Near-real-time processing of a ceilometer network assisted with sun-photometer data: monitoring a dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula

Cazorla, Alberto; Casquero-Vera, Juan Andrés; Román, Roberto; Guerrero-Rascado, Juan Luis; Toledano, Carlos; Cachorro, Victoria E.; Orza, José Antonio G.; Cancillo, María Luisa; Serrano, Antonio; Titos, Gloria; Pandolfi, Marco; Alastuey, Andres; Hanrieder, Natalie; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11861-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11861-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11861-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

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09 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 09 Oct 2017

Near-real-time processing of a ceilometer network assisted with sun-photometer data: monitoring a dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula

Alberto Cazorla, Juan Andrés Casquero-Vera, Roberto Román, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Carlos Toledano, Victoria E. Cachorro, José Antonio G. Orza, María Luisa Cancillo, Antonio Serrano, Gloria Titos, Marco Pandolfi, Andres Alastuey, Natalie Hanrieder, and Lucas Alados-Arboledas

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RC1: 'Review for the paper "Near real time processing of ceilometer network data: characterizing an extraordinary dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula" by Cazorla et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'response to referees', Alberto Cazorla, 11 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'response to referees', Alberto Cazorla, 11 Aug 2017

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Short summary

This work presents a method for the calibration and automated quality assurance of inversion of ceilometer profiles that is applied to the Iberian Ceilometer Network (ICENET). A cast study during an unusually intense dust outbreak affecting the Iberian Peninsula is shown. Results reveal that it is possible to obtain a quantitative optical aerosol characterization with ceilometers over large areas, and this information has a great potential for alert systems and model assimilation and evaluation.