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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3191-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3191-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
14 Mar 2025
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2025
| 14 Mar 2025
Characterization of aerosol over the eastern Mediterranean by polarization-sensitive Raman lidar measurements during A-LIFE – aerosol type classification and type separation
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) e.V., Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Volker Freudenthaler
Meteorologisches Institut München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Moritz Haarig
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Carlos Toledano
Group of Atmospheric Optics, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
David Mateos
Group of Atmospheric Optics, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Petra Seibert
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri
ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Limassol, Cyprus
Argyro Nisantzi
ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Limassol, Cyprus
Josef Gasteiger
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
now at: Hamtec Consulting GmbH at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Maximilian Dollner
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Anne Tipka
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
now at: International Data Centre, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, P.O. Box 1200, Vienna, Austria
Manuel Schöberl
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Marilena Teri
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Bernadett Weinzierl
Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Data sets
POLIS lidar data for S. Groß et al.: Polarization lidar measurements during A-LIFE, ACP, 2025 Silke Groß and Volker Freudenthaler https://doi.org/10.5282/ubm/data.564
In situ data of the publication Characterization of aerosol over the Eastern Mediterranean by polarization sensitive Raman lidar measurements during A-LIFE aerosol type classification and type separation Bernadett Weinzierl et al. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.649
Short summary
Aerosols contribute to the largest uncertainties in climate change predictions. The eastern Mediterranean is a hotspot for aerosols with natural and anthropogenic contributions. We present lidar measurements performed during A-LIFE (Absorbing aerosol layers in a changing climate: aging, lifetime and dynamics) to characterize aerosols and aerosol mixtures. We extend current lidar classification and separation schemes and compare them to classification schemes using different methods.
Aerosols contribute to the largest uncertainties in climate change predictions. The eastern...
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