Optical properties of Central Asian aerosol relevant for spaceborne lidar applications and aerosol typing at 355 and 532&thinsp;nm

Hofer, Julian; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Engelmann, Ronny; Baars, Holger; Fomba, Khanneh Wadinga; Wandinger, Ulla; Abdullaev, Sabur F.; Makhmudov, Abduvosit N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9265-2020

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06 Aug 2020

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Optical properties of Central Asian aerosol relevant for spaceborne lidar applications and aerosol typing at 355 and 532 nm

Julian Hofer, Albert Ansmann, Dietrich Althausen, Ronny Engelmann, Holger Baars, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Ulla Wandinger, Sabur F. Abdullaev, and Abduvosit N. Makhmudov

Data sets

PollyNET lidar data base PollyNet http://polly.rsd.tropos.de/

Short summary

For the first time, a dense data set of particle extinction-to-backscatter ratios (lidar ratios), depolarization ratios, and backscatter- and extinction-related Ångström exponents for a Central Asian site are presented. The observations were performed with a continuously running multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, during an 18-month campaign. The found optical properties reflect the large range of occurring aerosol mixtures.