Vertical distribution of water-soluble, sea salt, and dust aerosols in the planetary boundary layer estimated from two-wavelength backscatter and one-wavelength polarization lidar measurements in Guangzhou and Beijing, China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 602-611

  Nishizawa, Tomoaki ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a   Matsui, Ichiro ^a   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   Liu, Xingang ^b   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b   Li, Ruhao ^c   Liu, Jun ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Lidar; Planetary boundary layer; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; AEROSOL COMPONENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; BEIJING , CHINA; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST PARTICLE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; GUANGZHOU; HIGH ALTITUDE; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; INTERNAL MIXING; LIDAR DATA; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEA SALTS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO WAVELENGTH; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER-SOLUBLE PARTICLES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; SEAWATER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIDAR; POLARIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SALT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 77952552575     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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