Characteristics of aerosol optical properties in pollution and Asian dust episodes over Beijing, China

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4945-4951

  Xie, Chenbo ^a,b   Nishizawa, Tomoki ^b   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^b   Matsui, Ichiro ^b   Wang, Zifa ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; POLLUTION;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BEIJING , CHINA; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; POLLUTION EPISODES;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 56849114143     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004945     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. J. Liu and J. Diamond, "China's environment in a globalizing world," Nature 435, 1179-1186 (2005).
2. T. Murayama, N. Sugimoto, I. Uno, K. Kinoshita, K. Aoki, N. Hagiwara, Z. Liu, I. Matsui, T. Sakai, T. Shibata, K. Arao, B. J. Sohn, J. G. Won, S. C. Yoon, T. Li, J. Zhou, H. Hu, M. Abo, K. Iokibe, R. Koga, and Y. Iwasaka, "Ground-based network observation of Asian dust events of April 1998 in east Asia," J. Geophys. Res. 106, 18345-18359 (2001).
3. A. Ansmann, M. Riebesell, U. Wandinger, C. Weitkamp, E. Voss, W. Lahmann, and W. Michaelis, "Combined Raman elastic-backscatter LIDAR for vertical profiling of moisture, aerosol extinction, backscatter and LIDAR ratio," Appl. Phys. B 55, 18-28 (1992).
4. V. Matthias, D. Balis, J. Bösenberg, R. Eixmann, M. Iarlori, L. Komguem, I. Mattis, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, M. R. Perrone, and X. Wang, "Vertical aerosol distribution over Europe: statistical analysis of Raman lidar data from 10 European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) stations," J. Geophys. Res. 109, D18201 (2004).
5. U. Wandinger, I. Mattis, M. Tesche, A. Ansmann, J. Bösenberg, A. Chaikovski, V. Freudenthaler, L. Komguem, H. Linné, V. Matthias, J. Pelon, L. Sauvage, P. Sobolewski, G. Vaughan, and M. Wiegner, "Air mass modification over Europe: EARLI-NET aerosol observations from Wales to Belarus," J. Geophys. Res. 109, D24205 (2004).
6. L. Mona, A. Amodeo, M. Pandolfi, and G. Pappalardo, "Saharan dust intrusions in the Mediterranean area: Three years of Raman lidar measurements," J. Geophys. Res. 111, D16203 (2006).
7. K. Franke, A. Ansmann, D. Müller, D. Althausen, C. Venkataraman, M. S. Reddy, F. Wagner, and R. Scheele, "Optical properties of the Indo-Asian haze layer over the tropical Indian Ocean," J. Geophys. Res. 108, 4059 (2003).
8. D. Müller, K. Franke, F. Wagner, D. Althausen, A. Ansmann, and J. Heintzenberg, "Vertical profiling of optical and physical particle properties over the tropical Indian Ocean with six-wavelength lidar 1. Seasonal cycle," J. Geophys. Res. 106, 28567-28575 (2001).
9. D. Müller, K. Franke, F. Wagner, D. Althausen, A. Ansmann, J. Heintzenberg, and G. Verver, "Vertical profiling of optical and physical particle properties over the tropical Indian Ocean with six-wavelength lidar 2. Case studies," J. Geophys. Res. 106, 28577-28595 (2001).
10. D. D. Turner, R. A. Ferrare, L. A. H. Brasseur, and W. F. Feltz, "Automated retrievals of water vapor and aerosol profiles from an operational Raman lidar," J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol. 19, 37-50 (2002).
11. M. Tesche, A. Ansmann, D. Müller, D. Althausen, R. Engelmann, M. Hu, and Y. Zhang, "Particle backscatter, extinction, and lidar ratio profiling with Raman lidar in south and north China," Appl. Opt. 46, 6302-6308 (2007).
12. N. Sugimoto, I. Uno, M. Nishikawa, A. Shimizu, I. Matsui, X. Dong, Y. Chen, and H. Quan, "Record heavy Asian dust in Beijing in 2002: observations and model analysis of recent events," Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 1640 (2003).
13. A. Shimizu, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, K. Arao, I. Uno, T. Murayama, N. Kagawa, K. Aoki, A. Uchiyama, and A. Yamazaki, "Continuous observations of Asian dust and other aerosols by polarization lidars in China and Japan during ACE-Asia," J. Geophys. Res. 109, D19S17 (2004).
14. K. Sassen, "The polarization lidar technique for cloud research: a review and current assessment," Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 72, 1848-1866 (1991).
15. T. Murayama, H. Okamoto, N. Kaneyasu, H. Kamataki, and K. Miura, "Application of lidar depolarization measurement in the atmospheric boundary layer: effects of dust and sea-salt particles," J. Geophys. Res. 104, 31781-31792 (1999).
16. A. Ansmann, R. Engelmann, D. Althausen, U. Wandinger, M. Hu, Y. Zhang, and Q. He, "High aerosol load over the Pearl River Delta, China, observed with Raman lidar and Sun photometer," Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L13815 (2005).
17. D. Müller, A. Ansmann, F. Wagner, K. Franke, and D. Althausen, "European pollution outbreaks during ACE 2: microphysical particle properties and single-scattering albedo inferred from multiwavelength lidar observations," J. Geophys. Res. 107, 4248 (2002).
18. D. Müller, K. Franke, A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, and F. Wagner, "Indo-Asian pollution during INDOEX: Microphysical particle properties and single-scattering albedo inferred from multiwavelength lidar observations," J. Geophys. Res. 108, 46002003.
19. D. Müller, I. Mattis, U. Wandinger, A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, and A. Stohl, "Raman lidar observations of aged Siberian and Canadian forest fire smoke in the free troposphere over Germany in 2003: microphysical particle characterization," J. Geophys. Res. 110, D17201(2005).
20. U. Wandinger and A. Ansmann, "Experimental determination of the lidar overlap profile with Raman lidar," Appl. Opt. 41, 511-514 (2002).
21. A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, U. Wandinger, K. Franke, D. Müller, F. Wagner, and J. Heintzenberg, "Vertical profiling of the India aerosol plume with six-wavelength lidar during INDOEX: a first case study," Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 963-966 (2000).
22. X. Xu, J. Gao, D. W. Dockery, and Y. Chen, "Air pollution and daily mortality in residential areas of Beijing, China," Arch. Environ. Health 49, 216-222 (1994).
23. R. R. Draxler and G. D. Rolph, "Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT)," obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Air Resources Laboratory via http://www.arl.noaa. gov/ready/hysplit4.html (2007).
24. C. J. Walcek, "Effects of wind shear on pollution dispersion," Atmos. Environ. 36, 511-517 (2002).
25. M. Dan, G. Zhuang, X. Li, H. Tao, and Y. Zhuang, "The characteristics of carbonaceous species and their sources in PM2.5 in Beijing," Atmos. Environ. 38, 3443-3452 (2004).
26. I. N. Tang, "Chemical and size effects of hygroscopic aerosols on light scattering coefficients," J. Geophys. Res. 101, 19245-19250 (1996).
27. N. Murayama, "Dust cloud "Kosa" from the East Asian dust storms in 1982-1988 as observed by the GMS satellite," Meteorol. Satell. Cent. Tech. Note 17, 1-8 (1998).
28. The NSMC, NOAA-17 satellite image was produced by the National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC) of China Meteorological Administration and was found at the website of the China dust storm monitoring network, http://www.duststorm.com.cn, 2007.
29. C. Cattrall, J. Reagan, K. Thome, and O. Dubovik, "Variability of aerosol and spectral lidar and backscatter and extinction ratios of key aerosol types derived from selected Aerosol Robotic Network locations," J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S11 (2005).
30. Z. Liu, N. Sugimoto, and T. Murayama, "Extinction-to-backscatter ratio of Asian dust observed with high-spectral-resolution lidar and Raman lidar," Appl. Opt. 41, 2760-2767 (2002).
31. T. Murayama, "Optical properties of Asian dust aerosol lofted over Tokyo observed by Raman lidar," in Lidar Remote Sensing in Atmospheric and Earth Science, L. R. Bissonnette, G. Roy, and G. Vallée, eds. (Defence R&D Canada, Québec, Canada, 2002), pp. 331-334.
32. Y. M. Noh, Y. J. Kim, B. C. Choi, T. and Murayama, "Aerosol lidar ratio characteristics measured by a multi-wavelength Raman lidar system at Anmyeon island, Korea," Atmos. Res. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.03.006 (2007).
33. B. Tatarov, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, and A. Shimizu, "Two-year- observations of optical properties of the tropospheric aerosol and clouds by a high-spectral-resolution lidar over Tsukuba, Japan," in Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 23rd International Laser Radar Conference (publisher, 2006), pp. 451-454.
34. T. Murayama and M. Sekiguchi, "Intercomparison of aerosol optical properties observed by lidar, Sun/sky photometers and surface in situ measurements during Asian dust event in Tokyo, Japan," in Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 24th International Laser Radar Conference (publisher, 2008), pp. 943-946.
35. N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, I. Uno, K. Asai, T. Endoh, and T. Nakajima, "Observation of dust and anthropogenic aerosol plumes in the Northwest Pacific with a two-wavelength polarization lidar on board the research vessel Mirai," Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 1901 (2002).
36. Y. Iwasaka, G.-Y. Shi, M. Yamada, A. Matsuki, D. Trochkine, Y. S. Kim, D. Zhang, T. Nagatani, T. Shibata, M. Nagatani, H. Nakata, Z. Shen, G. Li, and B. Chen, "Importance of dust particles in the free troposphere over the Taklamakan Desert: electron microscopic experiments of particles collected with a balloonborne particle impactor at Dunhuang, China," J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8644 (2003).
37. A. Papayannis, H. Q. Zhang, V. Amiridis, H. B. Ju, G. Chourdakis, G. Georgoussis, C. Pérez, H. B. Chen, P. Goloub, R. E. Mamouri, S. Kazadzis, D. Paronis, G. Tsaknakis, and J. M. Baldasano, "Extraordinary dust event over Beijing, China, during April 2006: lidar, sun photometric, satellite observations and model validation," Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L07806 (2007).
38. A. Ansmann, "Ground-truth aerosols lidar observations: can the Klett solutions obtained from ground and space be equal for the same aerosol case?," Appl. Opt. 45, 3367-3371 (2006).