A 12-year long global record of optical depth of absorbing aerosols above the clouds derived from the OMI/OMACA algorithm

Jethva, Hiren; Torres, Omar; Ahn, Changwoo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5837-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5837-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5837-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 10

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24 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 24 Oct 2018

A 12-year long global record of optical depth of absorbing aerosols above the clouds derived from the OMI/OMACA algorithm

Hiren Jethva, Omar Torres, and Changwoo Ahn

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Response to the Reviewer # 1', Hiren Jethva, 31 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Comments by Zhibo Zhang', Zhibo Zhang, 08 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Response to the Reviewer # 2', Hiren Jethva, 31 Aug 2018

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AR by Hiren Jethva on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Sep 2018) by Jun Wang

RR by Zhibo Zhang (13 Sep 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish as is (25 Sep 2018) by Jun Wang

AR by Hiren Jethva on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2018)

Short summary

We introduce a new global satellite product of aerosol amounts lofted above the clouds from near-UV observations of Aura/OMI. The global decadal record derived from the product has revealed unprecedented quantitative information of light-absorbing aerosols above the cloud over several oceanic and continental regions of the world. The new dataset characterizing the optical properties of aerosol-cloud overlap will help quantify their radiative effects and representation in climate models.