A comparative study of aerosol microphysical properties retrieved from  ground-based remote sensing and aircraft in situ measurements during a  Saharan dust event

Granados-Muñoz, María José; Bravo-Aranda, Juan Antonio; Baumgardner, Darrel; Guerrero-Rascado, Juan Luis; Pérez-Ramírez, Daniel; Navas-Guzmán, Francisco; Veselovskii, Igor; Lyamani, Hassan; Valenzuela, Antonio; Olmo, Francisco José; Titos, Gloria; Andrey, Javier; Chaikovsky, Anatoli; Dubovik, Oleg; Gil-Ojeda, Manuel; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1113-2016

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18 Mar 2016

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| 18 Mar 2016

A comparative study of aerosol microphysical properties retrieved from ground-based remote sensing and aircraft in situ measurements during a Saharan dust event

María José Granados-Muñoz, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Darrel Baumgardner, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Daniel Pérez-Ramírez, Francisco Navas-Guzmán, Igor Veselovskii, Hassan Lyamani, Antonio Valenzuela, Francisco José Olmo, Gloria Titos, Javier Andrey, Anatoli Chaikovsky, Oleg Dubovik, Manuel Gil-Ojeda, and Lucas Alados-Arboledas

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RC C3122: 'Review of "Study of aerosol microphysical properties..." by M.J. Granados-Muñoz et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C4292: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Maria Jose Granados-Muñoz, 12 Dec 2015
RC C3695: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Nov 2015
- AC C4306: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Maria Jose Granados-Muñoz, 12 Dec 2015

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A Saharan dust event is studied in detail using ground-based remote sensing measurements from lidar technology, as well as sun- and star-photometers. The use of combined techniques allows for obtaining both profiles and column-integrated microphysical properties during night and daytime. Besides, for the first time a validation of the CAS-POL depolarization measurements and LIRIC profiles is performed, thanks to the availability of aircraft in situ measurements, obtaining reasonable agreement.