- 1NASA, Hampton, VA, USA
- 2National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS, Greece
- 3CIRES, U. Colorado at Boulder and NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
- 4Ateneo de Manila University and Manila Observatory, Manila, Philippines
- 5NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- 6LISA, CNRS, U. Paris Est Créteil, U. Paris Cité, IPSL, Paris, France
- 7CNRS/University of Lille, Lille, France
- 8Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- 9University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- 10University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
- 11Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
There is a natural partitioning of scientific interest amongst three focus areas of aerosol research: modeling, in situ measurements, and remote sensing observations. The community benefits when these groups interact, with overall benefits towards advancing our understanding of climate, weather, and air quality. To this end, MIRA seeks to foster international collaborations across disciplines and regional boundaries and offers a complementary association with established international working groups. A special focus is on collaborations that help advance operational services and products for near term benefits to society.
Within the present framework, MIRA has identified four initial focus areas. One effort advances knowledge of the aerosol lidar ratio for different aerosol compositions and locations to improve backscatter lidar retrievals from satellites and ground-based instruments. Another effort seeks to improve aerosol and cloud optical parameters used by climate and radiative transfer models. A third effort focuses on harmonizing aerosol assimilation models with satellite measurement retrievals, and a fourth interest seeks to develop retrievals of aerosol particulate matter from satellite remote sensing measurements.
The grassroots working group was formed in 2021 and includes more than 250 participants with representatives from Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. A newsletter is published quarterly and webinars are held bi-monthly on topics of interest to the members. A workshop in Greece is also planned for June 2025. The presentation will provide an overview on MIRA and ways for the community to engage.
How to cite: Trepte, C., Amiridis, V., Andrews, E., Cambaliza, M. O., Chin, M., Di Biagio, C., Dubovik, O., Kim, S. W., Marinou, E., Redemann, J., Saito, M., Schuster, G., Yang, P., and Ziemba, L.: Models, In situ, and Remote sensing of Aerosols (MIRA)International Working Group: An Update, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-2908, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-2908, 2025.
