利用MODIS卫星和激光雷达遥感资料研究香港地区的一次大气气溶胶污染

利用MODIS可见光通道气溶胶光学厚度的卫星遥感和523 nm波长微脉冲激光雷达 (MPL LIDAR) 对气溶胶消光系数垂直分布的观测，分析了珠江三角洲地区2003年6月一次气溶胶污染过程中气溶胶光学厚度的分布特征、气溶胶消光系数廓线的演变，认为这次污染过程是弱高压控制下的区域性污染，而香港地区污染物浓度的上升与区域性输送有直接关系，结果表明卫星和激光雷达的光学遥感方法提供了研究大气污染的可行手段。     

激光雷达对一次沙尘天气探测与分析

利用中韩合作沙尘暴监测项目的微脉冲激光雷达(MPL)观测了2005年4月28日影响大连的一次沙尘天气过程.MPL遥感发现影响大连的沙尘气溶胶层位于0～5km的高度,厚度达5km多.通过激光雷达对大气气溶胶探测与分析,得到了一些沙尘过程对流层气溶胶分布的典型结果,并分析和讨论了沙尘过程气溶胶消光系数的垂直分布和演变特征.基本分析表明,本次沙尘过程的外源性特征明显,并且大气层结对气溶胶(沙尘)的扩散、沉降起着重要作用.     

北京城市大气混合层与气溶胶垂直分布观测研究

2002年3～10月在北京大学利用微脉冲激光雷达(MPL)观测了气溶胶时空变化。提出一种反演混合层高度的方法,这种方法减小了仪器订正的误差,反演的混合层高度与探空测量结果有很好的一致性。利用该方法计算了观测期间晴天无云天气条件下的混合层高度,分析了混合层高度及其增长率的日变化、季节变化,初步研究了混合层高度和近地面气溶胶分布的相互关系,分析了表征大气扩散能力的通风系数的日变化。结果表明,利用MPL监测城市混合层是可行的和优越的。     

云高自动化观测对比试验与数据分析

利用2011年12月至2012年6月北京观象台云高自动观测仪器对比试验数据,以微脉冲激光雷达(MPL)为参考、结合人工目测,对3台激光云高仪观测数据进行分析评价。分析2种天气条件(高能见度、低能见度)下漏判情况、误判情况和云高准确性3个方面;同时评价了激光云高仪对几种典型云属的探测能力。结果表明,激光云高仪与MPL一致性较好,大气中的雾、霾等气溶胶粒子是造成其测量不准确的主要原因,可通过提高激光发射单脉冲能量、优化光学系统来提高激光云高仪探测能力。     

大连一次沙尘天气的遥感研究

利用中韩合作沙尘暴监测项目的微脉冲激光雷达（micro pulse lidar,MPL）观测了2005年11月6日影响大连的一次沙尘天气过程。MPL观测发现,影响大连的沙尘气溶胶层位于1～2km高度,厚度达1km,层内最大消光系数高达1．08km^-1,占整层气溶胶光学厚度（aerosol optical depth,AOD）的47％,接触到地面后可使地面消光系数达到0．23km^-1。沙尘气溶胶层与气象要素的垂直分布密切相关,整层的相对湿度很低。沙尘气团影响时地面空气动力学直径小于10μm的粒子质量浓度（PM10）达到峰值1678．9μg·m^-3,PM10的时间变化与MPL反演的近地面消光系数相当一致．两者之间的转换系数在1．94到6．50mg·m^-3·km^-1之间.     

大气激光雷达气溶胶光学参数质量可信度评估算法

气溶胶激光雷达由于系统设计、观测场地气候条件、反演过程中参数选取等因素不同,每次测量反演得到的气溶胶光学参数质量不一致,可信度难以评估,进而极大地影响了其在气象、环保等领域业务化应用。为了解决该难题,本文分析了影响激光雷达气溶胶光学参数质量的因素,开发了一套气溶胶光学参数质量可信度评估算法。采用科学、合理的评分和权重分配方案对激光雷达每次测量反演得到的气溶胶光学参数质量可信度进行评估。本文主要讨论对偏振、米散射激光雷达气溶胶光学参数的质量评估,以中国气象局气象探测中心的波长为532 nm的偏振、米散射激光雷达为例,对所提出的质量可信度评估算法进行验证和分析。结果表明:该算法能够有效地区分出不同激光雷达在不同观测场景下每次测量反演得到的气溶胶光学参数质量可信度,具备为气溶胶激光雷达业务化应用提供可靠性评估的能力。     

基于微脉冲激光雷达观测资料的半干旱区沙尘天气消光效应分析

利用兰州大学半干旱区气候与环境观测站（SOCAL）的微脉冲激光雷达（MPL）2008年4月30日至5月2日观测资料,对晴朗天气、浮沉天气及扬沙天气过程中气溶胶垂直分布的连续变化、物理机制进行了对比分析与探讨。结果表明MPL很好地反映出不同天气过程中大气气溶胶廓线的日变化特征：受人类活动影响,天气晴朗时,早晨9时开始在0—2km范围出现气溶胶聚集区,持续至15时,气溶胶平均消光系数〈0．20km-1;受沙尘输送影响,浮尘天气时,气溶胶聚集区高度范围为1—2km,高层气溶胶富集区高度范围为5—7km,气溶胶平均消光系数0．38km-1;扬沙天气时,气溶胶聚集区高度范围为0—1km,浓度远大于浮尘天气,但高层气溶胶浓度较小且分布较均匀,气溶胶平均消光系数〉0．50km-1。     

中国大气气溶胶辐射特性参数的观测与研究进展

长期系统的气溶胶辐射特性观测资料是定量研究气溶胶辐射和气候效应的重要基础.本文综合介绍中国大气气溶胶辐射特性观测与研究现状和成果,重点包括以下内容:地面太阳光度计联网观测气溶胶光学厚度、单次散射反照率、尺度谱;从全波段太阳辐射反演气溶胶光学厚度、单次散射反照率;浊度计和黑碳仪测量地面气溶胶散射系数和吸收系数;地基/星载激光雷达观测气溶胶(后向散射系数)垂直分布;极轨/静止卫星遥感反演气溶胶光学特性.     

干旱区一次春季沙尘过程的大气气溶胶垂直分布结构及其特征

采用微脉冲激光雷达(Micro-Pulse Lidar,MPL)对干旱荒漠代表站张掖站上空一次春季沙尘暴过程的边界层和自由大气的气溶胶分布和大气环境进行了观测。结果表明,气溶胶的垂直廓线可分为高、中、低3层,高层气溶胶出现在5～9km,主要是通过上风方向的高海拔区域或低层气溶胶通过对流等过程突破边界层顶进入自由大气输送而来,其分布高度在一天中随着时间的推移逐渐降低;中层气溶胶位于2.5～4.5km,其消光特性随高度的增加没有明显的变化,具有垂直混合现象;低层气溶胶在2.5km以下,其消光特性随着高度增加反而降低;中、低层气溶胶主要来源于外部源区或当地沙尘源区和沙壤土起沙。气溶胶垂直分布表现出3种形式:在大气稳定条件下,气溶胶随高度增加呈单峰型减小趋势;不稳定条件下随高度增加指数型降低;混合层中随高度增加而保持稳定。由于受边界层日变化的影响,气溶胶分布的上界出现单峰型日变化特征,具体表现为下午较高,早晨较低。     

利用激光雷达观测兰州沙尘气溶胶辐射特性

利用微脉冲激光雷达CE370-2与太阳光度计CE-318, 在兰州观测分析了2007年3月27~29日扬沙过程沙尘气溶胶辐射特性, 并利用HYSPLIT-4模式分析了沙尘过程气溶胶粒子的后向轨迹。分析表明, 此沙尘过程气溶胶粒子的传输路径主要有两条： 一条起源于青海西北经西宁抵兰州, 另一条起源于塔克拉玛干沙漠经河西走廊抵兰州; 沙尘气溶胶主要集中于离地1.5 km高度层内; 沙尘气溶胶消光系数随高度先增加, 到0.2 km左右高度达到最大, 然后急剧减小。沙尘气溶胶光学厚度的时间演变呈双峰型, 最高峰出现在28日12:00, 次高峰在27日22:00。验证表明由CE370-2得到的气溶胶光学厚度与CE-318得到的很接近; 雷达观测资料的处理方法可以较好地反演气溶胶消光系数和光学厚度。     

Ground‐based lidar measurements of aerosols during ACE‐2: instrument description, results, and comparisons with other ground‐based and airborne measurements

A micro‐pulse lidar system (MPL) was used to measure the vertical and horizontal distribution of aerosols during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2 (ACE‐2) in June and July of 1997. The MPL measurements were made at the Izaña observatory (IZO), a weather station located on a mountain ridge (28°18' N, 16°30' W, 2367 m asl) near the center of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands. The MPL was used to acquire aerosol backscatter, extinction, and optical depth profiles for normal background periods and periods influenced by Saharan dust from North Africa. System tests and calibration procedures are discussed, and an analysis of aerosol optical profiles acquired during ACE‐2 is presented. MPL data taken during normal IZO conditions (no dust) showed that upslope aerosols appeared during the day and dissipated at night and that the layers were mostly confined to altitudes a few hundred meters above IZO. MPL data taken during a Saharan dust episode on 17 July showed that peak aerosol extinction values were an order of magnitude greater than molecular scattering over IZO, and that the dust layers extended to 5 km asl. The value of the dust backscatter–extinction ratio was determined to be 0.027±0.007 sr⁻¹. Comparisons of the MPL data with data from other co‐located instruments showed good agreement during the dust episode.     

黄土高原气溶胶垂直结构的微脉冲激光雷达观测

Knowledge of the vertical distribution of aerosols in the free troposphere is important for estimating their impact on climate. In this study, direct observations of the vertical distribution of aerosols in the free troposphere are made using surface Micro-Pulse Lidar (MPL) measurements. The MPL measurements were made at the Loess Plateau (35.95°N, 104.1°E), which is near the major dust source regions of the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts. The vertical distribution of the MPL backscattering suggested that non-dust aerosols floated from ground level to an altitude of approximately 9 km around the source regions. Early morning hours are characterized by a shallow aerosol layer of a few hundred meters thick. As the day progresses, strong convective eddies transport the aerosols vertically to more than 1500 m. Citation: Huang, J. P., Z. W. Huang, J. R. Bi, et al., 2008: Micro-pulse lidar measurements of aerosol vertical structure over the Loess Plateau, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 1, 8-11     

ACE‐2 multiple angle micro‐pulse lidar observations from Las Galletas, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Multiple‐angle micro‐pulse lidar (MPL) observations were made at Las Galletas on Tenerife, Canary Islands during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment‐2 (ACE‐2) conducted June–July, 1997. A principal objective of the MPL observations was to characterize the temporal/spatial distributions of aerosols in the region, particularly to identify and profile elevated Saharan dust layers which occur intermittently during the June–July time period. Vertical and slant angle measurements taken 16 and 17 July characterize such an occurrence, providing aerosol backscatter, extinction, and optical depth profiles of the dust layer between 1 and 5 km above mean sea level (MSL). Additionally, horizontal measurements taken in Las Galletas throughout the 6‐week period provide a time profile of the varying aerosol extinction at the surface. This profile exhibits the alternating periods of clean maritime air and pollution outbreaks that typified the region. Horizontal measurements also provide some evidence suggesting the possible influx of Saharan dust from the free troposphere to the surface. This paper presents estimates of aerosol optical properties retrieved from the multi‐angle MPL measurements in addition to an outline of the methodologies employed to obtain these results.     

DISTRIBUTION OF AEROSOL EXTINCTION IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE BY MICRO-PULSE LIDAR OBSERVATION

The profiles of aerosol extinction coefficients are investigated by micro-pulse lidar(MPL)combined with the meteorological data in the lower troposphere at Meteorological ResearchInstitute(MRI).Japan.Larger extinction values of aerosol are demonstrated in the nocturnalstable air layer with larger Richardson number,and light wind velocities are favorable for aerosolconcentrating in the planetary boundary layer(PBL).But aerosol extinction coefficients showlarger values over the altitudes of 2.0 to 5.0km where correspond to higher relative humidity(RH).The tops of PBL identified by the aerosol extinction profiles almost agree with ones byradiosonde data.The diurnal variations of aerosol extinction profiles are clearly displayed,intensive aerosol layers usually are formed over the period of mid-morning to 1400 Loeal Time(LT).then elapse in the cloudless late afternoon and nighttime.Thermal eonvection or turbulenttransport from the surfaee probably dominates these temporal and spatial changes of aerosoldistribution.     

DISTRIBUTION OF AEROSOL EXTINCTION IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE BY MICRO-PULSE LIDAR OBSERVATION*

The profiles of aerosol extinction coefficients are investigated by micro-pulse lidar(MPL) combined with the meteorological data in the lower troposphere at Meteorological Research Institute(MRI).Japan.Larger extinction values of aerosol are demonstrated in the nocturnal stable air layer with larger Richardson number,and light wind velocities are favorable for aerosol concentrating in the planetary boundary layer(PBL).But aerosol extinction coefficients show larger values over the altitudes of 2.0 to 5.0km where correspond to higher relative humidity(RH).The tops of PBL identified by the aerosol extinction profiles almost agree with ones by radiosonde data.The diurnal variations of aerosol extinction profiles are clearly displayed,intensive aerosol layers usually are formed over the period of mid-morning to 1400 Loeal Time(LT).then elapse in the cloudless late afternoon and nighttime.Thermal eonvection or turbulent transport from the surfaee probably dominates these temporal and spatial changes of aerosol distribution.     

Evolution of aerosol vertical distribution during particulate pollution events in Shanghai

A set of micro pulse lidar(MPL)systems operating at 532 nm was used for ground-based observation of aerosols in Shanghai in 2011.Three typical particulate pollution events(e.g.,haze)were examined to determine the evolution of aerosol vertical distribution and the planetary boundary layer(PBL)during these pollution episodes.The aerosol vertical extinction coefficient(VEC)at any given measured altitude was prominently larger during haze periods than that before or after the associated event.Aerosols originating from various source regions exerted forcing to some extent on aerosol loading and vertical layering,leading to different aerosol vertical distribution structures.Aerosol VECs were always maximized near the surface owing to the potential influence of local pollutant emissions.Several peaks in aerosol VECs were found at altitudes above 1 km during the dust-and bioburning-influenced haze events.Aerosol VECs decreased with increasing altitude during the local-polluted haze event,with a single maximum in the surface atmosphere.PM2.5 increased slowly while PBL and visibility decreased gradually in the early stages of haze events;subsequently,PM2.5 accumulated and was exacerbated until serious pollution bursts occurred in the middle and later stages.The results reveal that aerosols from different sources impact aerosol vertical distributions in the atmosphere and that the relationship between PBL and pollutant loadings may play an important role in the formation of pollution.     

Recent Progress of Aerosol Light-scattering Enhancement Factor Studies in China

Assessment of the radiative forcing of aerosols in models still lacks sufficient input data for aerosol hygroscopicity. The light scattering enhancement factor [ f(RH, λ)] is a crucial parameter for describing aerosol hygroscopic growth properties.In this paper, we provide a survey of f(RH, λ) studies in China for the past seven years, including instrument developments of humidified nephelometers, ambient f(RH, λ) measurements in China, f(RH, λ) parameterization schemes, and f(RH, λ)applications in aerosol measurements. Comparisons of different f(RH, λ) parameterizations are carried out to check their performance in China using field measurement datasets. We also summary the parameterization schemes for predicting f(RH, λ)with aerosol chemical compositions. The recently developed methods to observe other aerosol properties using f(RH, λ)measurements, such as calculating the aerosol hygroscopicity parameter, cloud condensation nuclei number concentration,aerosol liquid water content, and aerosol asymmetry factor, are introduced. Suggestions for further research on f(RH, λ) in China are given.