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Research article
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18 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
currently at: Table Mountain Facility, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California, Institute of Technology, Wrightwood, California, USA
Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Darrel Baumgardner
Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Daniel Pérez-Ramírez
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, 20771, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Universities Space Research Association, 21044, Columbia, Maryland,
USA
Francisco Navas-Guzmán
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland
Igor Veselovskii
Physics Instrumentation Center of General Physics Institute, Troitsk,
Moscow Region, 142190, Russia
Hassan Lyamani
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Antonio Valenzuela
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Francisco José Olmo
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Gloria Titos
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
Javier Andrey
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Ctra. Ajalvir
km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
currently at: CNRM-GAME, Météo-France, Tolouse, France
Anatoli Chaikovsky
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Science, Minsk, Belarus
Oleg Dubovik
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique, CNRS Universite de Lille 1, Bat
P5 Cite scientifique, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq CEDEX, France
Manuel Gil-Ojeda
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Ctra. Ajalvir
km. 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Avd. del
Mediterráneo, 18006, Granada, Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071,
Granada, Spain
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Short summary
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.
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