The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) height defines the volume of air within which heat,
moisture and pollutants released at the Earth's surface are rapidly diluted. Despite the …

This paper introduces the recent European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET)
quality-assurance efforts at instrument level. Within two dedicated campaigns and five single …

The European Aerosol Research Lidar Network, EARLINET, was founded in 2000 as a
research project for establishing a quantitative, comprehensive, and statistically significant …

This paper presents the new photometer CE318-T, able to perform daytime and night-time
photometric measurements using the sun and the moon as light source. Therefore, this new …

Measurements of aerosol optical properties and aerosol number size distribution obtained
during the period from December 2005 to November 2007 at Granada, an urban site in …

A fresh biomass‐burning pollution plume was monitored and characterized in terms of
optical and microphysical properties for the first time with a combination of Raman lidar and …

The Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx; http://charmex. lsce. ipsl. fr) is
a collaborative research program federating international activities to investigate …

For the first time, a dense data set of particle extinction-to-backscatter ratios (lidar ratios),
linear depolarization ratios, and backscatter-and extinction-related Ångström exponents for …

The planetary boundary layer (PBL) height is a key variable in climate modeling and has an
enormous influence on air pollution. A method based on the wavelet covariance transform …

This paper focuses on the assessment of atmospheric aerosol optical properties at the
surface and in atmospheric column during both desert dust and dust-free conditions over …