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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-481-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-481-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Aerosol particle characteristics measured in the United Arab Emirates and their response to mixing in the boundary layer
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
John Backman
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Ewan J. O'Connor
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Anne Hirsikko
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Eija Asmi
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Minna Aurela
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Ulla Makkonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Maria Filioglou
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
Mika Komppula
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
Hannele Korhonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Heikki Lihavainen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, Longyearbyen, 9170, Norway
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In this study we combined aerosol particle measurements at the surface with a scanning Doppler lidar providing vertical profiles of the atmosphere to study the effect of different boundary layer conditions on aerosol particle properties in the understudied Arabian Peninsula region. The instrumentation used in this study enabled us to identify periods when pollution from remote sources was mixed down to the surface and initiated new particle formation in the growing boundary layer.
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