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| Titel |
Vertical variation of optical properties of mixed Asian dust/pollution plumes according to pathway of air mass transport over East Asia |
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S.-K. Shin, D. Müller, C. Lee, K. H. Lee, D. Shin, Y. J. Kim, Y. M. Noh |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 15, no. 12 ; Nr. 15, no. 12 (2015-06-17), S.6707-6720 |
| Datensatznummer |
250119835
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-15-6707-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We use five years (2009–2013) of multiwavelength Raman lidar measurements at
Gwangju, South Korea (35.10° N, 126.53° E) for the identification
of changes of optical properties of East Asian dust depending on its
transport path over China. Profiles of backscatter and extinction
coefficients, lidar ratios, and backscatter-related Ångström
exponents (wavelength pair 355/532 nm) were measured at Gwangju. Linear
particle depolarization ratios were used to identify East Asian dust layers.
We used backward trajectory modeling to identify the pathway and the
vertical position of dust-laden air masses over China during long-range
transport. Most cases of Asian dust events can be described by the emission
of dust in desert areas and subsequent transport over highly polluted regions
of China. The Asian dust plumes could be categorized into two classes
according to the height above ground at which these plumes were transported:
(case I) the dust layers passed over China at high altitude levels
(> 3 km) until arrival over Gwangju, and (case II) the Asian dust layers
were transported near the surface and within the lower troposphere
(< 3 km) over industrialized areas before they arrived over Gwangju. We
find that the optical characteristics of these mixed Asian dust layers over
Gwangju differ depending on their vertical position above ground over
China and the change of height above ground during transport. The mean linear
particle depolarization ratio was 0.21 ± 0.06 (at 532 nm), the mean
lidar ratios were 52 ± 7 sr at 355 nm and 53 ± 8 sr at 532 nm,
and the mean Ångström exponent was 0.74 ± 0.31 for case I. In
contrast, plumes transported at lower altitudes (case II) showed low
depolarization ratios (0.13 ± 0.04 at 532 nm), and higher lidar ratio
(63 ± 9 sr at 355 nm and 62 ± 8 sr at 532 nm) and
Ångström exponents (0.98 ± 0.51). These numbers show that the
optical characteristics of mixed Asian plumes are more similar to optical
characteristics of urban pollution. We find a decrease of the linear
depolarization ratio of the mixed dust/pollution plume depending on
transport time if the pollution layer traveled over China at low heights,
i.e., below approximately 3 km above ground. In contrast, we do not find such
a trend if the dust plumes traveled at heights above 3 km over China. We
need a longer time series of lidar measurements in order to determine in a
quantitative way the change of optical properties of dust with transport
time. |
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