ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution  dust optical depth data set

Gkikas, Antonis; Proestakis, Emmanouil; Amiridis, Vassilis; Kazadzis, Stelios; Di Tomaso, Enza; Tsekeri, Alexandra; Marinou, Eleni; Hatzianastassiou, Nikos; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-309-2021

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15 Jan 2021

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ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution dust optical depth data set

Antonis Gkikas, Emmanouil Proestakis, Vassilis Amiridis, Stelios Kazadzis, Enza Di Tomaso, Alexandra Tsekeri, Eleni Marinou, Nikos Hatzianastassiou, and Carlos Pérez García-Pando

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RC1: 'Review of MIDAS paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Replies to Reviewer 1', Antonis Gkikas, 08 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Replies to Reviewer 2', Antonis Gkikas, 08 Oct 2020

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Short summary

We present the development of the MIDAS (ModIs Dust AeroSol) data set, providing daily dust optical depth (DOD; 550 nm) at a global scale and fine spatial resolution (0.1° x 0.1°) over a 15-year period (2003–2017). It has been developed via the synergy of MODIS-Aqua and MERRA-2 data, while CALIOP and AERONET retrievals are used for its assessment. MIDAS upgrades existing dust observational capabilities, and it is suitable for dust climatological studies, model evaluation, and data assimilation.