A neural network aerosol-typing algorithm based on lidar data

Nicolae, Doina; Vasilescu, Jeni; Talianu, Camelia; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Nicolae, Victor; Andrei, Simona; Antonescu, Bogdan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14511-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14511-2018

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EARLINET aerosol profiling: contributions to atmospheric and...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14511-2018

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Articles | Volume 18, issue 19

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10 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 10 Oct 2018

A neural network aerosol-typing algorithm based on lidar data

Doina Nicolae, Jeni Vasilescu, Camelia Talianu, Ioannis Binietoglou, Victor Nicolae, Simona Andrei, and Bogdan Antonescu

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Bogdan Antonescu, 19 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review #2 on Nicolae et al. A Neural Network Aerosol Typing Algorithm Based on Lidar Data.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Bogdan Antonescu, 19 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish as is (20 Sep 2018) by Vassilis Amiridis

AR by Bogdan Antonescu on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2018)

Short summary

A new aerosol typing algorithm based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) has been developed. The algorithm is providing the most probable aerosol type based on EARLINET LIDAR profiles. The ANNs used by the algorithm were trained using synthetic data, for which a new aerosol model has been developed. Blind tests on EARLINET data samples showed the capability of the algorithm to retrieve the aerosol type from a large variety of data, with different quality and physical content.