Dust Aerosols Detected Using a Ground-Based Polarization Lidar and CALIPSO over Wuhan (30.5°N, 114.4°E), China

<div>Comparison of the 532 nm (a) volume depolarization ratio profiles and (b) attenuated backscatter coefficient obtained by the depolarization lidar (blue curve) and simultaneous and nearly colocated CALIPSO measurements (red curve). The polarization lidar profile represents a 1 min integration from 02:24 to 02:25 LST on 23 April 2011, while the CALIPSO profile stands for a ~1 s integration where the horizontal distances between the satellite footprint and our lidar site were less than 50 km.</div>

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Figure 1: Dust Aerosols Detected Using a Ground-Based Polarization Lidar and CALIPSO over Wuhan (30.5°N, 114.4°E), China 