The Detection of Desert Aerosol Incorporating Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar and Rayleigh–Mie–Raman Lidar

Abstract

Characterization of aerosol transportation is important in order to understand regional and global climatic changes. To obtain accurate aerosol profiles and wind profiles, aerosol lidar and Doppler wind lidar are generally combined in atmospheric measurements. In this work, a method for calibration and quantitative aerosol properties using coherent Doppler wind lidar (CDWL) is adopted, and data retrieval is verified by contrasting the process with synchronous Rayleigh–Mie–Raman lidar (RMRL). The comparison was applied to field measurements in the Taklimakan desert, from 16 to 21 February 2023. Good agreements between the two lidars was found, with the determination coefficients of 0.90 and 0.89 and the root-mean-square error (RMSE) values of 0.012 and 0.013. The comparative results of continuous experiments demonstrate the ability of the CDWL to retrieve aerosol properties accurately.