T. Nagai

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used lidar, Aerosol Robotic Network, and balloon-borne observations to provide evidence that currently available satellite databases neglect substantial amounts of volcanic aerosol between the tropopause and 15'km at middle to high latitudes and therefore underestimate total radiative forcing resulting from the recent eruptions.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of aeolian dust on climate via radiative forcing (RF) was investigated using field experiments and numerical simulations from the source regions in northwestern China to the downwind region in Japan in order to understand wind erosion processes temporal and spatial distribution of dust during their long-range transportation chemical, physical, and optical properties of dust and the direct effect of radiativeforcing due to dust.

TL;DR: The backscattering linear depolarization ratios of major types of tropospheric aerosol particles (Asian and Saharan mineral dust, sea salt, and ammonium sulfate) were measured using a laboratory chamber for interpreting the polarization lidar measurement of troposphere aerosols.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the influence of aerosols and thin cirrus clouds on column-averaged dry-air mole fraction of carbon dioxide (XCO2) retrieved from observation data of the Thermal And Near-infrared Sensor for carbon Observation Fourier Transform Spectrometer, measured in the TANSO-FTS SWIR onboard the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the need for a correction factor for oxygen collision complexes (O4 or O2-O2) absorption for near-surface aerosol extinction coefficient and optical depth at 476 nm.