吴彤等：Aerosol Optical Properties over China from RAMS-CMAQ Model Compared with CALIOP Observations
来源：发布时间：2017-12-11
Aerosol Optical Properties over China from RAMS-CMAQ Model Compared with CALIOP Observations
作者:Wu, T (Wu, Tong)[ 1,2 ] ; Fan, M (Fan, Meng)[ 2 ] ; Tao, JH (Tao, Jinhua)[ 2 ] ; Su, L (Su, Lin)[ 2 ] ; Wang, P (Wang, Ping)[ 1 ] ; Liu, D (Liu, Dong)[ 3 ] ; Li, MY (Li, Mingyang)[ 2 ] ; Han, X (Han, Xiao)[ 4 ] ; Chen, LF (Chen, Liangfu)[ 2 ]
ATMOSPHERE
卷: 8
期: 10
文献号: 201
DOI: 10.3390/atmos8100201
出版年: OCT 2017
摘要
The horizontal and vertical distributions of aerosol optical properties over China in 2013-2015 were investigated using RAMS (Regional Atmospheric Modeling System)-CMAQ (Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality) simulations and CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) observations. To better understand the performance of the RAMS-CMAQ model over China, comparisons with the ground-based Sun photometers AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network), MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers) data and the on-board Lidar CALIOP were used for comprehensive evaluations, which could characterize the abilities of the model to simulate the spatial and vertical distributions of the AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) as well as the optical properties for four seasons. Several high value areas (e.g., the Sichuan Basin, Taklamakan Desert, North China Plain, and Yangtze River Delta) were found over China during the study period, with the maximum mean AOD (CALIOP: similar to 0.7; RAMS-CMAQ: >1) in the Sichuan district. Compared with AODs of AERONET, both the CALIOP and RAMS-CMAQ AODs were underestimated, but the RAMS-CMAQ data show a better correlation with AERONET (AERONET vs. RAMS-CMAQ R: 0.69, AERONET vs. CALIOP R: 0.5). The correlation coefficients between RAMS-CMAQ and CALIOP are approximately 0.6 for all four seasons. The AEC (Aerosol Extinction Coefficient) vertical profiles over major cities and their cross sections exhibit two typical features: (1) most of the AEC peaks occurred in the lowest similar to 0.5 km, decreasing with increasing altitude; and (2) the RAMS-CMAQ AEC underestimated the region with high AODs in the northwest of China and overestimated the region with high AODs in the east-central plain and the central basin regions. The major difference in the AEC values of RAMS-CMAQ and CALIOP is mainly caused by the level of relative humidity and the hygroscopic growth effects of water-soluble aerosols, especially, in the Sichuan district. In general, both the column and vertical RAMS-CMAQ aerosol optical properties could be supplemented efficiently when satellite observations are not available or invalid over China in the applications of climate change and air pollution.
通讯作者地址: Fan, M; Tao, JH (通讯作者)
State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
地址:
[ 1 ] Shandong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Geomat, Qingdao 266000, Peoples R China
[ 2 ] State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[ 3 ] Zhejiang Univ, Coll Opt Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[ 4 ] Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Atmospher Boundary Layer Phys & Atm, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
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