Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station
A long-term analysis and climatology of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients profiles using a five-year study period lidar dataset derived from a multiwavelenth Raman lidar at Thessaloniki station is presented. All measurements have been processed with the latest version of the Single Cal...
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| author | Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri Nikolaos Siomos Konstantinos Michailidis Giuseppe D’Amico Ina Mattis Dimitris Balis |
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| description | A long-term analysis and climatology of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients profiles using a five-year study period lidar dataset derived from a multiwavelenth Raman lidar at Thessaloniki station is presented. All measurements have been processed with the latest version of the Single Calculus Chain (SCCv5.1.6) fully automated algorithm, which has been developed to provide a common lidar processing tool, within EARLINET (European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork) stations. The optical products delivered by the SCC tool have already been compared with the optical products derived from the operational algorithm of Thessaloniki (THessaloniki Aerosol LIdar Algorithm-THALIA) and discussed in terms of inhomogeneities. In this contribution, we analyze these products for climatological purposes, in order to investigate the aerosol columnar properties over Thessaloniki lidar station, drawing conclusions about the issues to be considered when switching from the current operational algorithm to the SCCv5. The SCCv5 algorithm is evaluated for the AOD both for 355 and 532 nm. The agreement with THALIA algorithm seems promising with correlations of 0.89 and 0.84, respectively, and absolute deviations within the range of the EARLINET quality requirements. Time series of the AOD at 355 nm denote a decrease of 0.017 per year in the free troposphere, a trend that is also shown in the AOD values derived from the operational algorithm (0.014). A decrease of 0.01 per year in the lower troposphere is also noted from the SCC, whereas the corresponding AOD values derived from the operational algorithm denote a decrease of 0.017. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0aadccd920e4689935236eca97d8ed22023-11-20T23:30:17ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-12-011223396910.3390/rs12233969Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar StationKalliopi Artemis Voudouri0Nikolaos Siomos1Konstantinos Michailidis2Giuseppe D’Amico3Ina Mattis4Dimitris Balis5Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C.da S. Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, ItalyDeutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg, Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10, 82383 Hohenpeißenberg, GermanyLaboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceA long-term analysis and climatology of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients profiles using a five-year study period lidar dataset derived from a multiwavelenth Raman lidar at Thessaloniki station is presented. All measurements have been processed with the latest version of the Single Calculus Chain (SCCv5.1.6) fully automated algorithm, which has been developed to provide a common lidar processing tool, within EARLINET (European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork) stations. The optical products delivered by the SCC tool have already been compared with the optical products derived from the operational algorithm of Thessaloniki (THessaloniki Aerosol LIdar Algorithm-THALIA) and discussed in terms of inhomogeneities. In this contribution, we analyze these products for climatological purposes, in order to investigate the aerosol columnar properties over Thessaloniki lidar station, drawing conclusions about the issues to be considered when switching from the current operational algorithm to the SCCv5. The SCCv5 algorithm is evaluated for the AOD both for 355 and 532 nm. The agreement with THALIA algorithm seems promising with correlations of 0.89 and 0.84, respectively, and absolute deviations within the range of the EARLINET quality requirements. Time series of the AOD at 355 nm denote a decrease of 0.017 per year in the free troposphere, a trend that is also shown in the AOD values derived from the operational algorithm (0.014). A decrease of 0.01 per year in the lower troposphere is also noted from the SCC, whereas the corresponding AOD values derived from the operational algorithm denote a decrease of 0.017.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/23/3969aerosol climatologylidar datasetSingle Calculus ChainEARLINET |
| spellingShingle | Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri Nikolaos Siomos Konstantinos Michailidis Giuseppe D’Amico Ina Mattis Dimitris Balis Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station Remote Sensing aerosol climatology lidar dataset Single Calculus Chain EARLINET |
| title | Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station |
| title_full | Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station |
| title_fullStr | Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station |
| title_short | Consistency of the Single Calculus Chain Optical Products with Archived Measurements from an EARLINET Lidar Station |
| title_sort | consistency of the single calculus chain optical products with archived measurements from an earlinet lidar station |
| topic | aerosol climatology lidar dataset Single Calculus Chain EARLINET |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/23/3969 |
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