Study on the Variation of Optical Properties of Asian Dust Plumes according to their Transport Routes and Source Regions using Multi-wavelength Raman LIDAR System

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Kyun Shin ◽  
Youngmin Noh ◽  
Kwonho Lee ◽  
Dongho Shin ◽  
KwanChul Kim ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 02010
Author(s):  
Ronny Engelmann ◽  
Julian Hofer ◽  
Abduvosit N. Makhmudov ◽  
Holger Baars ◽  
Karsten Hanbuch ◽  
...  

During the 18-month Central Asian Dust Experiment we conducted continuous lidar measurements at the Physical Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan in Dushanbe between 2015 and 2016. Mineral dust plumes from various source regions have been observed and characterized in terms of their occurrence, and their optical and microphysical properties with the Raman lidar PollyXT. Currently a new container-based lidar system is constructed which will be installed for continuous long-term measurements in Dushanbe.


2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youngmin Noh ◽  
Chulkyu Lee ◽  
Kwanchul Kim ◽  
Sungkyun Shin ◽  
Dongho Shin ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Yukari Hara ◽  
Tomoaki Nishizawa ◽  
Nobuo Sugimoto ◽  
Ichiro Matsui ◽  
Xiaole Pan ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 07018
Author(s):  
Jaswant ◽  
Shishir Kumar Singh ◽  
Radhakrishnan S.R. ◽  
Devesh Shukla ◽  
Chhemendra Sharma

The determination of vertical distribution of optical properties of clouds and aerosols using the lidar system is affected by the incomplete overlap between the field of view of transmitter i.e. laser beam & the receiver in the near‐field range. Thus, the study of vertical profiles of aerosol optical properties in the lower atmosphere is erroneous without the correction of lidar overlap function. Here we have analysed the effect of overlap using a simple technique proposed by Ansmann and Wandinger to determine overlap function. We have determined the overlap factor for 5 different days of June 2016 and then calculated the mean overlap profile and determined the relative deviation of each day with respect to mean overlap factor. Results reveal that the complete overlap was achieved beyond 300 meters.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 589-625
Author(s):  
R. E. Mamouri ◽  
A. Papayannis ◽  
V. Amiridis ◽  
D. Müller ◽  
P. Kokkalis ◽  
...  

Abstract. A novel procedure has been developed to retrieve, simultaneously, the optical, microphysical and chemical properties of tropospheric aerosols with a multi-wavelength Raman lidar system in the troposphere over an urban site (Athens, Greece: 37.9° N, 23.6° E, 200 m a.s.l.) using data obtained during the European Space Agency (ESA) THERMOPOLIS project which took place between 15–31 July 2009 over the Greater Athens Area (GAA). We selected to apply our procedure for a case study of intense aerosol layers occurred on 20–21 July 2009. The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) EOLE 6-wavelength Raman lidar system has been used to provide the vertical profiles of the optical properties of aerosols (extinction and backscatter coefficients, lidar ratio) and the water vapor mixing ratio. An inversion algorithm was used to derive the mean aerosol microphysical properties (mean effective radius – reff), single-scattering albedo (ω) and mean complex refractive index (m) at selected heights in the 2–3 km height region. We found that reff was 0.3–0.4 μm, ω at 532 nm ranged from 0.63 to 0.88 and m ranged from 1.45 + 0.015i to 1.56 + 0.05i, in good accordance with in situ aircraft measurements. The final data set of the aerosol microphysical properties along with the water vapor and temperature profiles were incorporated into the ISORROPIA model to infer an in situ aerosol composition consistent with the retrieved m and ω values. The retrieved aerosol chemical composition in the 2–3 km height region gave a variable range of sulfate (0–60%) and organic carbon (OC) content (0–50%), although the OC content increased (up to 50%) and the sulfate content dropped (up to 30%) around 3 km height; in connection with the retrieved low ω value (0.63), indicates the presence of absorbing biomass burning smoke mixed with urban haze. Finally, the retrieved aerosol microphysical properties were compared with column-integrated sunphotometer data.


2007 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young M. Noh ◽  
Young J. Kim ◽  
Byoung C. Choi ◽  
Toshiyuki Murayama

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1793-1808 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Mamouri ◽  
A. Papayannis ◽  
V. Amiridis ◽  
D. Müller ◽  
P. Kokkalis ◽  
...  

Abstract. A novel procedure has been developed to retrieve, simultaneously, the optical, microphysical and chemical properties of tropospheric aerosols with a multi-wavelength Raman lidar system in the troposphere over an urban site (Athens, Greece: 37.9° N, 23.6° E, 200 m a.s.l.) using data obtained during the European Space Agency (ESA) THERMOPOLIS project, which took place between 15–31 July 2009 over the Greater Athens Area (GAA). We selected to apply our procedure for a case study of intense aerosol layers that occurred on 20–21 July 2009. The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) EOLE 6-wavelength Raman lidar system has been used to provide the vertical profiles of the optical properties of aerosols (extinction and backscatter coefficients, lidar ratio) and the water vapor mixing ratio. An inversion algorithm was used to derive the mean aerosol microphysical properties (mean effective radius (reff), single-scattering albedo ω) and mean complex refractive index (m)) at selected heights in the 2–3 km height region. We found that reff was 0.14–0.4 (±0.14) μm, ω was 0.63–0.88 (±0.08) (at 532 nm) and m ranged from 1.44 (±0.10) + 0.01 (±0.01)i to 1.55 (±0.12) + 0.06 (±0.02)i, in good agreement (only for the reff values) with in situ aircraft measurements. The water vapor and temperature profiles were incorporated into the ISORROPIA II model to propose a possible in situ aerosol composition consistent with the retrieved m and ω values. The retrieved aerosol chemical composition in the 2–3 km height region gave a variable range of sulfate (0–60%) and organic carbon (OC) content (0–50%), although the OC content increased (up to 50%) and the sulfate content dropped (up to 30%) around 3 km height; the retrieved low ω value (0.63), indicates the presence of absorbing biomass burning smoke mixed with urban haze. Finally, the retrieved aerosol microphysical properties were compared with column-integrated sun photometer CIMEL data.


2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Murayama ◽  
Detlef Müller ◽  
Katsuya Wada ◽  
Atsushi Shimizu ◽  
Miho Sekiguchi ◽  
...  

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