faculty of Science Seminar, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, September 1, 1999.

4. Pandithurai, G., R. T. Pinker, and B. N.  Holben, 1999.  Annual variation of aerosols optical properties in a semi-arid region as observed within the AERONET framework. 10th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Madison, Wisconsin, 26 June-2 July, 1999.

Selected Manuscripts that use data from the Ilorin EOS validation site :

1. Morcrette, J.-J., 2001. The Surface Downward Longwave Radiation in ECMWF Forecast System.  ECMWF Technical Memorandum No. 339.

2. Knapp, K. R. and L. L. Stowe, 2001. Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval over Land from AVHRR Pathfinder Atmosphere Data.GACP JAS Special Issue.

The pyrgeometers in use at Ilorin participated in international calibration campaigns:

1. Philipona, R., E. G. Dutton, T. Stoffel, J. Michalsky, I. Reda, A. Stifter, P. Wendling, N. Wood, S. A. Clough, E. J. Mlawer, G. Anderson, H. E. Revercomb, and T. R. Shippert, 2001. Atmospheric longwave irradiance uncertainty: Pyrgeometers compared to an absolute sky-scanning radiometer, atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer, and radiative transfer model calculations. J Geophys. Res-Atmos 106 (D22): 28129-28141 Nov. 27 2001.

 

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