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VFSP-WAS and ICAP Ensemble Comparison

Smoke Aerosol Optical Depth – Mean and Standard Deviation

The International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) is an international forum for aerosol forecast centres, remote sensing data providers, and lead systems developers to share best practices and discuss pressing issues facing the opertaional aerosol community. The ICAP Multi-Model Ensemble is built from the following systems: ECMWF MACC, JMA MASINGAR, NASA GSFC/GMAO, FNMOC/NRL, NOAA NGAC, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre NMMB/BSC-CTM and Met Office Unified Model. The ICAP fine mode AOD is used as a proxy for smoke, and can include fine mode species from anthropogenic sources.