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The online data services of Level 1 and Atmospheric Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/eosdis/daacs/laads) and US Geological Survey (USGS) https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ were very helpful. The authors are grateful to the NASADAAC website (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov) for providing the online data. The corresponding author (Imran Ahmad) is very much thankful to the Professor Alessandro Capra, Editor in Chief (Applied Geomatics) for handling my paper and giving decision on time.

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  1. Department of Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia

    Imran Ahmad, Assefa Fenta, Aserat Tashome, Afera Halefom, Marshet Berhan & Temesgen Mekuriaw

  2. Technical Expert (GIS & RS), IWMP, Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, India

    Mithas Ahmad Dar

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Ahmad, I., Fenta, A., Dar, M.A. et al. Sources of aerosol optical depth and its distribution in Abbay basin, Ethiopia. Appl Geomat 14, 213–222 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-022-00428-0

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