EARLINET: 12-year of Aerosol Profiling over Europe

Mona L.; Arboledas L. Alados; Amiridis V.; Amodeo A.; Apituley A.; Balis D.; Comeron A.; Iarlori M.; Linné H.; Nicolae D.; Papayannis A.; Perrone M.R.; Rizi V.; Siomos N.; Wandinger U.; Wang X.; Pappalardo G.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201611919002

EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

EARLINET: 12-year of Aerosol Profiling over Europe

Mona L.,
Arboledas L. Alados,
Amiridis V.,
Amodeo A.,
Apituley A.,
Balis D.,
Comeron A.,
Iarlori M.,
Linné H.,
Nicolae D.,
Papayannis A.,
Perrone M.R.,
Rizi V.,
Siomos N.,
Wandinger U.,
Wang X.,
Pappalardo G.

Affiliations

Mona L.: Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA
Arboledas L. Alados: Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research. IISTA-CEAMA, Universidad de Granada
Amiridis V.: National Observatory of Athens, IAASARS
Amodeo A.: Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA
Apituley A.: KNMI - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Balis D.: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Comeron A.: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Iarlori M.: CETEMPS/Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche - Università Degli Studi dell’Aquila
Linné H.: Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Nicolae D.: National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
Papayannis A.: National Technical University of Athens, Physics Department
Perrone M.R.: Università del Salento, Department of Mathematics and Physics
Rizi V.: CETEMPS/Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche - Università Degli Studi dell’Aquila
Siomos N.: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Wandinger U.: Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung
Wang X.: Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia
Pappalardo G.: Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale CNR-IMAA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611919002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 119
p. 19002

Abstract

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EARLINET has been collecting high quality aerosol optical profiles over Europe since 2000. The comparison with automatic collected dataset of aerosol optical depth (AOD) from AERONET and MODIS demonstrates the effectiveness of EARLINET regular measurement schedule for climatological studies. The analysis of optical properties in the local boundary layer indicates that the general decrease of AOD observed by different platforms over Europe in the last decade could be due to the modification of aerosol properties (towards less absorbing and larger particles) in the lower troposphere.

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ISSN: 2100-014X (Online)
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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