A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

A Adebiyi, JF Kok, BJ Murray, CL Ryder, JBW Stuut… - Aeolian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral dust particles suspended in the atmosphere span more than three orders of
magnitude in diameter, from< 0.1 µm to more than 100 µm. This wide size range makes dust …

An overview of the first decade of Polly: an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

H Baars, T Kanitz, R Engelmann… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
A global vertically resolved aerosol data set covering more than 10 years of observations at
more than 20 measurement sites distributed from 63∘ N to 52∘ S and 72∘ W to 124∘ E has …

Mixing layer height and its implications for air pollution over Beijing, China

G Tang, J Zhang, X Zhu, T Song… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The mixing layer is an important meteorological factor that affects air pollution. In this study,
the atmospheric mixing layer height (MLH) was observed in Beijing from July 2009 to …

The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar PollyXT: the neXT generation

R Engelmann, T Kanitz, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric science community demands autonomous and quality-assured vertically
resolved measurements of aerosol and cloud properties. For this purpose, a portable lidar …

[HTML][HTML] Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

M Haarig, A Ansmann, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We present spectrally resolved optical and microphysical properties of western Canadian
wildfire smoke observed in a tropospheric layer from 5–6.5 km height and in a stratospheric …

Reducing Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty by Combining Models With Satellite and Within‐The‐Atmosphere Observations: A Three‐Way Street

RA Kahn, E Andrews, CA Brock, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its
magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite considerable …

Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations

S Kotthaus, JA Bravo-Aranda… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) defines the volume of air adjacent to the Earth's
surface for the dilution of heat, moisture, and trace substances. Quantitative knowledge on …

Aerosol optical and radiative properties and their environmental effects in China: A review

H Che, X Xia, H Zhao, L Li, K Gui, Y Zheng, J Song… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerosols are important atmospheric constituents with significant impacts on both regional air
quality and the global climate and environment. Aerosol effects on radiation, clouds and …

Observations of the spectral dependence of linear particle depolarization ratio of aerosols using NASA Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar

SP Burton, JW Hair, M Kahnert… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Linear particle depolarization ratio is presented for three case studies from the NASA
Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 (HSRL-2). Particle depolarization ratio …

The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

H Baars, A Ansmann, K Ohneiser… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Six months of stratospheric aerosol observations with the European Aerosol Research Lidar
Network (EARLINET) from August 2017 to January 2018 are presented. The decay phase of …