Aerosol Characteristics in the Three Poles of the Earth Observed by CALIPSO

To better understand the aerosol properties over the Arctic, Antarctic, and Tibetan Plateau (TP), the aerosol optical properties were investigated using 13 years CALIPSO L3 data, and the back trajectories for air masses were also simulated using the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Traje...

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Main Authors: Yang, Yikun, Zhao, Chuanfeng, Wang, Quan, Cong, Zhiyuan, Yang, Xingchuan, Fan, Hao
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spelling ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:acpd90849 2023-05-15T13:31:39+02:00 Aerosol Characteristics in the Three Poles of the Earth Observed by CALIPSO Yang, Yikun Zhao, Chuanfeng Wang, Quan Cong, Zhiyuan Yang, Xingchuan Fan, Hao 2020-11-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1159 https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2020-1159/ eng eng doi:10.5194/acp-2020-1159 https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2020-1159/ eISSN: 1680-7324 Text 2020 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1159 2020-11-23T17:22:15Z To better understand the aerosol properties over the Arctic, Antarctic, and Tibetan Plateau (TP), the aerosol optical properties were investigated using 13 years CALIPSO L3 data, and the back trajectories for air masses were also simulated using the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model. The results show that the aerosol optical depth (AOD) has obvious spatial and seasonal variation characteristics, and the aerosol loading over Eurasia, Ross Sea, and South Asia is relatively large. The annual average AOD in the Arctic, Antarctic, and TP are 0.046, 0.025, and 0.098, respectively. The Arctic and Antarctic regions have larger AOD values in winter and spring, while the TP in spring and summer. There are no significant temporal trends of AOD anomalies in the three study regions. Clean marine and dust-related aerosols are the dominant types over ocean and land respectively in both the Arctic and Antarctic, while dust-related aerosol types have greater occurrence frequency (OF) over the TP. The OF of dust-related and elevated smoke is large for a broad range of heights, indicating that they are likely transported aerosols, while other types of aerosols mainly occurred at heights below 2 km in the Antarctic and Arctic. The maximum OF of dust-related aerosols mainly occurs at 6 km altitude over the TP. The analysis of back trajectories of the air masses shows large differences among different regions and seasons. The Arctic region is more vulnerable to mid-latitude pollutants than the Antarctic region, especially in winter and spring, while the air masses in the TP are mainly from the Iranian Plateau, Tarim Basin, and South Asia. Text Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Ross Sea Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Antarctic Arctic Ross Sea The Antarctic
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description To better understand the aerosol properties over the Arctic, Antarctic, and Tibetan Plateau (TP), the aerosol optical properties were investigated using 13 years CALIPSO L3 data, and the back trajectories for air masses were also simulated using the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model. The results show that the aerosol optical depth (AOD) has obvious spatial and seasonal variation characteristics, and the aerosol loading over Eurasia, Ross Sea, and South Asia is relatively large. The annual average AOD in the Arctic, Antarctic, and TP are 0.046, 0.025, and 0.098, respectively. The Arctic and Antarctic regions have larger AOD values in winter and spring, while the TP in spring and summer. There are no significant temporal trends of AOD anomalies in the three study regions. Clean marine and dust-related aerosols are the dominant types over ocean and land respectively in both the Arctic and Antarctic, while dust-related aerosol types have greater occurrence frequency (OF) over the TP. The OF of dust-related and elevated smoke is large for a broad range of heights, indicating that they are likely transported aerosols, while other types of aerosols mainly occurred at heights below 2 km in the Antarctic and Arctic. The maximum OF of dust-related aerosols mainly occurs at 6 km altitude over the TP. The analysis of back trajectories of the air masses shows large differences among different regions and seasons. The Arctic region is more vulnerable to mid-latitude pollutants than the Antarctic region, especially in winter and spring, while the air masses in the TP are mainly from the Iranian Plateau, Tarim Basin, and South Asia.
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author Yang, Yikun
Zhao, Chuanfeng
Wang, Quan
Cong, Zhiyuan
Yang, Xingchuan
Fan, Hao
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Zhao, Chuanfeng
Wang, Quan
Cong, Zhiyuan
Yang, Xingchuan
Fan, Hao
Aerosol Characteristics in the Three Poles of the Earth Observed by CALIPSO
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Zhao, Chuanfeng
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Yang, Xingchuan
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title_full Aerosol Characteristics in the Three Poles of the Earth Observed by CALIPSO
title_fullStr Aerosol Characteristics in the Three Poles of the Earth Observed by CALIPSO
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