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 …

Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations

S Kotthaus, JA Bravo-Aranda… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) defines the volume of air adjacent to the Earth's
surface for the dilution of heat, moisture, and trace substances. Quantitative knowledge on …

Large‐eddy simulations over Germany using ICON: A comprehensive evaluation

R Heinze, A Dipankar, CC Henken… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐eddy simulations (LES) with the new ICOsahedral Non‐hydrostatic atmosphere
model (ICON) covering Germany are evaluated for four days in spring 2013 using …

Evaluation of mixing-height retrievals from automatic profiling lidars and ceilometers in view of future integrated networks in Europe

M Haeffelin, F Angelini, Y Morille, G Martucci… - Boundary-Layer …, 2012 - Springer
The determination of the depth of daytime and nighttime mixing layers must be known very
accurately to relate boundary-layer concentrations of gases or particles to upstream fluxes …

Determination and climatology of the planetary boundary layer height above the Swiss plateau by in situ and remote sensing measurements as well as by the COSMO …

M Collaud Coen, C Praz, A Haefele… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The planetary boundary layer (PBL) height is a key parameter in air quality control and
pollutant dispersion. The PBL height cannot, however, be directly measured, and its …

A review of techniques for diagnosing the atmospheric boundary layer height (ABLH) using aerosol lidar data

R Dang, Y Yang, XM Hu, Z Wang, S Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The height of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABLH) or the mixing layer height (MLH) is a
key parameter characterizing the planetary boundary layer, and the accurate estimation of …

What is the benefit of ceilometers for aerosol remote sensing? An answer from EARLINET

M Wiegner, F Madonna, I Binietoglou… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - amt.copernicus.org
With the establishment of ceilometer networks by national weather services, a discussion
commenced to which extent these simple backscatter lidars can be used for aerosol …

DeLiAn–a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations

AA Floutsi, H Baars, R Engelmann… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
This paper presents a collection of lidar-derived aerosol intensive optical properties for
several aerosol types, namely the particle linear depolarization ratio, the extinction-to …

Ground-based MAX-DOAS observations of tropospheric aerosols, NO2, SO2 and HCHO in Wuxi, China, from 2011 to 2014

Y Wang, J Lampel, P Xie, S Beirle, A Li… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
We characterize the temporal variation and vertical distribution of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2),
sulfur dioxide (SO 2), formaldehyde (HCHO) and aerosol extinction based on long-term multi …

Atmospheric boundary‐layer characteristics from ceilometer measurements. Part 1: A new method to track mixed layer height and classify clouds

S Kotthaus, CSB Grimmond - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of Automatic Lidars and Ceilometers (ALC) is increasingly extended beyond
monitoring cloud base height to the study of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics …