Ceilometer observation of a dust storm in the Gobi Desert on 29–30 April 2015: Trapping of dust into a capping inversion layer


Kei Kawai1, Yuta Nishio2, Kenji Kai3,4, Jun Noda5, Nobuo Sugimoto6, Atsushi Shimizu6, Erdenebadrakh Munkhjargal3,7, Enkhbaatar Davaanyam7,8 and Dashdondog Batdorj9, (1)Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, (2)Japan Meteorological Agency, Kumagaya Local Meteorological Observatory, Kumagaya, Japan, (3)Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya, Japan, (4)Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan, (5)Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan, (6)National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, (7)Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, (8)University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, (9)National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia