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| العنوان: |
Aerosol optical properties within the atmospheric boundary layer predicted from ground-based observations compared to Raman lidar retrievals during RITA-2021. |
| المؤلفون: |
Xinya Liu, Gouveia, Diego Alves, Bas Henzing, Apituley, Arnoud, Hensen, Arjan, van Dinther, Danielle, Rujin Huang, Dusek, Ulrike |
| المصدر: |
Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions; 12/13/2023, p1-27, 27p |
| مستخلص: |
In this study, a Mie theory-based model was built to predict the vertical profile of the aerosol optical properties, including the aerosol scattering coefficient, backscatter coefficient, extinction coefficient, and lidar ratio. The model utilizes ground-based in-situ measurements of the aerosol chemical composition and particle size distribution, as well as the meteorological data from the Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) as input values. These are all parameters readily obtained for ACTRIS sites and the aim of this study was to investigate their suitability for generating representative estimates of the lidar ratio, and then further improve the lidar retrievals by utilizing these estimates. The measurements were performed during the Ruisdael landatmosphere interactions Intensive Trace-gas and Aerosol (RITA) campaign in the Netherlands in 2021. The calculated dry aerosol optical properties were validated against a Nephelometer with good agreements (R2 = 0.9). The predicted ambient vertical profiles of aerosol optical properties were compared to retrievals by a multi-wavelength Raman lidar. Predicted and retrieved backscatter coefficients were usually comparable under conditions of a well-mixed boundary layer. The extinction coefficients and lidar ratios were retrieved by the Raman lidar only at a height above 800 m. The estimated lidar ratio profiles based on in-situ data connected reasonably well to the lidar profiles within the boundary layer, with differences on average ± 30%. Our study shows that for well-mixed boundary layers, a representative lidar ratio can be estimated based on groundbased in-situ measurements of dry size distribution and chemical composition taking into account the hygroscopic growth and ambient humidity. This allows to extend extinction profiles to lower altitudes, where they cannot be retrieved, or for use with simple elastic backscatter lidar to derive extinction profiles. The proposed method could be further applied to predict aerosol optical depth and also might be beneficial for large-scale or global radiation simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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