Vertically resolved separation of dust and smoke over Cape Verde using multiwavelength Raman and polarization lidars during Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment 2008
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...EARLINET long-term observations of aerosol optical properties profiles are important for comparison and integration studies with satellite-borne passive measurements (van Gijsel et al., 2011)....
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...The 31 January 2008 case has been fully evaluated by Tesche et al. (2009b)....
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...(iv) There is also a strong need for vertical profiling of dust (at ambient conditions, Esselborn et al., 2009; Tesche et al., 2009a) to better understand dust advection on regional to intercontinental scales, radiative transfer and the impact of dust on cloud formation (Ansmann et al., 2008;…...
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...The depolarization ratio of smoke is assumed to be low ( 0.05, Tesche et al., 2009b) so that the linear depolarization ratio for the mixture of dust and smoke is about 0.15....
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...By Tellus 63B (2011), 4 combining polarization lidar and Raman lidar techniques a clear separation of dust and smoke profiles (in terms of optical as well as microphysical properties) is possible (Tesche et al., 2009b)....
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...By the use of the depolarization ratio information the optical properties of dust and smoke can be separated (Tesche et al., 2009b)....
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...[2] Mineral (desert) dust and biomass burning smoke are major components of the atmospheric aerosol system [Prospero et al., 2002; Andreae and Merlet, 2001]....
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...[2] Mineral (desert) dust and biomass burning smoke are major components of the atmospheric aerosol system [ Prospero et al., 2002; Andreae and Merlet, 2001]....
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