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dc.contributor.authorTesche, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorAnsmann, Albert
dc.contributor.authorMueller, D.
dc.contributor.authorAlthausen, Dietrich
dc.contributor.authorEngelmann, Ronny
dc.contributor.authorHu, Min
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yuanghang
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-01T10:18:06Z
dc.date.available2013-08-01T10:18:06Z
dc.date.issued2007-09-01
dc.identifier.citationTesche , M , Ansmann , A , Mueller , D , Althausen , D , Engelmann , R , Hu , M & Zhang , Y 2007 , ' Particle backscatter, extinction, and lidar ratio profiling with Raman lidar in south and north China ' , Applied Optics , vol. 46 , no. 25 , pp. 6302-6308 .
dc.identifier.issn0003-6935
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-0203-7654/work/68611619
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/11269
dc.description.abstractAerosol Raman lidar observations of profiles of the particle extinction and backscatter coefficients and the respective extinction-to-backscatter ratio (lidar ratio) were performed under highly polluted conditions in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in southern China in October 2004 and at Beijing during a clear period with moderately polluted to background aerosol conditions in January 2005. The anthropogenic haze in the PRD is characterized by volume light-extinction coefficients of particles ranging from approximately 200 to 800 Mm(-1) and lidar ratios mostly between 40 and 55 sr (average of 47 +/- 6 sr). Almost clean air masses were observed throughout the measurements of the Beijing campaign. These air masses originated from and desert-steppe-like regions (greater Gobi area). Extinction values usually varied between 100 and 300 Mm(-1), and the lidar ratios were considerably lower (compared with PRD values) with values mostly from 30 to 45 sr (average of 38 +/- 7 sr). Gobi dust partly influenced the observations. Unexpectedly low lidar ratios of approximately 25 sr were found for a case of background aerosol with a low optical depth of 0.05. The low lidar ratios are consistent with Mie-scattering calculations applied to ground-based observations of particle size distributions. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Optics
dc.subjectASIAN DUST EVENTS
dc.subjectAEROSOL EXTINCTION
dc.subjectCLOUDS
dc.titleParticle backscatter, extinction, and lidar ratio profiling with Raman lidar in south and north Chinaen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Atmospheric and Climate Physics Research
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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