NDACC Cooperating Networks

NDACC established the designation of "Cooperating Network" to formalize the relationship with regional, hemispheric, or global networks of instruments that operate independently of NDACC, but where strong measurement and scientific collaboration is mutually beneficial. More information on the "Cooperating Network" Protocol is found in the "Protocols" area of the NDACC web pages.

AERONET	AGAGE
The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) program is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and Univ. of Lille, CNES, and CNRS-INSU... more AERONET Website	AGAGE performs real-time, high-frequency measurements of approximately 45 trace gases at stations around the world... more AGAGE Website
BSRN	HATS
The Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) provides near-continuous, long-term, in situ-observed, Earth-surface, broadband irradiances (solar and thermal infrared) ... more BSRN Website	The Halocarbons and other Trace Species (HATS) Network measures over 30 trace gases in the atmosphere including... more HATS Website
MPLNET	SHADOZ
The NASA Micro Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) is a federated network of Micro Pulse Lidar (MPL) systems designed to measure aerosol and cloud vertical structure ...more MPLNET Website	The Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) is a project to augment balloon-borne ozonesonde launches ... more SHADOZ Website
TCCON
The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) is a network of ground-based Fourier Transform Spectrometers recording direct solar spectra in the near-infrared spectral region. TCCON Website