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A long Saharan dust event over the western Mediterranean: Lidar, Sun photometer observations, and regional dust modeling

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A methodology for investigating dust model performance using synergistic EARLINET/AERONET dust concentration retrievals

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A methodology for investigating dust model performance using synergistic EARLINET/AERONET dust concentration retrievals

A regional model of European aerosol transport: Evaluation with sun photometer, lidar and air quality data

Aerosol Depolarization Ratio Measurement Capabilities for an Elastic LIDAR: Implementation and First Measurements

Aerosol Lidar Intercomparison in the Framework of SPALINET—The Spanish Lidar Network: Methodology and Results

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Aerosol closure study by lidar, Sun photometry, and airborne optical counters during DAMOCLES field campaign at El Arenosillo sounding station, Spain

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Aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties at regional background insular sites in the western Mediterranean

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Aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties at three regional background insular sites in the western Mediterranean Basin

Aerosol stratification characterization of an astronomical site by means of a backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

An Architecture Providing Depolarization Ratio Capability for a Multi-Wavelength Raman Lidar: Implementation and First Measurements

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An automatic observation-based typing method for EARLINET

Assimilation of lidar signals: application to aerosol forecasting in the western Mediterranean basin

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Atmospheric aerosol measurement with a network of advanced lidar instruments

Atmospheric dispersion of airborne pollen evidenced by near-surface and columnar measurements in Barcelona, Spain

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Calculation of the Overlap Function and Associated Error of an Elastic Lidar or a Ceilometer: Cross-Comparison with a Cooperative Overlap-Corrected System

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Calibration of Raman Lidar Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Measurements Using Zenithal Measurements of Diffuse Sunlight and a Radiative Transfer Model

Characterization of aerosol backscatter-to-extinction ratio from multiwavelength and multi-angular lidar profiles

Climatological assessment of the vertically resolved optical and microphysical aerosol properties by lidar measurements, sun photometer, and in situ observations over 17 years at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Barcelona

scientific article published in 2023

Climatology of the Aerosol Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio from Sun-Photometric Measurements

Comparison between the Kalman and the Non-Linear Least-Squares Estimators in Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio Lidar Inversion

scholarly article published 2008

Concept Design of a Multiwavelength Aerosol Lidar System With Mitigated Diattenuation Effects and Depolarization-Measurement Capability

Considerations about the Determination of the Depolarization Calibration Profile of a Two-Telescope Lidar and Its Implications for Volume Depolarization Ratio Retrieval.

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Contribution of EARLINET/ACTRIS to the summer 2013 Special Observing Period of the ChArMEx project: monitoring of a Saharan dust event over the western and central Mediterranean

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Coordinated lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET-AS0S project during CALIPSO overpasses: a strong dust case study analysis with modeling support

Current Research in Lidar Technology Used for the Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols

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Depolarization channel for barcelona lidar. Implementation and preliminary measurements

Detection and simulation of wildfire smoke impacting a Mediterranean urban atmosphere

scholarly article by Barend L van Drooge et al published May 2016 in Atmospheric pollution research

Determination of the mixing layer height from regular lidar measurements in the Barcelona area

scholarly article published 16 February 2004

Diffuse sunlight based calibration of the water vapor channel in the upc raman lidar

Dimensionless parameterization of lidar for laser remote sensing of the atmosphere and its application to systems with SiPM and PMT detectors

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Direct, Longwave Radiative Forcing of Mineral Dust: Improvement of its Estimation by Means of Tools Recently Developed by the EARLINET Community

Dust aerosol radiative effects during summer 2012 simulated with a coupled regional aerosol–atmosphere–ocean model over the Mediterranean

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Dust aerosol radiative effects during summer 2012 simulated with a coupled regional aerosol–atmosphere–ocean model over the Mediterranean

article published in 2014

EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO

article published in 2007

EARLINET instrument intercomparison campaigns: overview on strategy and results

EARLINET observations of the 14–22-May long-range dust transport event during SAMUM 2006: validation of results from dust transport modelling

EARLINET observations of the 14–22-May long-range dust transport event during SAMUM 2006: validation of results from dust transport modelling

EARLINET: potential operationality of a research network

EARLINET: potential operationality of a research network

Earlinet validation of CATS L2 product

Effects of noise on lidar data inversion with the backward algorithm

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Effects of sources and meteorology on particulate matter in the Western Mediterranean Basin: An overview of the DAURE campaign

scholarly article by M. Pandolfi published in April 2014

Engineering of a water-vapour, Raman, elastic-backscatter Lidar at the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain)

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Estimation of a radiative transfer model in the longwave spectral range: sensitivity study and application to real cases

Estimation of aerosol direct radiative forcing in Lecce during the 2013 ADRIMED campaign

Estimation of mineral dust direct radiative forcing at the European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork site of Lecce, Italy, during the ChArMEx/ADRIMED summer 2013 campaign: Impact of radiative transfer model spectral resolutions

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Estimation of mineral dust long-wave radiative forcing: sensitivity study to particle properties and application to real cases in the region of Barcelona

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February 2017 extreme Saharan dust outbreak in the Iberian Peninsula: from lidar-derived optical properties to evaluation of forecast models

Four-dimensional distribution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Europe observed by EARLINET

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Impact of mineral dust on shortwave and longwave radiation: evaluation of different vertically resolved parameterizations in 1-D radiative transfer computations

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Impact of mineral dust on shortwave and longwave radiation: evaluation of different vertically-resolved parameterizations in 1-D radiative transfer computations

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Influence of the PBL scheme on high-resolution photochemical simulations in an urban coastal area over the Western Mediterranean

Intense dust and extremely fresh biomass burning outbreak in Barcelona, Spain: characterization of their optical properties and estimation of their direct radiative forcing

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Interactions aérosols-rayonnement-climat en région méditerranéenne : Impact de l'effet radiatif direct sur le cycle de l'eau

Intercomparison of spanish advanced lidars in the framework of EARLINET

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Iterative method for the retrieval of the aerosol backscatter coefficient and the Ångstrom exponent from bi-wavelength lidar data in low-transmittance atmospheres

Lidar techniques for remote sensing of the atmosphere (Invited Paper)

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Lidar with SiPM: Some capabilities and limitations in real environment

Long-range transport and mixing of aerosol sources during the 2013 North American biomass burning episode: analysis of multiple lidar observations in the western Mediterranean basin

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Measurement report: Characterization of the vertical distribution of airborne <i>Pinus</i> pollen in the atmosphere with lidar-derived profiles – a modeling case study in the region of Barcelona, NE Spain

scientific article published on 06 December 2021

Mixed-Layer Depth Determination in the Barcelona Coastal Area From Regular Lidar Measurements: Methods, Results and Limitations

Monitoring of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic aerosol plume over the Iberian Peninsula by means of four EARLINET lidar stations

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Multi-wavelength aerosol LIDAR signal pre-processing: practical considerations

Near-surface and columnar measurements with a micro pulse lidar of atmospheric pollen in Barcelona, Spain

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Origin and pathways of the mineral dust transport to two Spanish EARLINET sites: Effect on the observed columnar and range-resolved dust optical properties

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Overview of Wind Lidar Techniques and Current Related Developments at the Technical University of Catalonia

Overview of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing on the Mediterranean Climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 campaign

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Overview of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing on the Mediterranean Climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 campaign

Overview of the meteorology and transport patterns during the DAURE field campaign and their impact to PM observations

scholarly article by O. Jorba published in October 2013

Planetary Boundary Layer Height and Wind Field Characterization by Means of a Lidar at the Teide Observatory in the Canary Islands

scholarly article published 2008

Power budget and performance assessment for the RSLAB multispectral elastic/raman lidar system

Practical analytical backscatter error bars for elastic one-component lidar inversion algorithm

scientific article published in June 2010

Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign

Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during the July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign

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Quasi-analytical determination of noise-induced error limits in lidar retrieval of aerosol backscatter coefficient by the elastic, two-component algorithm

scientific article published in January 2009

Results of site testing using an aerosol, backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

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Seasonal variability of aerosol optical properties observed by means of a Raman lidar at an EARLINET site over Northeastern Spain

scholarly article published in 2011

Separation of aerosol fine- and coarse-mode radiative properties: Effect on the mineral dust longwave, direct radiative forcing

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Separation of the optical and mass features of particle components in different aerosol mixtures by using POLIPHON retrievals in synergy with continuous polarized Micro-Pulse Lidar (P-MPL) measurements

scholarly article by Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero et al published 15 August 2018 in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Silicon photomultiplier detector for atmospheric lidar applications

scientific article published in April 2012

Six-channel polychromator design and implementation for the UPC elastic/Raman lidar

Spatio-temporal monitoring by ground-based and air- and space-borne lidars of a moderate Saharan dust event affecting southern Europe in June 2013 in the framework of the ADRIMED/ChArMEx campaign

Spatiotemporal evolution of a severe winter dust event in the western Mediterranean: Aerosol optical and physical properties

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Speed measurements with a continuous wave lidar prototype

Statistical considerations on the Raman inversion algorithm: data inversion and error assessment

article published in 2004

Statistical considerations on the extinction error variance for the raman lidar inversion algorithm

article published in 2007

Stratospheric AOD after the 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano measured by lidars over the Northern Hemisphere

Study of the correlation between columnar aerosol burden, suspended matter at ground and chemical components in a background European environment

scientific article published in 2012

Summertime re-circulations of air pollutants over the north-eastern Iberian coast observed from systematic EARLINET lidar measurements in Barcelona

Systematic lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET (2000–2002)

scientific article published in 2008

Temporal consistency of lidar observations during aerosol transport events in the framework of the ChArMEx/ADRIMED campaign at Minorca in June 2013

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The European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET): An Overview

The vertical distribution of Saharan dust over the western and central Mediterranean through dust modelling and lidar observations

Use of a field lens for improving the overlap function of a lidar system employing an optical fiber in the receiver assembly

article published in 2011

Variability of Mediterranean aerosols properties at three regional background sites in the western Mediterranean Basin

Variational method for the retrieval of the optical thickness and the backscatter coefficient from multiangle lidar profiles

scientific article published in January 2002

Vertically Resolved Precipitation Intensity Retrieved Through a Synergy Between the Ground-Based NASA MPLNET Lidar Network Measurements, Surface Disdrometer Datasets and an Analytical Model Solution

Vertically Resolved Precipitation Intensity Retrieved through a Synergy between the Ground-Based NASA MPLNET Lidar Network Measurements, Surface Disdrometer Datasets and an Analytical Model Solution

Wavelet Correlation Transform Method and Gradient Method to Determine Aerosol Layering from Lidar Returns: Some Comments

article published in 2013