An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks

Holben, Brent N.; Kim, Jhoon; Sano, Itaru; Mukai, Sonoyo; Eck, Thomas F.; Giles, David M.; Schafer, Joel S.; Sinyuk, Aliaksandr; Slutsker, Ilya; Smirnov, Alexander; Sorokin, Mikhail; Anderson, Bruce E.; Che, Huizheng; Choi, Myungje; Crawford, James H.; Ferrare, Richard A.; Garay, Michael J.; Jeong, Ukkyo; Kim, Mijin; Kim, Woogyung; Knox, Nichola; Li, Zhengqiang; Lim, Hwee S.; Liu, Yang; Maring, Hal; Nakata, Makiko; Pickering, Kenneth E.; Piketh, Stuart; Redemann, Jens; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Salinas, Santo; Seo, Sora; Tan, Fuyi; Tripathi, Sachchida N.; Toon, Owen B.; Xiao, Qingyang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-655-2018

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19 Jan 2018

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| 19 Jan 2018

An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks

Brent N. Holben, Jhoon Kim, Itaru Sano, Sonoyo Mukai, Thomas F. Eck, David M. Giles, Joel S. Schafer, Aliaksandr Sinyuk, Ilya Slutsker, Alexander Smirnov, Mikhail Sorokin, Bruce E. Anderson, Huizheng Che, Myungje Choi, James H. Crawford, Richard A. Ferrare, Michael J. Garay, Ukkyo Jeong, Mijin Kim, Woogyung Kim, Nichola Knox, Zhengqiang Li, Hwee S. Lim, Yang Liu, Hal Maring, Makiko Nakata, Kenneth E. Pickering, Stuart Piketh, Jens Redemann, Jeffrey S. Reid, Santo Salinas, Sora Seo, Fuyi Tan, Sachchida N. Tripathi, Owen B. Toon, and Qingyang Xiao

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SC1: 'suggested non-substantive edits', Dave Westenbarger, 16 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Author response to SC1, DRAGON manuscript', B. Holben, 27 Jun 2017
RC1: 'referee comment', Lorraine Remer, 28 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Author Response to Referee #1, DRAGON manuscript', B. Holben, 27 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Review of the paper “An overview of meso-scale aerosol processes, comparison and validation studies from DRAGON networks” by Holben et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 May 2017
- AC2: 'Author response to Referee #2, DRAGON manuscript', B. Holben, 27 Jun 2017

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AR by B. Holben on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jul 2017) by Paola Formenti

AR by B. Holben on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2017)

Short summary

Aerosol particles, such as smoke, vary over space and time. This paper describes a series of very high-resolution ground-based aerosol measurement networks and associated studies that contributed new understanding of aerosol processes and detailed comparisons to satellite aerosol validation. Significantly, these networks also provide an opportunity to statistically relate grab samples of an aerosol parameter to companion satellite observations, a step toward air quality assessment from space.