Aerosol Properties Over Japan Determined by Sun/Sky Photometry |
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Authors: | Sonoyo Mukai Itaru Sano Brent N Holben |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan;(2) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 923, Building 33, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA |
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Abstract: | The field-experiment campaigns of the Asian Atmospheric Particulate Environment Change Studies (APEX-E1 in December 2000, -E2 in spring 2001, and -E3 in spring 2003) aimed at understanding Asian aerosols. Our sun/sky photometric measurements of atmospheric light have joined these campaigns by using multispectral photometers (CE-318-1 and -2, Cimel Electronique; and POM-100P, Prede) at Noto, Shirahama, and Fukue-jima, Japan. This paper focuses on aerosol retrieval during the APEX-E3 campaign. Aerosol optical thickness, Ångström exponent, single-scattering albedo and the refractive index derived from these ground-based measurements can be classified into three categories of aerosols: (1) an oceanic type of typical background aerosols over Japan, (2) an anthropogenic type, and (3) a soil-dust type. The data from APEX experiments demonstrate that aerosols over Japan exhibit complicated spatial and temporal features involving mixtures of compounds. |
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Keywords: | aerosol AOT APEX AERONET SKYNET |
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