AER_RTAP provides aerosol properties retrieved using the RemoTAP algorithm. The suite includes variables for characterizing aerosol loading, size, and absorption. Use AER_RTAP for air-quality and climate studies, aerosol context for ocean-color atmospheric correction, and model evaluation.

Geophysical variables in this suite include:
• angstrom_440_670 — Aerosol Ångström exponent, 440–670 nm (unitless)
• aot — Aerosol optical thickness (unitless)
• fmf — Aerosol fine mode fraction (unitless)
• fvf — Aerosol fine mode volume fraction (unitless)
• lidar_bsca_total — Aerosol lidar backscatter coefficient (sr⁻¹ m⁻¹)
• lidar_depol_ratio — Aerosol lidar depolarization ratio (unitless)
• lidar_p11_pi — Aerosol phase function p11 at backscatter direction (unitless)
• mi — Aerosol refractive index, imaginary part (unitless)
• mr — Aerosol refractive index, real part (unitless)
• reff_coarse — Aerosol effective radius, coarse mode (µm)
• reff_fine — Aerosol effective radius, fine mode (µm)
• ssa — Aerosol single scattering albedo (unitless)