Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical  aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and  distribution in EARLINET

Chaikovsky, Anatoli; Dubovik, Oleg; Holben, Brent; Bril, Andrey; Goloub, Philippe; Tanré, Didier; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Wandinger, Ulla; Chaikovskaya, Ludmila; Denisov, Sergey; Grudo, Jan; Lopatin, Anton; Karol, Yana; Lapyonok, Tatsiana; Amiridis, Vassilis; Ansmann, Albert; Apituley, Arnoud; Allados-Arboledas, Lucas; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Boselli, Antonella; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Freudenthaler, Volker; Giles, David; Granados-Muñoz, María José; Kokkalis, Panayotis; Nicolae, Doina; Oshchepkov, Sergey; Papayannis, Alex; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruczuk, Alexander; Rocadenbosch, Francesc; Sicard, Michaël; Slutsker, Ilya; Talianu, Camelia; De Tomasi, Ferdinando; Tsekeri, Alexandra; Wagner, Janet; Wang, Xuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1181-2016

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Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and distribution in EARLINET

Anatoli Chaikovsky, Oleg Dubovik, Brent Holben, Andrey Bril, Philippe Goloub, Didier Tanré, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Ulla Wandinger, Ludmila Chaikovskaya, Sergey Denisov, Jan Grudo, Anton Lopatin, Yana Karol, Tatsiana Lapyonok, Vassilis Amiridis, Albert Ansmann, Arnoud Apituley, Lucas Allados-Arboledas, Ioannis Binietoglou, Antonella Boselli, Giuseppe D'Amico, Volker Freudenthaler, David Giles, María José Granados-Muñoz, Panayotis Kokkalis, Doina Nicolae, Sergey Oshchepkov, Alex Papayannis, Maria Rita Perrone, Alexander Pietruczuk, Francesc Rocadenbosch, Michaël Sicard, Ilya Slutsker, Camelia Talianu, Ferdinando De Tomasi, Alexandra Tsekeri, Janet Wagner, and Xuan Wang

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RC C4504: 'Comment on amt-2015-308', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Dec 2015
- AC C4746: 'reply to Referee 2 comment', A. Chaikovsky, 06 Jan 2016
- SC C5164: 'to Referee 2', A. Chaikovsky, 25 Jan 2016
- AC C5489: 'response to the Referees', A. Chaikovsky, 12 Feb 2016
SC C4696: 'Earlier references', Paul Ginoux, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C5162: 'reply to Paul Ginoux', A. Chaikovsky, 25 Jan 2016
RC C4772: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jan 2016
- AC C5160: 'reply to Referee 1 comments', A. Chaikovsky, 25 Jan 2016
- AC C5490: 'response to the Referees', A. Chaikovsky, 12 Feb 2016

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This paper presents a detailed description of LIRIC (LIdar-Radiometer Inversion Code) algorithm for simultaneous processing of coincident lidar and radiometric observations for the retrieval of the aerosol concentrations. As the lidar/radiometric input data we use measurements from European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) lidars and collocated sun-photometers of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET). The LIRIC software package was implemented and tested at a number of EARLINET stations.