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Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3995-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3995-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Research article
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09 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 09 Apr 2025

Invisible aerosol layers: improved lidar detection capabilities by means of laser-induced aerosol fluorescence

Benedikt Gast, Cristofer Jimenez, Albert Ansmann, Moritz Haarig, Ronny Engelmann, Felix Fritzsch, Athena A. Floutsi, Hannes Griesche, Kevin Ohneiser, Julian Hofer, Martin Radenz, Holger Baars, Patric Seifert, and Ulla Wandinger

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In this study, we discuss the enhanced detection capabilities of a fluorescence lidar in the case of optically thin aerosol layers in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) region. Our results suggest that such thin aerosol layers are not so rare in the UTLS and can potentially trigger and impact cirrus cloud formation through heterogeneous ice nucleation. By altering the microphysical cloud properties, this could affect clouds' evolution and lifetime and thus their climate effect.
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