title: Statistical analysis of the spatial-temporal distribution of aerosol extinction retrieved by micro-pulse lidar in Kashgar, China.
abstract: The spatial-temporal distribution of dust aerosol is important in climate model and ecological environment. An observation experiment of the aerosol vertical distribution in the low troposphere was made using the micro-pulse lidar system from Sept. 2008 to Aug. 2009 at the oasis city Kashgar, China, which is near the major dust source area of the Taklimakan desert. The monthly averaged temporal variation of aerosol extinction profiles are given in the paper. The profile of aerosol extinction coefficient suggested that the dust aerosol could be vertically transported from the ground level to the higher altitude of above 5 km around the source region, and the temporal distribution showed that the dust aerosol layer of a few hundred meters thick appeared in the seasons of early spring and summer near the ground surface.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of atmospheric composition and Optical Radiation, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China. zhuwenyue@aiofm.ac.cn
authors.forename: Wenyue
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Chidong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xianmei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007834:Lasers; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols