https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611918006
Central Asian Dust Experiment (CADEX): Multiwavelength Polarization Raman Lidar Observations in Tajikistan
1 Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany,
2 Physical Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Email: hofer@tropos.de
Published online: 7 June 2016
For the first time lidar measurements of vertical aerosol profiles are conducted in Tajikistan/Central Asia. These measurements just started on March 17th, 2015. They are performed within the Central Asian Dust Experiment (CADEX) in Dushanbe and they will last at least one year. The deployed system for these observations is an updated version of the multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar PollyXT. Vertical profiles of the backscatter coefficient, the extinction coefficient, and the particle depolarization ratio are measured by this instrument. A first and preliminary measurement example of an aerosol layer over Dushanbe is shown.
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