Indoor/outdoor radon decay products associated aerosol particle-size distributions and their relation to total number concentrations

2014 ◽  
Vol 160 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Moriizumi ◽  
S. Yamada ◽  
Y. Xu ◽  
S. Matsuki ◽  
S. Hirao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Aerosol Particle ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Particle Size Distributions ◽  
Decay Products ◽  
Aerosol Particle Size ◽  
Radon Decay

scholarly journals Aerosol Microphysical Particle Parameter Inversion and Error Analysis Based on Remote Sensing Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huige Di ◽  
Qiyu Wang ◽  
Hangbo Hua ◽  
Siwen Li ◽  
Qing Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Aerosol Particle ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Normal Distribution Function ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Particle Size Distributions ◽  
Base Function ◽  
Aerosol Particle Size ◽  
Particle Parameters

The use of Raman and high-spectral lidars enables measurements of a stratospheric aerosol extinction profile independent of backscatter, and a multi-wavelength (MW) lidar can obtain additional information that can aid in retrieving the microphysical characteristics of the sampled aerosol. The inversion method for retrieving aerosol particle size distributions and microphysical particle parameters from MW lidar data was studied. An inversion algorithm for retrieving aerosol particle size distributions based on the regularization method was established. Based on the inversion of regularization, the inversion method was optimized by choosing the base function closest to the aerosol distribution. The logarithmic normal distribution function was selected over the triangle function as the base function for the inversion. The averaging procedure was carried out for three main types of aerosol. The 1% averaging result near the minimum of the discrepancy gave the best estimate of the particle parameters. The accuracy and stabilization of the optimized algorithm for microphysical parameters were tested by scores of aerosol size distributions. The systematic effects and random errors impacting the inversion were also considered, and the algorithm was tested by the data, showing 10% systematic error and 15% random error. At the same time, the reliability of the proposed algorithm was also verified by using the aerosol particle size distribution data of the aircraft. The inversion results showed that the algorithm was reliable in retrieving the aerosol particle size distributions at vertical heights using lidar data.

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