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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7143-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7143-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Evaluation of aerosol number concentrations from CALIPSO with ATom airborne in situ measurements
Goutam Choudhury
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Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Matthias Tesche
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
Lidars provide height-resolved type-specific aerosol properties and are key in studying vertically collocated aerosols and clouds. In this study, we compare the aerosol number concentrations derived from spaceborne lidar with the in situ flight measurements. Our results show a reasonable agreement between both datasets. Such an agreement has not been achieved yet. It shows the potential of spaceborne lidar in studying aerosol–cloud interactions, which is needed to improve our climate forecasts.
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