Intercomparison of aerosol optical depths from four reanalyses and their multi-reanalysis consensus

Xian, Peng; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Ades, Melanie; Benedetti, Angela; Colarco, Peter R.; da Silva, Arlindo; Eck, Tom F.; Flemming, Johannes; Hyer, Edward J.; Kipling, Zak; Rémy, Samuel; Sekiyama, Tsuyoshi Thomas; Tanaka, Taichu; Yumimoto, Keiya; Zhang, Jianglong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6385-2024

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31 May 2024

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Intercomparison of aerosol optical depths from four reanalyses and their multi-reanalysis consensus

Peng Xian, Jeffrey S. Reid, Melanie Ades, Angela Benedetti, Peter R. Colarco, Arlindo da Silva, Tom F. Eck, Johannes Flemming, Edward J. Hyer, Zak Kipling, Samuel Rémy, Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, Taichu Tanaka, Keiya Yumimoto, and Jianglong Zhang

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'Comment on egusphere-2023-2354', Stefan Kinne, 24 Nov 2023

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- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', P. Xian, 14 Mar 2024
  
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'Comment on egusphere-2023-2354', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2024

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- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', P. Xian, 14 Mar 2024
  
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The study compares and evaluates monthly AOD of four reanalyses (RA) and their consensus (i.e., ensemble mean). The basic verification characteristics of these RA versus both AERONET and MODIS retrievals are presented. The study discusses the strength of each RA and identifies regions where divergence and challenges are prominent. The RA consensus usually performs very well on a global scale in terms of how well it matches the observational data, making it a good choice for various applications.