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 …

Reviews and perspectives of high impact atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean

S Michaelides, T Karacostas, JL Sánchez, A Retalis… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of
atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

M Haarig, A Ansmann, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We present spectrally resolved optical and microphysical properties of western Canadian
wildfire smoke observed in a tropospheric layer from 5–6.5 km height and in a stratospheric …

The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

H Baars, A Ansmann, K Ohneiser… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Six months of stratospheric aerosol observations with the European Aerosol Research Lidar
Network (EARLINET) from August 2017 to January 2018 are presented. The decay phase of …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe on 21–22 August 2017

A Ansmann, H Baars, A Chudnovsky… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Light extinction coefficients of 500 Mm-1, about 20 times higher than after the Pinatubo
volcanic eruptions in 1991, were observed by European Aerosol Research Lidar Network …

[HTML][HTML] ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution dust optical depth data set

A Gkikas, E Proestakis, V Amiridis… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
Monitoring and describing the spatiotemporal variability in dust aerosols is crucial for
understanding their multiple effects, related feedbacks, and impacts within the Earth system …

Nine-year spatial and temporal evolution of desert dust aerosols over South and East Asia as revealed by CALIOP

E Proestakis, V Amiridis, E Marinou… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We present a 3-D climatology of the desert dust distribution over South and East Asia
derived using CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) …

Heteac–the hybrid end-to-end aerosol classification model for earthcare

U Wandinger, AA Floutsi, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
Abstract The Hybrid End-To-End Aerosol Classification (HETEAC) model for the Earth
Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is introduced. The model …

Three-dimensional evolution of Saharan dust transport towards Europe based on a 9-year EARLINET-optimized CALIPSO dataset

E Marinou, V Amiridis, I Binietoglou… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study we use a new dust product developed using CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar
and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) observations and EARLINET (European …