Dataset - Emission, AOD, AAOD and DRE constrained by PARASOL/GRASP 1. Emission of absorbing aerosol species (black carbon - BC, organic carbon - OC and desert dust - DD) constrained by PARASOL/GRASP spectral AOD and AAOD (https://www.grasp-open.com/products/polder-data-release/) (Chen et al., 2018, 2019, 2020). 2. Spectral AOD, AAOD and DRE simulated using GEOS-Chem v11-01 coupled with a radiative transfer mode (RRTMG) (Heald et al., 2014). References: Chen, C., Dubovik, O., Schuster, G.L. et al. Multi-angular polarimetric remote sensing to pinpoint global aerosol absorption and direct radiative forcing. Nat Commun 13, 7459 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35147-y Chen, C., Dubovik, O., Henze, D. K., Lapyonak, T., Chin, M., Ducos, F., Litvinov, P., Huang, X. and Li, L.: Retrieval of desert dust and carbonaceous aerosol emissions over Africa from POLDER/PARASOL products generated by the GRASP algorithm, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18(16), 12551–12580, doi:10.5194/acp-18-12551-2018, 2018. Chen, C., Dubovik, O., Henze, D. K., Chin, M., Lapyonok, T., Schuster, G. L., Ducos, F., Fuertes, D., Litvinov, P., Li, L., Lopatin, A., Hu, Q. and Torres, B.: Constraining global aerosol emissions using POLDER/PARASOL satellite remote sensing observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19(23), 14585–14606, doi:10.5194/acp-19-14585-2019, 2019. Chen, C., Dubovik, O., Fuertes, D., Litvinov, P., Lapyonok, T., Lopatin, A., Ducos, F., Derimian, Y., Herman, M., Tanré, D., Remer, L., Lyapustin, A., Sayer, A., Levy, R., Hsu, N. C., Descloitres, J., Li, L., Torres, B., Karol, Y., Herrera, M., Herreras, M., Aspetsberger, M., Wanzenboeck, M., Bindreiter, L., Marth, D., Hangler, A. and Federspiel, C.: Validation of GRASP algorithm product from POLDER/PARASOL data and assessment of multi-angular polarimetry potential for aerosol monitoring, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12(4), 3573–3620, doi:10.5194/essd-12-3573-2020, 2020. Heald, C. L., Ridley, D. A., Kroll, J. H., Barrett, S. R. H., Cady-Pereira, K. E., Alvarado, M. J. and Holmes, C. D.: Contrasting the direct radiative effect and direct radiative forcing of aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 14, 5513–5527, doi:10.5194/acp-14-5513-2014, 2014.