This study aerosol extinction profiles at Guangzhou were measured with three commercially available lidars which were collocated at Guangzhou Panyu site. The measurement was carried out from November 17 through November 30, 2014. The AOD (aerosol optical depth) retrieved from different instruments were highly correlated with that from AERONET (aerosol robotic network), and the retrieved and measured surface extinction coefficient provided comparable results (R > 0.7), indicating that the algorithm for the extinction coefficient profiles is reliability. Also, the retrieved MLH (mixing layer height) was compared with model results from National Centers for NCEP-GDAS (environmental prediction global data assimilation system). The results showed that the MLH from the three types of lidar were consistent with that of the NCEP-GDAS model, but the model result had no obvious response to the intermittent turbulent mixing at night, suggesting that the lidar result was more effective for the inversion of MLH. Finally, several cases were analyzed to reveal the characteristics of pollution under different weather circulation types. Results show that the three lidars can be used to monitor the transport and local accumulation of pollutants consistently. Two cases under weak cold-air weather pattern (November 21~22, 24~25, 2014) serve as examples for pollutants transport. For the first case, particulates were trapped above 0.8km and passed through the site quickly. For the second case, particulates were trapped whole layer, resulting high PM_2.5 at surface layer. Under the weather pattern of the cold High pressure gone to sea, a local accumulation pollution episode (Nove