Tesfaye, MSivakumar, VMengistu, GBotai, JSharma, AmeethBollig, CRautenbach, CJdWH2011-04-112011-04-112010Tesfaye, M, Sivakumar, V, Mengistu, G et al. 2010. Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements. 25th International Laser Radar Conference, St Petersburg, Russia, 5-9 July 2010, pp 487-490978-5-94458-109-9http://hdl.handle.net/10204/494925th International Laser Radar Conference, St Petersburg, Russia, 5-9 July 2010In this paper, the tropospheric aerosol load morphological classification and its impact on temporal variation of visibility are investigated using a continuous 23-hour single channel CSIR-NLC mobile LIDAR backscatter measurement. The trajectory of the air mass that arrived at the measurement site was traced back using online HYSPLIT model. The visibility range has been calculated and presented, using average aerosol extinction co-efficient profile and assuming that the atmosphere is homogeneous. The results show that the measurement site is loaded predominantly in the middle and upper troposphere by a transported hazy air-mass.enTroposphereAerosolAtmosphereLIDARAtmospheric aerosolLasersMorphologyLidar backscatter measurementsTropospheric aerosolConference PresentationTesfaye, M., Sivakumar, V., Mengistu, G., Botai, J., Sharma, A., Bollig, C., & Rautenbach, C. (2010). Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4949Tesfaye, M, V Sivakumar, G Mengistu, J Botai, Ameeth Sharma, C Bollig, and CJdWH Rautenbach. "Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4949Tesfaye M, Sivakumar V, Mengistu G, Botai J, Sharma A, Bollig C, et al, Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4949 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Tesfaye, M AU - Sivakumar, V AU - Mengistu, G AU - Botai, J AU - Sharma, Ameeth AU - Bollig, C AU - Rautenbach, CJdWH AB - In this paper, the tropospheric aerosol load morphological classification and its impact on temporal variation of visibility are investigated using a continuous 23-hour single channel CSIR-NLC mobile LIDAR backscatter measurement. The trajectory of the air mass that arrived at the measurement site was traced back using online HYSPLIT model. The visibility range has been calculated and presented, using average aerosol extinction co-efficient profile and assuming that the atmosphere is homogeneous. The results show that the measurement site is loaded predominantly in the middle and upper troposphere by a transported hazy air-mass. DA - 2010 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Troposphere KW - Aerosol KW - Atmosphere KW - LIDAR KW - Atmospheric aerosol KW - Lasers KW - Morphology KW - Lidar backscatter measurements KW - Tropospheric aerosol LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 SM - 978-5-94458-109-9 T1 - Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements TI - Atmospheric aerosol load morphological classification and retrieved visibility based on lidar backscatter measurements UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4949 ER -