A new method for estimating aerosol mass flux in the urban surface layer  using LAS technology

Yuan, Renmin; Luo, Tao; Sun, Jianning; Liu, Hao; Fu, Yunfei; Wang, Zhien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1925-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1925-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1925-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

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29 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2016

A new method for estimating aerosol mass flux in the urban surface layer using LAS technology

Renmin Yuan, Tao Luo, Jianning Sun, Hao Liu, Yunfei Fu, and Zhien Wang

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RC1: 'Comments on Yuan et al. manuscript amt-2015-301', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jan 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by Anonymous Referee #1', Renmin Yuan, 10 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Renmin Yuan, 10 Apr 2016

Short summary

Atmospheric aerosol has a great influence on the natural environment. Despite consistent research efforts, there are still uncertainties in our understanding of its effects due to poor knowledge of aerosol vertical transport. In this paper, a new method for measuring atmospheric aerosol mass vertical transport flux is developed based on the similarity theory, the theory of light propagation, and the observations and studies of the atmospheric equivalent refractive index.