An observationally constrained estimate of global dust aerosol optical depth

Ridley, David A.; Heald, Colette L.; Kok, Jasper F.; Zhao, Chun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15097-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15097-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15097-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 23

Research article

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06 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2016

An observationally constrained estimate of global dust aerosol optical depth

David A. Ridley, Colette L. Heald, Jasper F. Kok, and Chun Zhao

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SC1: 'Comments', N. M. Mahowald, 10 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Natalie Mahowald's comments', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016
RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #4, 16 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #4', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of acp-2016-385', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Comments on manuscript by D. A. Ridley et al.', Anonymous Referee #5, 23 Jun 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Referee #5', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016
RC4: 'Review of “An observationally-constrained estimate of global dust aerosol optical depth” by Ridley et al.', Amato Evan, 25 Jun 2016
- AC5: 'Response to Amato Evan', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016
SC2: 'Comments', Paul Ginoux, 29 Jun 2016
- AC6: 'Response to Paul Ginoux's comments', David A. Ridley, 27 Oct 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by David A. Ridley on behalf of the Authors (27 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Nov 2016) by Yves Balkanski

AR by David A. Ridley on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2016)

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Mineral dust aerosol affects climate through interaction with radiation and clouds, human health through contribution to particulate matter, and ecosystem health through nutrient transport and deposition. In this study, we use satellite and in situ retrievals to derive an observational estimate of the global dust AOD with which evaluate modeled dust AOD. Differences in the seasonality and regional distribution of dust AOD between observations and models are highlighted.