EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2018)

Lidar network observation of dust layer evolution over the Gobi Desert in MAY 2013

  • Kawai Kei,
  • Kai Kenji,
  • Jin Yoshitaka,
  • Sugimoto Nobuo,
  • Batdorj Dashdondog

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817605009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 176
p. 05009

Abstract

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A lidar network captured the evolution of a dust layer in the Gobi Desert on 22–23 May 2013. The lidar network consists of a ceilometer and two AD-Net lidars in Mongolia. The dust layer was generated by a strong wind due to a cold front and elevated over the surface of the cold front by an updraft of the warm air in the cold-front system. It was evolving from the atmospheric boundary layer to the free troposphere while moving 600 km through the desert with the cold front.