Fig. 2: Evaluation of the spatiotemporal distributions of DOD simulated by GEOS-Chem model. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Evaluation of the spatiotemporal distributions of DOD simulated by GEOS-Chem model.

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Fig. 2: Evaluation of the spatiotemporal distributions of DOD simulated by GEOS-Chem model.

Panels (a) and (b) show the spatial distribution averaged for 15–20 March, 2021 from the MODIS Aqua (MYD08_D3) product and GEOS-Chem simulation, respectively, overlaid with wind fields at 10 m (vectors; unit: m s−1) obtained from fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis (ERA5) and the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) reanalysis dataset, respectively. c–f compare the daily variation of DOD from different satellite products (MODIS Aqua, MODIS Terra, and VIIRS) and GEOS-Chem simulations over three individual regions (NWC, GD, NCP) and the mean of the three regions.

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