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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11275-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11275-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
02 Sep 2022
Research article |
| 02 Sep 2022
| 02 Sep 2022
Airborne observations during KORUS-AQ show that aerosol optical depths are more spatially self-consistent than aerosol intensive properties
Samuel E. LeBlanc
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
Jens Redemann
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Connor Flynn
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Roy R. Johnson
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Stephen E. Dunagan
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Robert Dahlgren
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Department of Applied Environmental Science, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA 93955, USA
Jhoon Kim
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
Myungje Choi
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Arlindo da Silva
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Patricia Castellanos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Qian Tan
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Luke Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Kenneth Lee Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Application Inc., Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Meloë Kacenelenbogen
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Data sets
KorUS-AQ Airborne Mission Overview Gao Chen http://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/KORUSAQ/DATA01
Model code and software
samuelleblanc/LeBlanc_2022_KORUSAQ: KORUS-AQ Science code analysis release for LeBlanc et al., 2022, ACP: "Airborne observation during KORUS-AQ show aerosol optical depths are more spatially self-consistent than aerosol intensive properties" LeBlanc, S. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6965167
Short summary
Airborne observations of atmospheric particles and pollution over Korea during a field campaign in May–June 2016 showed that the smallest atmospheric particles are present in the lowest 2 km of the atmosphere. The aerosol size is more spatially variable than optical thickness. We show this with remote sensing (4STAR), in situ (LARGE) observations, satellite measurements (GOCI), and modeled properties (MERRA-2), and it is contrary to the current understanding.
Airborne observations of atmospheric particles and pollution over Korea during a field campaign...
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