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Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
  • Vol. 14,
  • Issue 3,
  • pp. 178-184
  • (2010)

Depolarization Ratio Retrievals Using AERONET Sun Photometer Data

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Abstract

We present linear particle depolarization ratios (LPDRs) retrieved from measurements with an AERONET Sun photometer at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea (<TEX>$35.10^{/circ}N$</TEX>, <TEX>$126.53^{\circ}E$</TEX>) between 19 October and 3 November 2009. The Sun photometer data were classified into three categories according to <TEX>${\AA}$</TEX>ngstr<TEX>$\ddot{o}$</TEX> exponent and size distribution: 1) pure Asian dust (19 October 2009), 2) Asian dust mixed with urban pollution observed in the period from 20-26 October 2009, and 3) clean conditions (3 November). We show that the LPDRs can be used to distinguish among Asian dust, mixed aerosol, and non-Asian dust in the atmosphere. The mean LPDR of the pure Asian dust case is 23 %. Mean LPDRs are 13 % for the mixed case. The lowest mean LPDR is 6 % in the clean case. We compare our results to vertically resolved LPDRs (at 532 nm) measured by a Raman LIDAR system at the same site. In most cases, we find good agreement between LPDRs derived with Sun photometer and measured by LIDAR.

© 2010 Optical Society of Korea

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