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

Table 3

Comparison of dust properties over Wuhan during spring and winter. The standard deviations of the mean values are shown. The maximum values and the minimum values of the optical properties are also shown in the parenthesis.

Time	Top (km)	Base (km)	Thickness (km)	Centroid (km)			(km^−1)	AOD
Spring	4.17 ± 0.68	1.59 ± 0.54	2.58 ± 0.97	2.68 ± 0.66	0.12 ± 0.02; (0.09–0.14)	0.27 ± 0.04; (0.22–0.33)	0.10 ± 0.03; (0.06–0.14)	0.26 ± 0.13; (0.09–0.48)
Winter	2.01 ± 0.35	0.54 ± 0.20	1.46 ± 0.31	1.07 ± 0.62	0.10 ± 0.02; (0.08–0.15)	0.18 ± 0.05; (0.13–0.27)	0.24 ± 0.14; (0.09–0.40)	0.34 ± 0.15; (0.13–0.47)