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Continuous observations from horizontally pointing lidar, weather parameters and PM2.5: a pre-deployment assessment for monitoring radioactive dust in Fukushima, Japan
Nofel Lagrosas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
current address: School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Kosuke Okubo
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Hitoshi Irie
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Yutaka Matsumi
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 456-0000, Japan
Tomoki Nakayama
Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Science, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 853-0000, Japan
Yutaka Sugita
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan
Takashi Okada
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1194, Japan
Tatsuo Shiina
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
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Short summary
This work examines the near-ground aerosol–weather relationship from 7-month continuous lidar and weather observations in Chiba, Japan. Optical parameters from lidar data are compared with weather parameters to understand and quantify the aerosol–weather relationship and how these optical parameters are affected by the weather and season. The results provide insights into analyzing optical properties of radioactive aerosols when the lidar system is continuously operated in a radioactive area.
This work examines the near-ground aerosol–weather relationship from 7-month continuous lidar...
