The Climatology of Australian Aerosol

Mitchell, Ross M.; Forgan, Bruce W.; Campbell, Susan K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5131-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5131-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5131-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article

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20 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2017

The Climatology of Australian Aerosol

Ross M. Mitchell, Bruce W. Forgan, and Susan K. Campbell

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Apr 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 16 Jan 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of The Climatology of Australian Aerosol', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous referee #3', Ross Mitchell, 11 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “The Climatology of Australian Aerosol”', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous referee #1', Ross Mitchell, 15 Feb 2017

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AR by Ross Mitchell on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2017) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Mar 2017) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Ross Mitchell on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

We present a climatological analysis of Australian aerosol based on 22 sun photometer stations operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO/AeroSpan. A spectral analysis shows the dominance of the annual cycle and its second and third harmonics in the time series. Classification shows three primary Australian aerosol regimes: temperate, arid, and tropical. Further analysis quantifies trends and reveals remarkable long-range coherence in the aerosol cycle across the continent.