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Articles | Volume XLII-3
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-999-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-999-2018
30 Apr 2018
 | 30 Apr 2018

A THTEE-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION SCHEME FOR SATELLITE AOD

Y. Liang, Z. Zang, and W. You

Keywords: AOD, Aerosol, Data assimilation, Chemical species, WRF/Chem

Abstract. A three-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme is designed for satellite AOD based on the IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments) equation. The observation operator that simulates AOD from the control variables is established by the IMPROVE equation. All of the 16 control variables in the assimilation scheme are the mass concentrations of aerosol species from the Model for Simulation Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry scheme, so as to take advantage of this scheme in providing comprehensive analyses of species concentrations and size distributions as well as be calculating efficiently. The assimilation scheme can save computational resources as the IMPROVE equation is a quadratic equation. A single-point observation experiment shows that the information from the single-point AOD is effectively spread horizontally and vertically.