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Description and applications of a mobile system performing on-road aerosol remote sensing and in situ measurements
Ioana Elisabeta Popovici
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
R&D Department, Cimel Electronique, 75011 Paris, France
Philippe Goloub
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Thierry Podvin
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Luc Blarel
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Rodrigue Loisil
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Florin Unga
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Augustin Mortier
Division for Climate Modelling and Air Pollution, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 0313 Oslo, Norway
Christine Deroo
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Stéphane Victori
R&D Department, Cimel Electronique, 75011 Paris, France
Fabrice Ducos
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Benjamin Torres
GRASP-SAS, Remote sensing developments, Univ. Lille, 59650 Villeneuve
d'Ascq, France
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Cyril Delegove
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8518 – LOA – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Marie Choël
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR8516 – LASIR – Laboratoire de Spectrochimie
Infrarouge et Raman, 59000 Lille, France
Nathalie Pujol-Söhne
Modelling Department, ATMO Hauts-de-France, 59000 Lille, France
Christophe Pietras
Ecole Polytéchnique, CNRS, Laboratoire de Météorologie
Dynamique, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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Short summary
This paper aims to show the potential of an instrumented mobile platform, performing on-road remote sensing and in situ measurements, to derive aerosol properties. It is distinguished from other transportable platforms through its ability to perform measurements during movement. Its reduced size, versatility and great flexibility makes it suitable for following sudden aerosol events and for validating satellite measurements and model simulations.
This paper aims to show the potential of an instrumented mobile platform, performing on-road...
