Development of an Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aerosol index (AI) data assimilation scheme for aerosol modeling over bright surfaces – a step toward direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum

Zhang, Jianglong; Spurr, Robert J. D.; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Xian, Peng; Colarco, Peter R.; Campbell, James R.; Hyer, Edward J.; Baker, Nancy L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Development and technical paper

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05 Jan 2021

Development and technical paper |

| 05 Jan 2021

Development of an Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aerosol index (AI) data assimilation scheme for aerosol modeling over bright surfaces – a step toward direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum

Jianglong Zhang, Robert J. D. Spurr, Jeffrey S. Reid, Peng Xian, Peter R. Colarco, James R. Campbell, Edward J. Hyer, and Nancy L. Baker

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'executive editor comment on gmd-2020-216', Astrid Kerkweg, 08 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to the short comment', Jianglong Zhang, 14 Jul 2020
RC1: 'Well written description of OMI aerosol data assimilation which can be seen as a proxy for radiance assimilation', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Responses tp reviewer 1 comments', Jianglong Zhang, 09 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Referee Comment #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Responses to reviewer 2 comments', Jianglong Zhang, 09 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jianglong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2020)

ED: Publish as is (27 Oct 2020) by Samuel Remy

AR by Jianglong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

A first-of-its-kind scheme has been developed for assimilating Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aerosol index (AI) measurements into the Naval Aerosol Analysis and Predictive System. Improvements in model simulations demonstrate the utility of OMI AI data assimilation for improving the accuracy of aerosol model analysis over cloudy regions and bright surfaces. This study can be considered one of the first attempts at direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum for aerosol analyses.