Using lidar together with cloud radar and wind profiler data to investigate an optically thick layer of aerosol over Great Britain and Ireland

H.M.A. Ricketts; C.J. Walden; C.D. Westbrook; E.J. O'Connor; J. Preifller

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202636210010

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 362, 2026 31^st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 31) Held Together with the 22^nd Coherent Laser Radar Conference (CLRC 22)


Article Number		10010
Number of page(s)		2
Section		Airborne Lidar Investigations, Large Scale Field Experiments, and Synergistic Use of Lidar and Other Instruments
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636210010
Published online		09 April 2026

EPJ Web of Conferences 362, 10010 (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636210010

Using lidar together with cloud radar and wind profiler data to investigate an optically thick layer of aerosol over Great Britain and Ireland

H.M.A. Ricketts^(a)^,(b), C.J. Walden^(a)^,(c), C.D. Westbrook^(d), E.J. O'Connor^(d)^,(e) and J. Preifller^(f)

^(a) National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK
^(b) University of Manchester, UK
^(c) STFC Chilbolton Observatory, UK
^(d) University of Reading, UK
^(e) Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
^(f) Dhara Consulting Services, Germany Lead Author e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Published online: 9 April 2026

Abstract

Measurements from both a cloud radar and Doppler lidar system that captured the passage of an aerosol layer over Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) in the United Kingdom on 16th October 2017. The layer consisted of Saharan dust and Portuguese forest fire smoke. As the radar and lidar are both sensitive to different sized aerosol, an attempt was made to disentangle the different aerosol components.

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