Polarization lidar for detecting dust orientation: system design and calibration

Tsekeri, Alexandra; Amiridis, Vassilis; Louridas, Alexandros; Georgoussis, George; Freudenthaler, Volker; Metallinos, Spiros; Doxastakis, George; Gasteiger, Josef; Siomos, Nikolaos; Paschou, Peristera; Georgiou, Thanasis; Tsaknakis, George; Evangelatos, Christos; Binietoglou, Ioannis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7453-2021

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Polarization lidar for detecting dust orientation: system design and calibration

Alexandra Tsekeri, Vassilis Amiridis, Alexandros Louridas, George Georgoussis, Volker Freudenthaler, Spiros Metallinos, George Doxastakis, Josef Gasteiger, Nikolaos Siomos, Peristera Paschou, Thanasis Georgiou, George Tsaknakis, Christos Evangelatos, and Ioannis Binietoglou

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Polarization lidar data for detecting dust orientation Alexandra Tsekeri, Vassilis Amiridis, and Spiros Metallinos https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5710492

Short summary

Dust orientation in the Earth's atmosphere has been an ongoing investigation in recent years, and its potential proof will be a paradigm shift for dust remote sensing. We have designed and developed a polarization lidar that provides direct measurements of dust orientation, as well as more detailed information of the particle microphysics. We provide a description of its design as well as its first measurements.