Vertical aerosol distribution in the southern hemispheric midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2°&thinsp;S and 70.9°&thinsp;W), during ALPACA

Foth, Andreas; Kanitz, Thomas; Engelmann, Ronny; Baars, Holger; Radenz, Martin; Seifert, Patric; Barja, Boris; Fromm, Michael; Kalesse, Heike; Ansmann, Albert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6217-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6217-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6217-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

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10 May 2019

Research article |

| 10 May 2019

Vertical aerosol distribution in the southern hemispheric midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2° S and 70.9° W), during ALPACA

Andreas Foth, Thomas Kanitz, Ronny Engelmann, Holger Baars, Martin Radenz, Patric Seifert, Boris Barja, Michael Fromm, Heike Kalesse, and Albert Ansmann

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Review of Froth et al. “Vertical aerosol distribution in the Southern hemispheric Midlatitudes as observed with lidar at Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2S and 70.9W) during ALPACA.”', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Jan 2019
AC1: 'Response to the reviewers', Andreas Foth, 21 Mar 2019

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Short summary

In this study, we present the vertical aerosol distribution in the pristine region of the southern tip of South America determined by ground-based and spaceborne lidar observations. Most aerosol load is contained within the planetary boundary layer up to about 1200 m. The free troposphere is characterized by a very low aerosol concentration but a frequent occurrence of clouds. Lofted aerosol layers were rarely observed and, when present, were characterized by very low optical thicknesses.