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SKYNET – the international network for aerosol, clouds, and solar radiation studies and their applications
Special issues
Special issues
SKYNET – the international network for aerosol, clouds, and solar radiation studies and their applications
Editor(s): O. Torres, T. Nakajima, S. Kazadzis, and M. Campanelli
SKYNET is an international research network dedicated to aerosol—cloud—radiation interaction studies.
It consists of about 60 sites located all over the world. The main instrument at each site is the sun—sky radiometer, but to strengthen the ability of SKYNET, simultaneous measurements with other instruments such as pyranometers, pirgeometers, microwave radiometers, absorption meters, cloud cameras, lidars, MAX-DOAS, and instrumentation for in situ characterisation are also conducted for some selected sites.
This special issue will face issues related to the following topics: aerosol and cloud properties from radiometers; developments on instrumentation; aerosol radiative forcing and climate effects; intercomparison among radiometer networks; validation of aerosol and cloud properties from satellite and models; applications for air pollution studies; and applications for solar energy.

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15 Dec 2023
Evaluation of “on site” calibration procedures for sun-sky photometers
Monica Campanelli, Victor Estelles, Gaurav Kumar, Teruyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Momoi, Julian Gröbner, Stelios Kazadzis, Natalia Kouremeti, Angelos Karanikolas, Africa Barreto, Saulius Nevas, Kerstin Schwind, Phillipp Schneider, Iiro Harju, Petri Kärhä, Henri Diémoz, Rei Kudo, Akihiro Uchiyama, Akihiro Yamazaki, Anna Maria Iannarelli, Gabriele Mevi, Annalisa Di Bernardino, and Stefano Casadio
Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-165,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-165, 2023
Revised manuscript under review for AMT (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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31 Mar 2022
Quality assessment of Second-generation Global Imager (SGLI)-observed cloud properties using SKYNET surface observation data
Pradeep Khatri, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Hitoshi Irie, Husi Letu, Takashi Y. Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishimoto, and Tamio Takamura
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 1967–1982, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1967-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1967-2022, 2022
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07 Mar 2022
Aerosol optical characteristics in the urban area of Rome, Italy, and their impact on the UV index
Monica Campanelli, Henri Diémoz, Anna Maria Siani, Alcide di Sarra, Anna Maria Iannarelli, Rei Kudo, Gabriele Fasano, Giampietro Casasanta, Luca Tofful, Marco Cacciani, Paolo Sanò, and Stefano Dietrich
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 1171–1183, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1171-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1171-2022, 2022
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11 May 2021
Optimal use of the Prede POM sky radiometer for aerosol, water vapor, and ozone retrievals
Rei Kudo, Henri Diémoz, Victor Estellés, Monica Campanelli, Masahiro Momoi, Franco Marenco, Claire L. Ryder, Osamu Ijima, Akihiro Uchiyama, Kouichi Nakashima, Akihiro Yamazaki, Ryoji Nagasawa, Nozomu Ohkawara, and Haruma Ishida
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 3395–3426, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3395-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3395-2021, 2021
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10 Aug 2020
An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET
Teruyuki Nakajima, Monica Campanelli, Huizheng Che, Victor Estellés, Hitoshi Irie, Sang-Woo Kim, Jhoon Kim, Dong Liu, Tomoaki Nishizawa, Govindan Pandithurai, Vijay Kumar Soni, Boossarasiri Thana, Nas-Urt Tugjsurn, Kazuma Aoki, Sujung Go, Makiko Hashimoto, Akiko Higurashi, Stelios Kazadzis, Pradeep Khatri, Natalia Kouremeti, Rei Kudo, Franco Marenco, Masahiro Momoi, Shantikumar S. Ningombam, Claire L. Ryder, Akihiro Uchiyama, and Akihiro Yamazaki
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 4195–4218, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4195-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4195-2020, 2020
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20 May 2020
Development of on-site self-calibration and retrieval methods for sky-radiometer observations of precipitable water vapor
Masahiro Momoi, Rei Kudo, Kazuma Aoki, Tatsuhiro Mori, Kazuhiko Miura, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hitoshi Irie, Yoshinori Shoji, Akihiro Uchiyama, Osamu Ijima, Matsumi Takano, and Teruyuki Nakajima
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 2635–2658, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2635-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2635-2020, 2020
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11 Mar 2020
Intercomparison between the aerosol optical properties retrieved by different inversion methods from SKYNET sky radiometer observations over Qionghai and Yucheng in China
Zhe Jiang, Minzheng Duan, Huizheng Che, Wenxing Zhang, Teruyuki Nakajima, Makiko Hashimoto, Bin Chen, and Akihiro Yamazaki
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 1195–1212, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1195-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1195-2020, 2020
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09 Dec 2019
A comparative evaluation of Aura-OMI and SKYNET near-UV single-scattering albedo products
Hiren Jethva and Omar Torres
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 6489–6503, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6489-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6489-2019, 2019
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09 Dec 2019
Nocturnal aerosol optical depth measurements with modified sky radiometer POM-02 using the moon as a light source
Akihiro Uchiyama, Masataka Shiobara, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tsuneo Matsunaga, Akihiro Yamazaki, Kazunori Inei, Kazuhiro Kawai, and Yoshiaki Watanabe
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 6465–6488, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6465-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6465-2019, 2019
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21 Nov 2019
Retrieval of cloud properties from spectral zenith radiances observed by sky radiometers
Pradeep Khatri, Hironobu Iwabuchi, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Hitoshi Irie, Tamio Takamura, Akihiro Yamazaki, Alessandro Damiani, Husi Letu, and Qin Kai
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 6037–6047, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6037-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6037-2019, 2019
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12 Aug 2019
Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 2: Long-term impact on air quality
Henri Diémoz, Gian Paolo Gobbi, Tiziana Magri, Giordano Pession, Sara Pittavino, Ivan K. F. Tombolato, Monica Campanelli, and Francesca Barnaba
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10129–10160, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10129-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10129-2019, 2019
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11 Mar 2019
Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 1: Phenomenology
Henri Diémoz, Francesca Barnaba, Tiziana Magri, Giordano Pession, Davide Dionisi, Sara Pittavino, Ivan K. F. Tombolato, Monica Campanelli, Lara Sofia Della Ceca, Maxime Hervo, Luca Di Liberto, Luca Ferrero, and Gian Paolo Gobbi
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 3065–3095, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3065-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3065-2019, 2019
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29 Jan 2019
Simultaneous observations by sky radiometer and MAX-DOAS for characterization of biomass burning plumes in central Thailand in January–April 2016
Hitoshi Irie, Hossain Mohammed Syedul Hoque, Alessandro Damiani, Hiroshi Okamoto, Al Mashroor Fatmi, Pradeep Khatri, Tamio Takamura, and Thanawat Jarupongsakul
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 599–606, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-599-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-599-2019, 2019
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07 Jan 2019
A shape model of internally mixed soot particles derived from artificial surface tension
Hiroshi Ishimoto, Rei Kudo, and Kouji Adachi
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 107–118, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-107-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-107-2019, 2019
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08 Nov 2018
A multiwavelength numerical model in support of quantitative retrievals of aerosol properties from automated lidar ceilometers and test applications for AOT and PM10 estimation
Davide Dionisi, Francesca Barnaba, Henri Diémoz, Luca Di Liberto, and Gian Paolo Gobbi
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 6013–6042, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6013-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6013-2018, 2018
26 Sep 2018
The instrument constant of sky radiometers (POM-02) – Part 1: Calibration constant
Akihiro Uchiyama, Tsuneo Matsunaga, and Akihiro Yamazaki
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 5363–5388, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5363-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5363-2018, 2018
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26 Sep 2018
The instrument constant of sky radiometers (POM-02) – Part 2: Solid view angle
Akihiro Uchiyama, Tsuneo Matsunaga, and Akihiro Yamazaki
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 5389–5402, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5389-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5389-2018, 2018
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29 May 2018
Characteristics of aerosol vertical profiles in Tsukuba, Japan, and their impacts on the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer
Rei Kudo, Toshinori Aoyagi, and Tomoaki Nishizawa
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3031–3046, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3031-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3031-2018, 2018
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27 Apr 2018
Evaluation of Himawari-8 surface downwelling solar radiation by ground-based measurements
Alessandro Damiani, Hitoshi Irie, Takashi Horio, Tamio Takamura, Pradeep Khatri, Hideaki Takenaka, Takashi Nagao, Takashi Y. Nakajima, and Raul R. Cordero
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 2501–2521, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2501-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2501-2018, 2018
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23 Apr 2018
Comparisons of spectral aerosol single scattering albedo in Seoul, South Korea
Jungbin Mok, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Omar Torres, Hiren Jethva, Zhanqing Li, Jhoon Kim, Ja-Ho Koo, Sujung Go, Hitoshi Irie, Gordon Labow, Thomas F. Eck, Brent N. Holben, Jay Herman, Robert P. Loughman, Elena Spinei, Seoung Soo Lee, Pradeep Khatri, and Monica Campanelli
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 2295–2311, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2295-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2295-2018, 2018
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06 Mar 2018
Results from the Fourth WMO Filter Radiometer Comparison for aerosol optical depth measurements
Stelios Kazadzis, Natalia Kouremeti, Henri Diémoz, Julian Gröbner, Bruce W. Forgan, Monica Campanelli, Victor Estellés, Kathleen Lantz, Joseph Michalsky, Thomas Carlund, Emilio Cuevas, Carlos Toledano, Ralf Becker, Stephan Nyeki, Panagiotis G. Kosmopoulos, Viktar Tatsiankou, Laurent Vuilleumier, Frederick M. Denn, Nozomu Ohkawara, Osamu Ijima, Philippe Goloub, Panagiotis I. Raptis, Michael Milner, Klaus Behrens, Africa Barreto, Giovanni Martucci, Emiel Hall, James Wendell, Bryan E. Fabbri, and Christoph Wehrli
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3185–3201, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3185-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3185-2018, 2018
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27 Feb 2018
Water vapour retrieval using the Precision Solar Spectroradiometer
Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis, Stelios Kazadzis, Julian Gröbner, Natalia Kouremeti, Lionel Doppler, Ralf Becker, and Constantinos Helmis
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1143–1157, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1143-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1143-2018, 2018
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15 Feb 2018
Assessment of surface solar irradiance derived from real-time modelling techniques and verification with ground-based measurements
Panagiotis G. Kosmopoulos, Stelios Kazadzis, Michael Taylor, Panagiotis I. Raptis, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Chris Kiranoudis, and Alkiviadis F. Bais
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 907–924, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-907-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-907-2018, 2018
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09 Jan 2018
Precipitable water vapour content from ESR/SKYNET sun–sky radiometers: validation against GNSS/GPS and AERONET over three different sites in Europe
Monica Campanelli, Alessandra Mascitelli, Paolo Sanò, Henri Diémoz, Victor Estellés, Stefano Federico, Anna Maria Iannarelli, Francesca Fratarcangeli, Augusto Mazzoni, Eugenio Realini, Mattia Crespi, Olivier Bock, Jose A. Martínez-Lozano, and Stefano Dietrich
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 81–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-81-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-81-2018, 2018
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11 Jul 2017
Dust impact on surface solar irradiance assessed with model simulations, satellite observations and ground-based measurements
Panagiotis G. Kosmopoulos, Stelios Kazadzis, Michael Taylor, Eleni Athanasopoulou, Orestis Speyer, Panagiotis I. Raptis, Eleni Marinou, Emmanouil Proestakis, Stavros Solomos, Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Vassilis Amiridis, Alkiviadis Bais, and Charalabos Kontoes
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 2435–2453, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2435-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2435-2017, 2017
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27 Jun 2017
Comparison of hourly surface downwelling solar radiation estimated from MSG–SEVIRI and forecast by the RAMS model with pyranometers over Italy
Stefano Federico, Rosa Claudia Torcasio, Paolo Sanò, Daniele Casella, Monica Campanelli, Jan Fokke Meirink, Ping Wang, Stefania Vergari, Henri Diémoz, and Stefano Dietrich
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 2337–2352, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2337-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2337-2017, 2017
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09 May 2017
Autonomous marine hyperspectral radiometers for determining solar irradiances and aerosol optical properties
John Wood, Tim J. Smyth, and Victor Estellés
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 1723–1737, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1723-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1723-2017, 2017
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