An overview of the first decade of Polly: an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

H Baars, T Kanitz, R Engelmann… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
A global vertically resolved aerosol data set covering more than 10 years of observations at
more than 20 measurement sites distributed from 63∘ N to 52∘ S and 72∘ W to 124∘ E has …

Measuring atmospheric composition change

P Laj, J Klausen, M Bilde, C Plass-Duelmer… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Scientific findings from the last decades have clearly highlighted the need for a more
comprehensive approach to atmospheric change processes. In fact, observation of …

The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm

MH Kim, AH Omar, JL Tackett… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) version 4.10 (V4) level 2
aerosol data products, released in November 2016, include substantial improvements to the …

The EarthCARE satellite: The next step forward in global measurements of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and radiation

AJ Illingworth, HW Barker, A Beljaars… - Bulletin of the …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
The collective representation within global models of aerosol, cloud, precipitation, and their
radiative properties remains unsatisfactory. They constitute the largest source of uncertainty …

EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network

G Pappalardo, A Amodeo, A Apituley… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - amt.copernicus.org
The European Aerosol Research Lidar Network, EARLINET, was founded in 2000 as a
research project for establishing a quantitative, comprehensive, and statistically significant …

The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar PollyXT: the neXT generation

R Engelmann, T Kanitz, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric science community demands autonomous and quality-assured vertically
resolved measurements of aerosol and cloud properties. For this purpose, a portable lidar …

The CALIPSO automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm

AH Omar, DM Winker, MA Vaughan… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
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 …

Aerosol classification using airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar measurements–methodology and examples

SP Burton, RA Ferrare, CA Hostetler… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - amt.copernicus.org
The NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar
(HSRL) on the NASA B200 aircraft has acquired extensive datasets of aerosol extinction …

Airborne high spectral resolution lidar for profiling aerosol optical properties

JW Hair, CA Hostetler, AL Cook, DB Harper… - Applied …, 2008 - opg.optica.org
A compact, highly robust airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) that provides
measurements of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients and aerosol depolarization …

[HTML][HTML] The CALIPSO lidar cloud and aerosol discrimination: Version 2 algorithm and initial assessment of performance

Z Liu, M Vaughan, D Winker, C Kittaka… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Cattrall, C., Reagan J., Thome K., and Dubovik O., 2005: Variability of aerosol and spectral
lidar and backscatter and extinction ratios of key aerosol types derived from selected …