Multi-dimensional satellite observations of aerosol properties and aerosol types over three major urban clusters in eastern China

Liu, Yuqin; Lin, Tao; Hong, Juan; Wang, Yonghong; Shi, Lamei; Huang, Yiyi; Wu, Xian; Zhou, Hao; Zhang, Jiahua; de Leeuw, Gerrit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12331-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12331-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12331-2021

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Articles | Volume 21, issue 16

Research article

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17 Aug 2021

Research article |

| 17 Aug 2021

Multi-dimensional satellite observations of aerosol properties and aerosol types over three major urban clusters in eastern China

Yuqin Liu, Tao Lin, Juan Hong, Yonghong Wang, Lamei Shi, Yiyi Huang, Xian Wu, Hao Zhou, Jiahua Zhang, and Gerrit de Leeuw

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12331-2021-supplement

Data sets

MODIS Atmosphere Level-2 Daily Product Y. Q. Liu https://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/search/

CALIOP Level-2 aerosol layers product Y. Q. Liu https://subset.larc.nasa.gov/calipso/

ERA-Interim reanalysis data set Y. Q. Liu http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/interim-full-daily/levtype=pl/

Short summary

The four-dimensional variation of aerosol properties over the BTH, YRD and PRD (east China) were investigated using satellite observations from 2007 to 2020. Distinct differences between the aerosol optical depth and vertical distribution of the occurrence of aerosol types over these regions depend on season, aerosol loading and meteorological conditions. Day–night differences between the vertical distribution of aerosol types suggest effects of boundary layer dynamics and aerosol transport.