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• TITLE: Spatiotemporal Assessment of Deforestation Effects on Aerosol Optical Characteristics and Climate Variability over the Mau Forest Complex Based on MERRA-2 Reanalysis

  AUTHORS: Caroline M. Jepchirchir, Geoffrey W. Khamala, John W. Makokha

  KEYWORDS: AOD, AE, SAT, Precipitation and Correlation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.13 No.4, April 24, 2026

  ABSTRACT: The deforestation has far-reaching effects on aerosol characteristics and climatic variables. Deforestation disrupts the local climate by altering temperature, aerosol optical properties, and impacting air quality. Further, it also modifies precipitation patterns at varied scales. Nevertheless, the long-term impacts of deforestation on climate variables and aerosol properties over Mau remain not very well explored, especially considering the context of altered natural emissions and anthropogenic sources. This study bridges this gap through an in-depth analysis of deforestation impacts on aerosol characteristics and climate variables over the Mau Forest complex bounded by (0.2S, 35.2E) and (0.8S, 35.8E) using satellite and model-derived data from 2001 to 2024. The findings of the present study reveal that Aerosol optical depth (1) are predominantly attributed to deforestation and climate change. The Correlation analysis found that surface temperature has a strong negative correlation with Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), with a coefficient of