Fig. 6: Modelled aerosol optical depth (AOD) errors in the source and outflow region of Southern Hemisphere Africa by ECHAM-HAM model. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Modelled aerosol optical depth (AOD) errors in the source and outflow region of Southern Hemisphere Africa by ECHAM-HAM model.

From: Using modelled relationships and satellite observations to attribute modelled aerosol biases over biomass burning regions

Fig. 6

All the simulations are collocated and compared with POLDER satellite AOD data43 during the fire season. Simulations are performed in three cases: 1) default case, 2) EC case, where we only increase the emissions in the source region to match AOD observations; and 3) MFC case, where we modify the emission, precipitation (for correcting lifetime), and particle size (for correcting MEC). The results are shown as the median (solid lines) and interquartile (shaded areas) of the seasonal AOD errors for all grid cells within the latitudinal range shown in Supplementary Fig. 6. Details about the three cases can be found in Methods.

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