Extended POLIPHON dust conversion factor dataset for lidar-derived cloud condensation nuclei and ice-nucleating  particle concentration profiles

He, Yun; Choudhury, Goutam; Tesche, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Yi, Fan; Müller, Detlef; Yin, Zhenping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5669-2025

Articles | Volume 18, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5669-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5669-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 20

Research article

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21 Oct 2025

Research article |

| 21 Oct 2025

Extended POLIPHON dust conversion factor dataset for lidar-derived cloud condensation nuclei and ice-nucleating particle concentration profiles

Yun He, Goutam Choudhury, Matthias Tesche, Albert Ansmann, Fan Yi, Detlef Müller, and Zhenping Yin

Data sets

An extended POLIPHON conversion factor dataset for dust Yun He https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16781089

Global multiyear 3D dataset of cloud condensation nuclei derived from spaceborne lidar measurements Goutam Choudhury and Matthias Tesche https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956215

Short summary

We present a global dataset of POlarization LIdar PHOtometer Networking (POLIPHON) dust conversion factors at 532 nm obtained using Aerosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) observations at 137 sites for ice-nucleating particle (INP) and 123 sites for cloud condensation nucleation (CCN) calculations. We also conduct a comparison of dust CCN concentration profiles derived using both POLIPHON and the independent Optical Modelling of the CALIPSO Aerosol Microphysics (OMCAM) retrieval.