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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 119, 2016
The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)
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Article Number | 23017 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Poster Session (Aerosol Observations and Retrievals II) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611923017 | |
Published online | 07 June 2016 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611923017
Lidar Ratio Derived for Pure Dust Aerosols: Multi-Year Micro Pulse Lidar Observations in a Saharan Dust-Influenced Region
1 Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 - Madrid, Spain
2 Aerosol and Radiation Sciences Section, Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
3 Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
4 Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Department of Fundamental Physics, La Laguna, Spain
* Email: cordobajc@inta.es
Published online: 7 June 2016
A seasonal distribution of the Lidar Ratio (LR, extinction-to-backscattering coefficient ratio) for pure Saharan dust particles has been achieved. Simultaneous MPLNET/Micro Pulse lidar measurements in synergy with AERONET sun-photometer data were collected in the Tenerife area, a Saharan dust-influenced region, from June 2007 to November 2009. Dusty cases were mostly observed in summertime (71.4 % of total dusty cases). No differences were found among the LR values derived for spring, summertime and autumn times (a rather consistent seasonally averaged LR value of 57 sr is found). In wintertime, however, a higher mean LR is derived (65 sr), associated likely with a potential contamination from fine biomass burning particles coming from Sahel area during wintertime deforestation fires period. Results, obtained from a free-tropospheric pristine station (AEMET/Izaña Observatory) under Saharan dust intrusion occurrence, provide a more realistic perspective about LR values to be used in elastic lidar-derived AOD inversion for Saharan pure dust particles, and hence in improving CALIPSO AOD retrievals.
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