Peculiarities of the Vertical Structure of Atmospheric Aerosol Fields in the Basin of Lake Baikal According to Lidar Observations

Abstract

The paper briefly describes some features of the formation of aerosol fields in the water area of Lake Baikal in summer. The experimental data were collected during long-term expeditionary studies on the southeastern coast of the lake, at the Boyarsky station (51.84° N, 106.06° E), with the use of a LOSA-M2 lidar designed at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAO SB RAS). A complex, layered, vertical structure of the atmospheric aerosol in the mountain basin is revealed. This is caused by peculiarities of the temperature and wind regimes at this site. The general pattern of the calculated autocorrelation matrices shows a good correlation in the range of 0–1000 m (the correlation coefficient is greater than 0.5). The aerosol layers in the lower-kilometer layer are closely related to each other and have a common origin.