Assimilation of POLDER aerosol optical thickness into the LMDz-INCA model: Implications for the Arctic aerosol burden

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Generoso, S., Bréon, F.M., Balkanski, Y., Chevallier, F., Schulz, M., Bey, I.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Inca; Longyearbyen; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/85897; https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD006954

The large spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric aerosol load makes it a challenge to quantify aerosol effect on climate. This study is one of the first attempts to apply data assimilation for the analysis of global aerosol distribution. Aerosol optical thickness (AOT) observed from the Pol...