The AODVIS field from the CESM LME data set has very small perturbations, or at least much smaller than the corresponding fields that I get form my own CESM2 simulations. It is also worth noting that the perturbations of the CESM LME AODVIS is in the negative direction, while in CESM2 all AOD values and perturbations from equilibrium is to positive values.
Let us first have a look at the fields that can be found in CESM2 that says something about aerosol optical depth. This include:
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