Asian dust event observed in Seoul, Korea, during 29-31 May 2008: Analysis of transport and vertical distribution of dust particles from lidar and surface measurements

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1707-1718

  Kim, Sang Woo ^a   Yoon, Soon Chang ^a   Kim, Jiyoung ^b   Kang, Jung Yoon ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; CALIPSO; Lidar; Particle depolarization ratio; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ASIAN DUST; CALIPSO; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PARTICLE DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALIPSO; DUST; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LIDAR; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DUST CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYPOBARISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONGOLIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME DISPERSION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH KOREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHER; DUST;

CHINA; KURIL ISLANDS; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

DUST; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 77953012766     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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