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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6119-2024
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Research article
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22 Oct 2024
Research article |
| 22 Oct 2024
| 22 Oct 2024
ALICENET – an Italian network of automated lidar ceilometers for four-dimensional aerosol monitoring: infrastructure, data processing, and applications
Annachiara Bellini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
DIET, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Rome, Italy
ARPA Valle d'Aosta, Saint-Christophe, Italy
Henri Diémoz
ARPA Valle d'Aosta, Saint-Christophe, Italy
Luca Di Liberto
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Rome, Italy
Gian Paolo Gobbi
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Rome, Italy
Alessandro Bracci
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy
Ferdinando Pasqualini
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy
Francesca Barnaba
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council, CNR-ISAC, Rome, Italy
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Short summary
We provide a comprehensive overview of the Italian Automated LIdar-CEilometer network, ALICENET, describing its infrastructure, aerosol retrievals, and main applications. The supplement covers data-processing details. We include examples of output products, comparisons with independent data, and examples of the network capability to provide near-real-time aerosol fields over Italy. ALICENET is expected to benefit the sectors of air quality, radiative budget/solar energy, and aviation safety.
We provide a comprehensive overview of the Italian Automated LIdar-CEilometer network, ALICENET,...
