aerosol optical depth derivations
total aerosol optical depth from partial aerosol optical depth profile
symbol
description
unit
variable name
\(\tau\)
total aerosol optical depth
\(-\)
aerosol_optical_depth {:}
\(\tau(i)\)
aerosol optical depth
\(-\)
aerosol_optical_depth {:,vertical}
The pattern : for the first dimensions can represent {latitude,longitude}, {time}, {time,latitude,longitude}, or no dimensions at all.
\[\tau = \sum_{i}{\tau(i)}\]aerosol optical depth from aerosol extinction coefficient
symbol
description
unit
variable name
\(z^{B}(l)\)
altitude boundaries (\(l \in \{1,2\}\))
\(m\)
altitude_bounds {:,2}
\(\sigma\)
aerosol extinction coefficient
\(\frac{1}{m}\)
aerosol_extinction_coefficient {:}
\(\tau\)
aerosol optical depth
\(-\)
aerosol_optical_depth {:}
The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.
\[\tau = \sigma \lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert\]