Estimation of radiative forcing by the dust and non-dust content in mixed East Asian pollution plumes on the basis of depolarization ratios measured with lidar

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-231

  Noh, Young M ^a   Müller, Detlef ^a,b   Lee, Hanlim ^c   Lee, KwonHo ^d   Kim, Kwanchul ^a   Shin, Sungkyun ^a   Kim, Young J ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Kyungil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asian dust; Depolarization ratios; Heating rate; Radiative forcing; Raman lidar

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICS; ASIAN DUST; ASIAN DUST STORM; CONTRIBUTION RATE; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DUST LAYER; DUST PARTICLE; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; LINEAR PARTICLES; OPTICAL DEPTH; PER UNIT; POLLUTION PLUMES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE HEATING; RAMAN LIDAR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEATING RATE; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKSCATTER; DUST; HEATING; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE FORCING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; ARTICLE; ASIA; DEPOLARIZATION; DUST; HEATING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; RAMAN LIDAR SYSTEM;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84864826702     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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