Table 1 List of lidar stations
Site (Station code/GAW ID) | Latitude, Longitude, Altitude (A.S.L.) | Researchers, Organization | Remarks |
Tsukuba, Japan (TKB/TKB) | 36.05 N, 140.12 E, 30 m | Nobuo Sugimoto, Atsushi Shimizu, Tomoaki Nishizawa, Ichiro Matsui, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) | continuous observation started in 1996, +532 nm Raman, +SKYNET |
Toyama, Japan (TYM/TYM) | 36.70 N, 137.10 E, 28 m | Toyama Prefectural Environmental Science Research Center | started in 2004, +SKYNET |
Matsue, Japan (MTS/MTS) | 35.48 N, 133.01 E, 5 m | Shimane Prefectual Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science | started in 2005, +532 nm Raman |
Nagasaki, Japan (NGS/NGS) | 32.94 N, 129.98 E, 206 m | Nagasaki Prefectual Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science | started in 2001 at Nagasaki U. and moved to the present location in 2006 |
Niigata, Japan (NIG/NIG) | 37.84 N, 138.94 E, 1 m | Asia Center for Air Pollution Research | started in 2007 |
Tokyo, Japan (TKO/TKO) | 35.69 N, 139.71 E, 42 m | Ministry of the Environment | started in 2008 |
Sapporo, Japan (SPR/SAP) | 43.07 N, 141.34 E, 17 m | Teppei J. Yasunari, Hokkaido University | started in 2003, +SKYNET (Oct 2013---Nov 2016; temporary moved to Takikawa Skypark) |
Sendai, Japan (SND/SED) | 38.26 N, 140.83 E, 154m | Tadahiro Hayasaka, Tohoku University | started in 2005, +SKYNET |
Chiba, Japan (CHB/CBU) | 35.62 N, 140.12 E, 20 m | Tamio Takamura, Chiba University | started in 2007, +SKYNET |
Osaka, Japan (OSK/OSK) | 34.65 N, 135.59 E, 19 m | Itaru Sano, Kindai University | started in 2008 |
Fukue, Japan (FKE/FKE) | 32.75 N, 128.68 E, 50 m | Chiba U., NIES | started in 2002, +532 nm Raman, +SKYNET |
Hedo, Japan (HED/HDO) | 26.87 N, 128.25 E, 60 m | NIES | started in 2005, +532 nm Raman, +SKYNET |
Fukuoka, Japan (FKO/FKO) | 33.52 N, 130.48 E, 30 m | Itsushi Uno, Kyushu University | started in 2012, 355 nm Raman lidar, +SKYNET |
Seoul, Korea (SEO/SEO) | 37.46 N, 126.95E, 116 m | Soon-Chang Yoon, Sang-Woo Kim, Seoul National University | started in 2006, +532 nm Raman, +SKYNET |
Gosan Jeju, Korea (JEJ/JGS) | 33.29 N, 126.16 E, 35 m | Soon-Chang Yoon, Sang-Woo Kim, Seoul National University | started in 2010 |
Ulsan, Korea (ULS/) | 35.58 N, 129.19 E, 24 m | Myong-In Lee, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology | Started in 2017 |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (ULN/UBT) | 47.92 N, 106.90 E, 1320 m | Dulam Jugder, Dashdondog Batdorj, Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology | started in 2007 |
Sainshand, Mongolia (SNS/) | 44.87 N, 110.12 E, 937 m | Dulam Jugder, Dashdondog Batdorj, Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology | started in 2007 |
Zamynuud, Mongolia (ZMY/ZMU) | 43.72 N, 111.90 E, 962 m | Dulam Jugder, Dashdondog Batdorj, Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology | started in 2007 |
Phimai, Thailand (PHM/PHM) | 15.18 N, 102.57 E, 212 m | Boossarasiri Thana, Chulalongkorn University | started in 2002 in Sri Samrong and moved to Phimai in 2005, +532 nm Raman, +SKYNET |