@inproceedings{a390e950260f47008b551d8bfe8f1c6e,
title = "Observed radiative effects caused by yellow dust aerosol at Sendai",
abstract = "A yellow dust event with moderate strength was observed on 9 April 2012 at Sendai in North part of Japan. Backward trajectory calculations with NOAA HYSPLIT showed the complex flow of aerosols into the North Japan. The sharp edge of this dust cloud was recognized by the data taken at several observatories, and the dust cloud conducted by low pressure system had heterogeneous structure, therefore very complicated interaction among aerosols may occur. Mie scattering lidar data was used to reproduce the radiative effect caused by this yellow dust event at Sendai with radiative transfer model. The results estimated every 15 minutes of radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere and at the bottom of the atmosphere. The results show the slight warming effects < 18 W/m2 during night time both at the top and the bottom of the atmosphere, and during day time the large cooling effects < 400 W/m2 at the bottom and < 80 W/m2 at the top of the atmosphere.",
keywords = "anthropogenic aerosols, dust aerosols, lidar, radiative effects",
author = "Shuichiro Katagiri and Kyohei Yamada and Atsushi Shimizu and Tadahiro Hayasaka and Nobuo Sugimoto and Tamio Takamura",
year = "2012",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/12.977300",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819492623",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation IV",
note = "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation IV ; Conference date: 29-10-2012 Through 31-10-2012",
}