Latitudinal and temporal distribution of aerosols and precipitable water vapor in the tropical Andes from AERONET, sounding, and MERRA-2 data

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Cazorla, María, Giles, David M., Herrera, Edgar, Suárez, Luis, Estevan, Rene, Andrade, Marcos, Bastidas, Álvaro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2024
• Subjects: Article; Merra; Quito; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10776852/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38195912; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51247-9

The aerosol and precipitable water vapor (PW) distribution over the tropical Andes region is characterized using Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) observations at stations in Medellin (Colombia), Quito (Ecuador), Huancayo (Peru), and La Paz (Bolivia). AERONET aerosol optical depth (AOD) is interpret...