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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 108, NO. D23, 8649, doi:10.1029/2002JD003263, 2003

Optical properties of aerosols during APEX and ACE-Asia experiments

Itaru Sano

Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan


Sonoyo Mukai

Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan


Yasuhiko Okada

Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan


Brent N. Holben

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA


Sachio Ohta

Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan


Tamio Takamura

Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Inage, Japan


Abstract

Sun/sky photometry and polarimetry of atmospheric light have been undertaken by multispectral photometers (CE-318-1 and -2, Cimel Electronique, France) and a polarimeter (PSR-1000, Opto Research, Japan) over Amami, Noto, and Shirahama, Japan, during APEX-E1, -E2, and ACE-Asia field campaigns. Radiometers provide us with the optical thickness of aerosols and Ångström exponent. Other aerosol characteristics, e.g., size distribution, refractive index, etc., are retrieved based on each inversion method corresponding each equipment. The former takes a standard AERONET processing, and the latter is according to our own procedure to analyze the polarimetry with PSR-1000. After several aerosol parameters are derived, the HYSPLIT4 backward trajectory analysis is adopted to search the origin of aerosols. It is shown from these ground measurements that aerosol optical thickness, Ångström exponent, and refractive index are classified into two typical categories as a background type detected in winter, and a soil dust type appeared in Asian dust events in spring. Further, it is found that the obtained size distribution of Asian dust indicates the dominance of large particles.

Received 30 November 2002; accepted 27 March 2003; published 6 September 2003.

Index Terms: 0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere—composition and chemistry; 0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques; 1610 Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325); 1640 Global Change: Remote sensing.

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Citation: Sano, I., S. Mukai, Y. Okada, B. N. Holben, S. Ohta, and T. Takamura (2003), Optical properties of aerosols during APEX and ACE-Asia experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 8649, doi:10.1029/2002JD003263.