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Research article
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15 May 2019
Research article |
| 15 May 2019
| 15 May 2019
A 10-year characterization of the Saharan Air Layer lidar ratio in the subtropical North Atlantic
Alberto Berjón
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological
Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Atmospheric Optics Group, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Africa Barreto
Cimel Electronique, Paris, France
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological
Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Atmospheric Optics Group, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Yballa Hernández
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological
Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Margarita Yela
Atmospheric Research and Instrumentation Branch, National Institute
for Aerospace Technology (INTA), Madrid, Spain
Carlos Toledano
Atmospheric Optics Group, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological
Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Short summary
Lidar ratio is a key parameter for the aerosol characterization using satellite remote-sensing platforms as CALIOP. However, there are important differences in the values reported in the bibliography. The geographic characteristics of the IARC observatories location and a 10-year data series allow us to make a unique study of the mineral dust in the Saharan air layer. We report lidar ratios at 523 nm of 49 ± 6 sr and 50 ± 11 sr obtained by two different methods.
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