Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is widely recognized as a critical indicator in understanding
atmospheric physics and regional air quality because of its capability for quantifying aerosol …

The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) has provided highly accurate, ground-truth
measurements of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) using Cimel Electronique Sun–sky …

The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) version 4.10 (V4) level 2
aerosol data products, released in November 2016, include substantial improvements to the …

NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite (VNP46) is available at 500 m resolution
since January 2012 with data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) …

The collective representation within global models of aerosol, cloud, precipitation, and their
radiative properties remains unsatisfactory. They constitute the largest source of uncertainty …

The CALIOP lidar, carried on the CALIPSO satellite, has been acquiring global atmospheric
profiles since June 2006. This dataset now offers the opportunity to characterize the global 3 …

Monitoring and describing the spatiotemporal variability in dust aerosols is crucial for
understanding their multiple effects, related feedbacks, and impacts within the Earth system …

A full understanding of the Asian dust cycle can help with evaluation of the profound impact
of mineral dust on human health, the ecosystem, the terrestrial and oceanic biogeochemical …

In this study we use a new dust product developed using CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar
and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) observations and EARLINET (European …

The trans-Atlantic dust transport has important implications for human and ecosystem health,
the terrestrial and oceanic biogeochemical cycle, weather systems, and climate. This study …