Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5021-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5021-2018
Research article
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12 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 12 Apr 2018

An assessment of aerosol optical properties from remote-sensing observations and regional chemistry–climate coupled models over Europe

Laura Palacios-Peña, Rocío Baró, Alexander Baklanov, Alessandra Balzarini, Dominik Brunner, Renate Forkel, Marcus Hirtl, Luka Honzak, José María López-Romero, Juan Pedro Montávez, Juan Luis Pérez, Guido Pirovano, Roberto San José, Wolfram Schröder, Johannes Werhahn, Ralf Wolke, Rahela Žabkar, and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero

Data sets

Aerosol Robotic Network Level 2 NASA (Goddard space flight center) https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/type_piece_of_map_opera_v2_new

The MODIS Aerosol products NASA (MODIS Atmosphere) https://modis-atmosphere.gsfc.nasa.gov/products/aerosol

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Short summary
Atmospheric aerosols modify the radiative budget of the Earth, and it is therefore mandatory to have an accurate representation of their optical properties for understanding their climatic role. This work therefore evaluates the skill in the representation of optical properties by different remote-sensing sensors and regional online coupled chemistry–climate models over Europe.
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