Aerosol optical depth derived from lidar measurements during VELETA-2002 campaign

Francisco Molero; Manuel Pujadas; Jose Manuel Fernandez; Maria Pilar Utrillas; Jose Antonio Martinez-Lozano; Roberto Pedros; Lucas Alados-Arboledas; Jeronimo Lorente; Victoria Cachorro; Ana Maria Diaz Rodriguez; Antonio Labajo; Benito De la Morena; Jose Antonio Rodrigues; Ana Maria Silva; Helmuth Horvath

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16 February 2004 Aerosol optical depth derived from lidar measurements during VELETA-2002 campaign

Francisco Molero, Manuel Pujadas, Jose Manuel Fernandez, Maria Pilar Utrillas, Jose Antonio Martinez-Lozano, Roberto Pedros, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Jeronimo Lorente, Victoria Cachorro, Ana Maria Diaz Rodriguez, Antonio Labajo, Benito De la Morena, Jose Antonio Rodrigues, Ana Maria Silva, Helmuth Horvath

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Proceedings Volume 5235, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere VIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511073
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

We present measurements of the vertical structure of the aerosol extinction coefficient in the lower troposphere, up to five kilometers. Lidar profiles were collected at Armilla (680 m asl) and Pitres (1252 m asl) during the VELETA-2002 campaign, organized to analyze the effect of altitude and aerosols on ground-level UV spectral irradiance. Single-wavelength lidar signals are inverted to derive vertically resolved aerosol extinction coefficient and integrated to provide aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 532 nm. These results are compared with measurements of the aerosol optical depth at the same wavelength provided by Licor LI-1800 spectroradiometers located at several altitudes. Lidar traces show that most of the aerosol loading is present in the first 2.5 km layer before a high-dust Saharan air mass overflew the site. On the 17th of July evening, an elevated aerosol layer was detected between 2.5 and 3.5 km and during the following three days the aerosol vertical profile of the lower atmosphere showed Sahara dust layers, producing relatively high values for the optical depth.

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Francisco Molero, Manuel Pujadas, Jose Manuel Fernandez, Maria Pilar Utrillas, Jose Antonio Martinez-Lozano, Roberto Pedros, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Jeronimo Lorente, Victoria Cachorro, Ana Maria Diaz Rodriguez, Antonio Labajo, Benito De la Morena, Jose Antonio Rodrigues, Ana Maria Silva, and Helmuth Horvath "Aerosol optical depth derived from lidar measurements during VELETA-2002 campaign", Proc. SPIE 5235, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere VIII, (16 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511073

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