Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract
To better understand aerosol vertical distribution and radiation effects, the seasonal variation and vertical distribution characteristics of aerosol optical properties were analyzed based on the aerosol extinction coefficient, depolarization ratio and backscatter Ångström exponent derived from the dual-wavelength polarization lidar at the Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) from December 2009 to November 2012. Combining the CE-318 sun photometer, the microphysical, optical and vertical distribution characteristics of aerosol during a dust process were discussed comprehensively. The results revealed that the vertical profiles of the aerosol extinction coefficient and depolarization ratio clearly had seasonal variation characteristics. The aerosol optical depth (AOD) integrating with the aerosol extinction coefficient within 0–2 km in the spring, summer, autumn and winter accounted for 48%, 45%, 56% and 58% of the total AOD, respectively. The non-spherical feature was most distinctive in the spring, followed by the winter, autumn and summer. The particle size of aerosol in the lower layer was larger than that in the upper layer according to the vertical profile of the backscatter Ångström exponent. The cluster analysis of backward trajectory showed SACOL is dominated by dust aerosol in the spring and the mixtures of dust with anthropogenic pollution in the winter. A dust event in April 2010 was selected and the analysis showed that it mainly came from the high-altitude and long-range transportation from the Taklamakan Desert. During this period, the extinction coefficient increased up to 0.9 km−1, the maximum AOD was 2.21 and the SSA ranged from 0.92 to 0.99. The radiation force in the atmosphere reached 126.15 W/m2. It can be found that the influence of aerosol on the atmospheric radiation effect cannot be ignored.
Funder
Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program
Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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