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Table 1 Statistical metrics of AAOD and scattering AOD (SAOD) without AOD correction (normal), underestimation of OC AOD (case 1), and identical underestimation of OC and BC AOD (case 2) at the Phimai SKYNET site

From: Quantitative evaluation of mixed biomass burning and anthropogenic aerosols over the Indochina Peninsula using MERRA-2 reanalysis products validated by sky radiometer and MAX-DOAS observations

 

Correction

Slope

R

MAE

RSME

RMB

MFE

MFB

IOA

AAOD

Normal

0.57

0.751

0.025

0.030

0.54

69.49

 − 67.04

0.57

Case 1

0.60

0.750

0.024

0.029

0.56

67.54

 − 64.48

0.61

Case 2

0.74

0.750

0.020

0.025

0.70

53.22

 − 44.80

0.77

SAOD

Normal

0.82

0.844

0.088

0.132

0.89

27.10

 − 14.49

0.91

Case-1

1.01

0.842

0.094

0.147

1.03

25.41

 − 2.88

0.91

Case-2

0.99

0.843

0.092

0.144

1.01

25.35

 − 3.83

0.91