Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3233-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3233-2024
Data description paper
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12 Jul 2024
Data description paper |  | 12 Jul 2024

Visibility-derived aerosol optical depth over global land from 1959 to 2021

Hongfei Hao, Kaicun Wang, Chuanfeng Zhao, Guocan Wu, and Jing Li

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In this study, we employed a machine learning technique to derive daily aerosol optical depth from hourly visibility observations collected at more than 5000 airports worldwide from 1959 to 2021 combined with reanalysis meteorological parameters.
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