RADIATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROSOLS AT GOLMUD ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU |
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| Authors: | Sun Zhi'an and Keith P Shine |
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| Institution: | Department of Meteorology, Reading University, Reading RG6 2AU, U. K.;Department of Meteorology, Reading University, Reading RG6 2AU, U. K. |
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| Abstract: | The characteristics of atmospheric aerosols in the Golmud desert over the Tibetan (Qinghai-Xizang) Plateau are investigated using the measurements made during the QXPMEX-79.Using spectroscopic observations at the surface and satellite data,the aerosol optical depth is calculated,from which the aerosol size distribution is worked out by means of an inversion method.The effects of vertical distribution of aerosols on irradiance and heating rate profiles are investigated using radiation models in conjunction with the assumption of three idealized aerosol profiles.The effect of aerosols on solar irradiance at the surface is also investigated and the results are compared with the observations.It is shown that the solar irradiance can be reduced by up to 100 W m-2 in the presence of aerosols,and the heating rate can be increased by 1 Kd-1. |
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| Keywords: | dust aerosol absorption and scattering radiative transfer solar irradiance |
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