Annual behavior of the aerosol optical depth in some regions of Asian part of Russia

The annual behaviors of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) in some regions from Ural to Russian Far East are compared on the basis of monthly and decadal averages in two data samples: “all data” and “without fire smokes”. It is shown that when the smoke events are excluded, the average AOD values vary more smoothly during the year. Parameterization of the annual behavior of the spectral dependence of AOD is presented by the example of results obtained in Tomsk.