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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5347-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5347-2016
Research article
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07 Nov 2016
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2016

Radiation fog formation alerts using attenuated backscatter power from automatic lidars and ceilometers

Martial Haeffelin, Quentin Laffineur, Juan-Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Marc-Antoine Drouin, Juan-Andrés Casquero-Vera, Jean-Charles Dupont, and Hugo De Backer

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Air traffic at busy airports can be significantly disrupted because low visibility due to fog makes it unsafe to take off, land and taxi on the ground. In this paper we show how automatic profiling lidar ceilometer measurements, available at most airports, can be used to provide pre-fog alert information, and hence help airport weather forecasters to better predict these low visibility conditions. This research was carried out in the context of a field campaign at Paris CDG airport (France).