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                the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Assimilation of lidar signals: application to aerosol forecasting in the western Mediterranean basin
                                            now at: Nansen Environmental and  Remote Sensing Center, N-5006 Bergen, Norway
                                        
                                    
                                            LSCE, joint  laboratory CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
                                        
                                    
                                            CEREA, joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech – EDF R&D,  Université Paris-Est, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France
                                        
                                    K. N. Sartelet
                                            CEREA, joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech – EDF R&D,  Université Paris-Est, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France
                                        
                                    M. Bocquet
                                            INRIA, Paris-Rocquencourt Research Center, Le Chesnay, France
                                        
                                    
                                            CEREA, joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech – EDF R&D,  Université Paris-Est, 77455 Champs-sur-Marne, France
                                        
                                    P. Chazette
                                            LSCE, joint  laboratory CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
                                        
                                    M. Sicard
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    
                                            Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai  – Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de  Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    G. D'Amico
                                            Consiglio Nazionale delle  Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito  (Potenza), 85050, Italy
                                        
                                    J. F. Léon
                                            Laboratoire d'Aérologie,  Université Toulouse III, Centre national de la recherche scientifique,  Toulouse, France
                                        
                                    L. Alados-Arboledas
                                            IISTA, University of Granada, Autonomous  Government of Andalusia, Av. del Mediterráneo s/n, 18006,  Granada, Spain
                                        
                                    
                                            Dpt. Applied Physics, University of  Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain
                                        
                                    A. Amodeo
                                            Consiglio Nazionale delle  Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito  (Potenza), 85050, Italy
                                        
                                    P. Augustin
                                            LPCA,  Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 59140 Dunkerque, France
                                        
                                    J. Bach
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    L. Belegante
                                            National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor  Str. 77125, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
                                        
                                    I. Binietoglou
                                            Consiglio Nazionale delle  Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito  (Potenza), 85050, Italy
                                        
                                    
                                            National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor  Str. 77125, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
                                        
                                    X. Bush
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    A. Comerón
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    H. Delbarre
                                            LPCA,  Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 59140 Dunkerque, France
                                        
                                    D. García-Vízcaino
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    J. L. Guerrero-Rascado
                                            IISTA, University of Granada, Autonomous  Government of Andalusia, Av. del Mediterráneo s/n, 18006,  Granada, Spain
                                        
                                    
                                            Dpt. Applied Physics, University of  Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain
                                        
                                    M. Hervo
                                            LaMP-CNRS, Observatoire de  Physique de Globe, Clermont-Ferrand, France
                                        
                                    M. Iarlori
                                            CETEMPS, Dipartimento  di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università Degli Studi, L'Aquila, Italy
                                        
                                    P. Kokkalis
                                            NTUA, Physics Department, Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory, 15780  Zografou, Greece
                                        
                                    D. Lange
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    
                                            Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai  – Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de  Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    F. Molero
                                            CIEMAT, Department of Environment, 28040 Madrid,  Spain
                                        
                                    N. Montoux
                                            LaMP-CNRS, Observatoire de  Physique de Globe, Clermont-Ferrand, France
                                        
                                    A. Muñoz
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    C. Muñoz
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    D. Nicolae
                                            National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, 409 Atomistilor  Str. 77125, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
                                        
                                    A. Papayannis
                                            NTUA, Physics Department, Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory, 15780  Zografou, Greece
                                        
                                    G. Pappalardo
                                            Consiglio Nazionale delle  Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito  (Potenza), 85050, Italy
                                        
                                    J. Preissler
                                            Geophysics Center of Evora, University of Evora, Rua Romao  Ramalho 59, 7000 Evora, Portugal
                                        
                                    
                                            now at: Centre for  Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland
                                        
                                    V. Rizi
                                            CETEMPS, Dipartimento  di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università Degli Studi, L'Aquila, Italy
                                        
                                    F. Rocadenbosch
                                            Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,  Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    
                                            Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai  – Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de  Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
                                        
                                    K. Sellegri
                                            LaMP-CNRS, Observatoire de  Physique de Globe, Clermont-Ferrand, France
                                        
                                    F. Wagner
                                            Geophysics Center of Evora, University of Evora, Rua Romao  Ramalho 59, 7000 Evora, Portugal
                                        
                                    
                                            now at: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hohenpeißenberg  Meteorological Observatory, Albin-Schwaiger-Weg 10, 82383  Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            LSCE, joint  laboratory CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
                                        
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