Ground-based vertical profile observations of atmospheric composition on the Tibetan Plateau (2017–2019)

[摘要] The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an essential role in modulating regional andglobal climate, and its influence on climate is also affected by human-related processes, including changes in atmospheric composition.However, observations of atmospheric composition, especially verticalprofile observations, remain sparse and rare on the TP, due to extremelyhigh altitude, topographical heterogeneity and the grinding environment.Accordingly, the forcing and feedback of atmospheric composition fromrapidly changing surrounding regions to regional environmental and climatechange in the TP remains poorly understood. This paper introduces a high-time-resolution ( ∼15  min) vertical profile observational dataset of atmospheric composition (aerosols, NO 2 , HCHO and HONO) on the TP for more than 1 year (2017–2019) using a passive remote sensing technique. The diurnal pattern, vertical distribution and seasonal variations of these pollutants are documented here in detail. The sharing of this dataset would benefit the scientific community in exploring source–receptor relationships and the forcing and feedback of atmospheric composition on the TP to the regional and global climate. It also provides potential to improve satellite retrievals and to facilitate the development and improvement of models in cold regions. The dataset is freely available at Zenodo ( https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5336460 ; Xing, 2021).

[学科分类] 眼科学