Fig. 1
From: Harmonized and high-quality datasets of aerosol optical depth at a US continental site, 1997–2018
Schematic diagram summarizing the framework for generating a combined AOD with extended continuity and user-specified data quality. The diagram illustrates a connection between three main sections: (1) involvement of individual AODs measured by four collocated instruments (top part of diagram), (2) examination of data quality and resolution consistency (central part of diagram), and (3) determination of the combined AOD and its four individual components with good quality and matched resolution (bottom part of diagram). Uncertainty of the combined AOD and the main statistics describing the level of agreement between these components are also established. See indicated text sections for details of each component (Input, Analysis, Output). Note that MFRSR C1 and MFRSR E13 are identical instruments sitting next to each other and labels C1 and E13 denote specific instruments (Table 1).
