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Article Dans Une Revue Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Année : 2010

Airborne measurements of aerosol optical properties related to early spring transport of mid-latitude sources into the Arctic

Gérard Ancellet
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Jacques Pelon
Boris Quennehen
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Jean-François Gayet
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Kathy S. Law

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Airborne lidar and in-situ measurements of the aerosol properties were conducted between Svalbard Island and Scandinavia in April 2008. Evidence of aerosol transport from Europe and Asia is given. The analysis of the aerosol optical properties based on a multiwavelength lidar (355, 532, 1064 nm) including depolarization at 355 nm aims at distinguishing the role of the different aerosol sources (Siberian wild fires, Eastern Asia and European anthropogenic emissions). Combining, first aircraft measurements, second FLEXPART simulations with a calculation of the PBL air fraction originating from the three different mid-latitude source regions, and third level-2 CALIPSO data products (i.e. backscatter coefficient, depolarisation and color ratio in aerosol layers) along the transport pathways, appears a valuable approach to identify the role of the different aerosol sources even after a transport time larger than 4 days. Above Asia, CALIPSO data indicate more depolarisation (up to 15%) and largest color ratio (>0.5) for the northeastern Asia emissions (i.e. an expected mixture of Asian pollution and dust), while low depolarisation together with smaller and quasi constant color ratio (≈0.3) are observed for the Siberian biomass burning emissions. A similar difference is visible between two layers observed by the aircraft above Scandinavia. The analysis of the time evolution of the aerosol optical properties revealed by CALIPSO between Asia and Scandinavia shows a gradual decrease of the aerosol backscatter, depolarisation ratio and color ratio which suggests the removal of the largest particles in the accumulation mode. A similar study conducted for a European plume has shown aerosol optical properties intermediate between the two Asian sources with color ratio never exceeding 0.4 and moderate depolarisation ratio being always less than 8%, i.e. less aerosol from the accumulation mode.
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hal-00443057 , version 1 (21-08-2015)

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Raphaël Adam de Villiers, Gérard Ancellet, Jacques Pelon, Boris Quennehen, Alfons Schwarzenboeck, et al.. Airborne measurements of aerosol optical properties related to early spring transport of mid-latitude sources into the Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2010, 10 (11), pp.5011-5030. ⟨10.5194/acp-10-5011-2010⟩. ⟨hal-00443057⟩
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