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This work summarises an aerosol optical depth (AOD) inter-comparison campaign conducted from June to September 2009 in Athens under the EUSAAR (European Super-Sites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research) Programme. A PFR (precision filter radiometer) travelling standard from the GAW-PFR network was first located at the NCSR “Demokritos” Institute (267 m asl), and then at the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens (ISARS/NOA, 191 m). ISARS/NOA has a CIMEL sun-photometer which is part of AERONET. Concurrent data at two co-incident channels showed that the λ = 865 nm but not the 500 nm channel at ISARS/NOA fulfilled the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch criterion of traceability.
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We thank EUSAAR for funding which was obtained as a sub-contractor of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
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Nyeki, S., Halios, C.H., Eleftheriadis, K., Amiridis, V., Gröbner, J., Wehrli, C. (2013). Ground-Based Aerosol Optical Depth Inter-Comparison Campaigns at EUSAAR Sites in Athens, Greece. In: Helmis, C., Nastos, P. (eds) Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29172-2_159
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