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Measurement Report: Determination of aerosol vertical features on different timescales over East Asia based on CATS aerosol products
Yueming Cheng
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters,
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters,
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jiming Li
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of
Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Guangyu Shi
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters,
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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In this paper we present the analysis of the aerosol vertical features observed by CATS collected from 2015 to 2017 over three selected regions (North China, the Tibetan Plateau, and the Tarim Basin) over different timescales. This comprehensive information provides insights into the seasonal variations and diurnal cycles of the aerosol vertical features across East Asia.
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