The plots show the model forecasts of smoke AOD in comparison with NASA AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) observations for various sites in Southeast Asia.

AERONET is a federation of ground-based remote sensing networks established by NASA and collaborators from national agencies, institutes, universities, individual scientists and other partners. For more than 25 years, the project has provided long-term, continuous and readily accessible public domain database of aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties for aerosol research and characterisation, validation of satellite retrievals, and synergism with other databases. The network imposes standardisation of instruments, calibration, processing and distribution.

All maps are to be used solely for displaying meteorological/geophysical information, and not for any other purpose. All maps are not to scale and for illustrative purpose only.