Matthias Tesche, Paul Zieger, Johan Ström
This dataset provides profile measurements of aerosol optical properties (aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficient) using Raman lidar technique. The measurements were carried out at Åre (Sweden) within the Cloud and Aerosol Experiment Åre 2014 (CAESAR 2014 campaign).
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Baars H, Kanitz T, Engelmann R, Althausen D, Heese B, Komppula M, Preißler J, Tesche M, Ansmann A, Wandinger U, Lim J-H, Ahn JY, Stachlewska IS, Amiridis V, Marinou E, Seifert P, Hofer J, Skupin A, Schneider F, Bohlmann S, Foth A, Bley S, Pfüller A, Giannakaki E, Lihavainen H, Viisanen Y, Hooda R K, Pereira SN, Bortoli D, Wagner F, Mattis I, Janicka L, Markowicz KM, Achtert P, Artaxo P, Pauliquevis T, Souza RAF, Sharma VP, van Zyl PG, Beukes JP, Sun J, Rohwer EG, Deng R, Mamouri R-E, Zamorano F (2016). An overview of the first decade of PollyNET: an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16: 5111-5137. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5111-2016
Data description
This dataset includes backscatter and extinction coefficient profiles measured by lidar techniques (light detection and ranging) during CAEsAR 2014. The laser wavelength was 532 nm. For technical questions and data access, at http://polly.rsd.tropos.de/?p=lidarzeit&Ort=5, please contact the Polly-team at Tropos (email: polly [at] tropos.de). Technical information is also provided in the corresponding publication by Baars et al., 2016.
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The dataset is available at the Leibniz Institute for Troposheric Research (TROPOS), Germany. Please, contact the [javascript protected email address] at Tropos for data file access and information about conditions for data use.
The campaign was organized by the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) at Stockholm University together with international partners (Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI, Finland), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI, Switzerland), Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT, USA), University of Hertfordshire (UK). More details on the campaign can be found at ACES' web site.
Further information on the CAESAR 2014 campaign can be obtained from Paul Zieger, Assistant Professor, Stockholm University & Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Atmospheric Science Unit, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 674 7634. Email: paul.zieger[at]aces.su.se
