Anthropogenic aerosols are intricately linked to the climate system and to the hydrologic
cycle. The net effect of aerosols is to cool the climate system by reflecting sunlight …

Elastic backscatter lidar is an established method useful to characterize the particles forming
an atmospheric aerosol. Fundamental to lidar measurements are the extinction and …

Descriptions are provided of the aerosol classification algorithms and the extinction-to-
backscatter ratio (lidar ratio) selection schemes for the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared …

The possibility of using shape mixtures of randomly oriented spheroids for modeling desert
dust aerosol light scattering is discussed. For reducing calculation time, look‐up tables were …

The occurrence of African dust outbreaks over the whole Mediterranean Basin has been
studied on an 11-yr period (2001–2011). In order to evaluate the impact of such mineral dust …

Vertical profiles of the linear particle depolarization ratio of pure dust clouds were measured
during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) at Ouarzazate, Morocco (30.9◦ N …

Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review on LIDAR, focusing
mainly on applications to current topics in atmospheric science. The scope of the book …

Two comprehensive field campaigns were conducted in 2006 and 2008 in the framework of
the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) project. The relationship between chemical …

More than 130 observation days of the horizontal and vertical extent of Saharan dust
intrusions over Europe during the period May 2000 to December 2002 were studied by …

The northern part of India, adjoining the Himalaya, is considered as one of the global hot
spots of pollution because of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Throughout the …