Impact of aerosol hygroscopic growth on retrieving aerosol extinction coefficient profiles from elastic-backscatter lidar signals

Zhao, Gang; Zhao, Chunsheng; Kuang, Ye; Tao, Jiangchuan; Tan, Wangshu; Bian, Yuxuan; Li, Jing; Li, Chengcai

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12133-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12133-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12133-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

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12 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 12 Oct 2017

Impact of aerosol hygroscopic growth on retrieving aerosol extinction coefficient profiles from elastic-backscatter lidar signals

Gang Zhao, Chunsheng Zhao, Ye Kuang, Jiangchuan Tao, Wangshu Tan, Yuxuan Bian, Jing Li, and Chengcai Li

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2017
- AC1: 'Reply1', Chunsheng Zhao, 23 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Interesting theoretical approach on LR and aerosol hygroscopicity', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Reply2', Chunsheng Zhao, 24 Jul 2017

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AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Aug 2017) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2017) Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (01 Sep 2017) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Sep 2017) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Chunsheng Zhao on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2017) Manuscript

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In this paper, influences of aerosol hygroscopic growth on the lidar ratio are studied. Results indicate that both the magnitude and vertical structures of the retrieved aerosol extinction coefficient (σ_ext) profile from lidar signals are significantly biased. This study proposes a feasible method for reducing the bias of retrieving the σ_ext profile and this method can be implemented in operational retrieval of the aerosol σ_ext profile and for pollution monitoring.