Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4425-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4425-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
Research article
 | 
25 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 25 Jul 2024

Aerosol optical property measurement using the orbiting high-spectral-resolution lidar on board the DQ-1 satellite: retrieval and validation

Chenxing Zha, Lingbing Bu, Zhi Li, Qin Wang, Ahmad Mubarak, Pasindu Liyanage, Jiqiao Liu, and Weibiao Chen

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, V4-51 CALIPSO https://doi.org/10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-51

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Short summary
China has launched the atmospheric environment monitoring satellite DQ-1, which consists of an advanced lidar system. Our research presents a retrieval algorithm of the DQ-1 lidar system, and the retrieval results are consistent with other datasets. We also use the DQ-1 dataset to investigate dust and volcanic aerosols. This research shows that the DQ-1 lidar system can accurately measure the Earth's atmosphere and has potential for scientific applications.
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