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Research article
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26 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 26 Feb 2018
Experimental techniques for the calibration of lidar depolarization channels in EARLINET
Livio Belegante
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor Str, Magurele, Romania
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physcis, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Volker Freudenthaler
Meteorological Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
Doina Nicolae
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor Str, Magurele, Romania
Anca Nemuc
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor Str, Magurele, Romania
Dragos Ene
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor Str, Magurele, Romania
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physcis, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Aldo Amodeo
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA, C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, Potenza 85050, Italy
Gelsomina Pappalardo
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA, C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, Potenza 85050, Italy
Giuseppe D'Amico
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA, C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, Potenza 85050, Italy
Francesco Amato
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA, C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, Potenza 85050, Italy
Ronny Engelmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Holger Baars
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Ulla Wandinger
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Alexandros Papayannis
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Physics Department, Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece
Panos Kokkalis
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Physics Department, Heroon Polytechniou 9, 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece
Sérgio N. Pereira
Evora Geophysics Center, Rua Romao Ramalho 59, 7000, Evora, Portugal
Data sets
Data for publication on calibration of lidar depolarization studies - AMT paper (Version 1.0.0) L. Belegante, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, V. Freudenthaler, D. Nicolae, A. Nemuc, D. Ene, L. Alados-Arboledas, A. Amodeo, G. Pappalardo, G. D'Amico, F. Amato, R. Engelmann, H. Baars, U. Wandinger, A. Papayannis, P. Kokkalis, and S. N. Pereira https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1158435
EARLINET aerosol lidar profiles ACTRIS/EARLINET http://actris.nilu.no
Short summary
This paper presents different depolarization calibration procedures used to improve the quality of the depolarization data. The results illustrate a significant improvement of the depolarization lidar products for all the selected EARLINET lidar instruments. The calibrated volume and particle depolarization profiles at 532 nm show values that fall within a range that is accepted in the literature. The depolarization accuracy estimate at 532 nm is better than ±0.03 for all cases.
This paper presents different depolarization calibration procedures used to improve the quality...
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