Monitoring and tracking the trans-Pacific transport of aerosols using  multi-satellite aerosol optical depth composites

Naeger, Aaron R.; Gupta, Pawan; Zavodsky, Bradley T.; McGrath, Kevin M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2463-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2463-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

Research article

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03 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2016

Monitoring and tracking the trans-Pacific transport of aerosols using multi-satellite aerosol optical depth composites

Aaron R. Naeger, Pawan Gupta, Bradley T. Zavodsky, and Kevin M. McGrath

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Jun 2016)
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RC C4433: 'Review of amt-2015-211', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2015
- AC C5515: 'Responses to Referee #1', Aaron Naeger, 22 Feb 2016
RC C4998: 'Review of the manuscript "Monitoring and Tracking the Trans-Pacific Transport of Aerosols Using Multi-Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals" by Naeger et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jan 2016
- AC C5516: 'Responses to Referee #2', Aaron Naeger, 22 Feb 2016

Short summary

In this study, we merge aerosol information from multiple satellite sensors on board low-earth orbiting (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) platforms in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the spatial distribution of aerosols compared to when only using single sensors as is commonly done. Our results show that merging aerosol information from LEO and GEO platforms can be very useful, which paves the way for applications to the more advanced next-generation of satellites.