Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-6487-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-6487-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
Research article
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15 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 15 Oct 2026

An assessment of lunar photometry in AERONET

Joel Schafer, Thomas F. Eck, Ilya Slutsker, Pawan Gupta, Mikhail Sorokin, Alexander Sinyuk, and Alexander Smirnov

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A global network of ground-based instruments has been using moonlight to measure atmospheric aerosols at night, producing the world's largest such dataset. Employing an empirical correction method that accounts for the Moon's complex and variable brightness results in nighttime measurements that agree closely with daytime measurements during day/night transition intervals under stable aerosol conditions. 
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