| Title: | Properties of tropospheric aerosols observed over southwest Slovenia |
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| Authors: | ID He, Tingyao, Xi’an University of Technology, University of Nova Gorica (Author)
ID Chen, Yingying, Xi’an University of Technology (Author)
ID Stanič, Samo, University of Nova Gorica (Author)
ID Bergant, Klemen, Slovenian Environment Agency, University of Nova Gorica (Author)
ID Gao, Fei, Xi’an University of Technology, University of Nova Gorica (Author)
ID Hua, Dengxin, Xi’an University of Technology (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | From August to October 2010 lidar measurements of aerosols in the troposphere were performed at Otlica observatory, Slovenia, using a vertical scanning elastic lidar. The lidar data sample, which contains 38 nighttime vertical profiles of the mean aerosol extinction, was combined with continuous ozone concen- tration (O3), particulate matter concentrations (PM) and daily radiosonde data. The obtained radiosonde- and lidar-derived heights of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), which varied considerably from day to day, were found to be in good agreement. The mean values of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 355 nm, were calculated separately for the ABL and for the free troposphere (FT). A ten-fold increase of the FT AOD was observed during the days with predicted presence of Saharan dust above the lidar site. To correlate AOD values with the type and origin of aerosols, backward trajectories of air-masses above Otlica were modeled using the HYSPLIT model and clustered. High ABL AOD values were found to be correlated with local circulations and slowly approaching air masses from the Balkans and low values with northwestern flows. The highest values correlated with southwestern flows originating in northern Africa. |
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| Keywords: | Aerosol, Optical depth, Lidar, Atmospheric boundary layer |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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| Number of pages: | 380-387 |
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| Numbering: | 2018, 217 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-4683 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 5330939 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.06.009 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:RYCGWDNT |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 22.02.2019 |
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