Aerosol optical properties as observed from an ultralight aircraft over the Strait of Gibraltar

Chazette, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4461-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4461-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4461-2020

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18 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 18 Aug 2020

Aerosol optical properties as observed from an ultralight aircraft over the Strait of Gibraltar

Patrick Chazette

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Aug 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to the referee #2 comments', Patrick Chazette, 30 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response to the referee #1 comments', Patrick Chazette, 30 Jun 2020

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AR by Patrick Chazette on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Jul 2020) by Oleg Dubovik

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Jul 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Jul 2020)

ED: Publish as is (09 Jul 2020) by Oleg Dubovik

Short summary

By coupling lidar on board a ULA and ground-based lidar measurements, this paper highlights aerosol transport over the Strait of Gibraltar. It shows that the lidar-derived aerosol optical properties can be different from what is commonly accepted. It presents unprecedented vertical profiles over this region and relates them to the origin of air masses. The results are based on ground, airborne, and spaceborne observations, as well as multiple retro-trajectory analyses.