Ceilometer aerosol profiling versus Raman lidar in the frame of the INTERACT campaign of ACTRIS

Madonna, F.; Amato, F.; Vande Hey, J.; Pappalardo, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2207-2015

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EARLINET, the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2207-2015

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29 May 2015

Research article |

| 29 May 2015

Ceilometer aerosol profiling versus Raman lidar in the frame of the INTERACT campaign of ACTRIS

F. Madonna, F. Amato, J. Vande Hey, and G. Pappalardo

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C4524: 'Review of Anonymous Referee #1', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2015
- AC C5204: 'Response to Referee #1', F. Madonna, 23 Mar 2015
RC C4751: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jan 2015
- AC C5205: 'Response to Referee #2', F. Madonna, 23 Mar 2015

Short summary

This work is the first time that three different commercial ceilometers with an advanced Raman lidar are compared over a period of 6 months. The comparison of the attenuated backscatter profiles from a multi-wavelength Raman lidar and three ceilometers (CHM15k, CS135s, CT25K) reveals differences due to the expected discrepancy in the SNR, but also due to effect of changes in the ambient temperature on the stability of ceilometer calibration over short and mid-term.