A three-dimensional variational data assimilation system for aerosol optical properties based on WRF-Chem v4.0: design, development, and application of assimilating Himawari-8 aerosol observations

<p>This paper presents a three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation (DA) system for aerosol optical properties, including aerosol optical thickness (AOT) retrievals and lidar-based aerosol profiles, developed for the Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry (MOSAIC)...

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Main Authors: D. Wang, W. You, Z. Zang, X. Pan, Y. Hu, Y. Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2022-03-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1821/2022/gmd-15-1821-2022.pdf