In Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA)¶

About¶

ISARA is an open-source Python codebase that models ambient aerosol optical and microphysical properties using user-inputted field campaign instrument data sets. This software calculates these properties separately for fine-mode and coarse-mode particles at the wavelength(s) and relative humidity (RH) level(s) of choice. ISARA also has the capability to handle spheroids and other irregularly-shaped particles. These features enable comprehensive evaluations of incredibly complex and diverse sets of aerosol particle profiles encountered within field campaigns.

We hope that the community uses this software to streamline verification of field aerosol data sets and ultimately advance field campaign data quality assurance. More information on this software including installation and use can be found in "User Guide".

To access code repository, please go to https://github.com/sdmitrovic/ISARA_code.

Authors¶

ISARA was first developed by Joseph Schlosser with ongoing development by Joseph Schlosser, Snorre Stamnes, and Sanja Dmitrovic.

Acknowledgements¶

ISARA is being developed in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research, NASA Langley Research Center, and the University of Arizona.

Notes¶

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