title: LIDAR measurements of the vertical aerosol profile and optical depth during the ACE-Asia 2001 IOP, at Gosan, Jeju Island, Korea.
abstract: In order to investigate the characteristic of optical properties of Asian dust particles, the atmospheric aerosol vertical profile was measured with the multi-wavelength LIDAR system, at the Gosan super site (33 degrees 17'N, 126 degrees 10'E) in Jeju Island, Korea, during the ACE-Asia intensive observation period, 11 March-4 May 2001. An air mass backward trajectory analysis, using Hysplit-4, was carried out to track the aerosol plume, with high mass loading, from the Chinese desert regions during the period of Asian dust storm events. Vertical atmospheric aerosol profiles on three major Asian dust storm event days, 22 March and 13 and 26 April 2001, have been analyzed. The LIDAR-derived aerosol optical depth values were compared with those measured by a collocated sunphotometer.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Environmental Monitoring Research Center, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Chun S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kwon H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwasaka
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols / Q000032:analysis*; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001208:Asia; D004391:Dust; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D055095:Optics and Photonics
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust