Assessment of Global Distribution and Temporal Changes of Background Aerosol Optical Depth

Mijin Kim1, Jhoon Kim2, Seung Hee Kim1, Woogyung Vincent Kim3,4, Yun Gon Lee5 and Menas Kafatos1, (1)Chapman University, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Yonsei University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)Chungnam National University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Daejeon, South Korea