Figure 2

Multi-year Version 3, Level 2.0 AERONET Spectral Deconvolution Algorithm (SDA)10,11 time series of (a) Total, (b) Fine-mode, and (c) Coarse-mode AOD at 500 nm (5-min data) at stations Medellin (blue), Quito (red), Huancayo (black), and La Paz (green). The corresponding statistics by color indicate the time series mean with + /– one standard deviation, followed by the maximum value.