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Microphysical particle parameters from extinction and backscatter lidar data by inversion with regularization:

D Müller¹, F Wagner, U Wandinger

¹Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, D-04303 Leipzig, Germany. detlef@tropos.de

|March 18, 2008

Summary

Lidar measurements reveal distinct tropospheric particle properties. Clean marine air showed large particles, while polluted and biomass burning layers had smaller particles with varying refractive indices and single-scatter albedo.

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Area of Science:

Atmospheric Science
Aerosol Physics
Optical Remote Sensing

Background:

Tropospheric aerosols significantly influence Earth's climate and air quality.
Understanding aerosol particle size distributions and optical properties is crucial for climate modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

To derive key parameters of tropospheric particle size distributions using multi-wavelength lidar measurements.
To characterize aerosol optical properties in different atmospheric conditions.

Main Methods:

Utilized a specialized inversion algorithm to process lidar data at six wavelengths.
Applied Mie-scattering calculations to determine single-scatter albedo from particle parameters.
Conducted measurements during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 2) and Lindenberg Aerosol Characterization Experiment (LACE 98).

Main Results:

Clean marine boundary layer: effective radius (0.64 µm), low real refractive index (1.45), negligible imaginary part, single-scatter albedo (0.98).
Continental polluted layer: effective radius (<0.2 µm), real refractive index (~1.6), imaginary part (~0.03i), single-scatter albedo (0.84).
Biomass burning layer: effective radius (~0.24 µm), real refractive index (>1.6), imaginary part (~0.04i), single-scatter albedo (0.81).

Conclusions:

Lidar measurements effectively characterize tropospheric aerosol properties.
Aerosol optical properties vary significantly with origin and atmospheric conditions.
Results show excellent agreement with sunphotometer and in situ measurements.