AERONET-MAN
NASA's SeaBASS validation system obtains data from the AERONET Maritime Aerosol Network (AERONET-MAN) for use in satellite sensor validation match-up analyses. As described by Smirnov et al. (2009), AERONET MAN consists of aerosol optical depth (AOD or AOT) measurements from sun photometers mounted on ships. Please refer to the rest of the information in this article for details on how to acknowledge the use of AERONET-MAN data and how the OBPG processes these data.