Investigation of CATS aerosol products and application toward global diurnal variation of aerosols

Lee, Logan; Zhang, Jianglong; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Yorks, John E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12687-2019

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10 Oct 2019

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| 10 Oct 2019

Investigation of CATS aerosol products and application toward global diurnal variation of aerosols

Logan Lee, Jianglong Zhang, Jeffrey S. Reid, and John E. Yorks

Data sets

CATS/ISS L2O D-M7.2 Version 3-00 05kmPro files M. McGill https://doi.org/10.5067/iss/cats/l2o_d-m7.2-v3-00_05kmpro

CATS-ISS Level 2O N-M7.2 Version 3-00 05kmPro files M. McGill https://doi.org/10.5067/iss/cats/l2o_n-m7.2-v3-00_05kmpro

CALIPSO LID L2 Standard HDF File - Version 4.10 D. Winker https://doi.org/10.5067/caliop/calipso/lid_l2_05kmapro-standard-v4-10

MODIS Atmosphere L2 Aerosol Product R. Levy, C. Hsu, et al. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD04_L2.061

Short summary

The study of the diurnal variation of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and aerosol vertical distribution is necessary for the monitoring and modeling of aerosol particles for various air pollution, visibility and climate-related studies. Upon evaluating 1064 nm AOD and aerosol extinction profiles from the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) level 2 aerosol product, we studied the diurnal variation of AOD and aerosol extinction profiles on both regional and global scales.