Transport of aerosols over the French Riviera – link between ground-based lidar and spaceborne observations

Chazette, Patrick; Totems, Julien; Shang, Xiaoxia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3885-2019

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26 Mar 2019

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| 26 Mar 2019

Transport of aerosols over the French Riviera – link between ground-based lidar and spaceborne observations

Patrick Chazette, Julien Totems, and Xiaoxia Shang

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RC1: 'review of the manuscript acp-2018-971', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Patrick Chazette, 12 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'Manuscript with corrections', Patrick Chazette, 12 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Comments on MS No.: acp-2018-971', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Patrick Chazette, 12 Feb 2019
- AC4: 'Manuscript with corrections', Patrick Chazette, 12 Feb 2019

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AR by Patrick Chazette on behalf of the Authors (14 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Feb 2019) by Oleg Dubovik

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Feb 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2019)

ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2019) by Oleg Dubovik

Short summary

Using a backscatter N₂-Raman lidar deployed on the western part of the French Riviera, we investigate the vertical aerosol structure below 5 km. By coupling these observations with spaceborne instruments and trajectory modeling, we highlight plumes of particulate pollutants moving towards the French Riviera. This pollution, mainly due to traffic and petrochemical activities, originates from the Spanish coast (Costa Blanca and Costa Brava–Daurada) and mixes with local emissions.