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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2031-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2031-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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24 Feb 2020
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2020
| 24 Feb 2020
Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products
Larisa Sogacheva
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Programme,
Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Popp
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Andrew M. Sayer
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology And Research (GESTAR), Universities
Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Oleg Dubovik
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS–Université
Lille, France
Michael J. Garay
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Andreas Heckel
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
N. Christina Hsu
Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Science Division, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Hiren Jethva
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology And Research (GESTAR), Universities
Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Ralph A. Kahn
Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Science Division, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Pekka Kolmonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Programme,
Helsinki, Finland
Miriam Kosmale
German Aerospace Center (DLR), German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Gerrit de Leeuw
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Programme,
Helsinki, Finland
Robert C. Levy
Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Science Division, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Pavel Litvinov
Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties SAS,
Lille, France
Alexei Lyapustin
Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Earth Science Division, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Peter North
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Omar Torres
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Earth Science
Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Antti Arola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Research Programme,
Helsinki, Finland
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Short summary
The typical lifetime of a single satellite platform is on the order of 5–15 years; thus, for climate studies the usage of multiple satellite sensors should be considered.
Here we introduce and evaluate a monthly AOD merged product and AOD global and regional time series for the period 1995–2017 created from 12 individual satellite AOD products, which provide a long-term perspective on AOD changes over different regions of the globe.
The typical lifetime of a single satellite platform is on the order of 5–15 years; thus, for...
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