Browsing by Author "Wiegner, Matthias"

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    • Air mass modification over the Europe : EARLINET aerosol observations from Wales to Belarus 

      Wandinger, Ulla; Mattis, Ina; Tesche, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Bösenberg, Jens; Chaikovski, Anatoly; Freudenthaler, Volker; Komguem, Leonce; Linné, Hoger; Matthias, Volker; Pelon, Jacques; Sauvage, Laurent; Sobolewski, Piotr; Vaughan, Geraint; Wiegner, Matthias (2004-12-27)
      For the first time, the vertically resolved aerosol optical properties of western and central/eastern European haze are investigated as a function of air mass transport. Special emphasis is put on clean maritime air masses ...

    • Characterization of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of biomass-burning aerosols and dust by means of multi-wavelength depolarization and Raman lidar measurements during SAMUM 2 

      Groß, Silke; Tesche, Matthias; Freudenthaler, Volker; Toledano, Carlos; Wiegner, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Seefeldner, Meinhard (2011-09-01)
      The particle linear depolarization ratio δp of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of biomass-burning aerosols from southern West Africa and Saharan dust was determined at three wavelengths with three lidar systems ...

    • Characterization of the planetary boundary layer during SAMUM-2 by means of lidar measurements 

      Gross, Silke; Gasteiger, Josef; Freudenthaler, Volker; Wiegner, Matthias; Geiss, Alexander; Schladitz, Alexander; Toledano, Carlos; Kandler, Konrad; Tesche, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Wiedensohler, Alfred (2011-09-01)
      Measurements with two Raman-depolarization lidars of the Meteorological Institute of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany, performed during SAMUM-2, were used to characterize the planetary boundary layer ...

    • Depolarization ratio profiling at several wavelengths in pure Saharan dust during SAMUM 2006 

      Freudenthaler, Volker; Esselborn, Michael; Wiegner, Matthias; Heese, Birgit; Tesche, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Mueller, D.; Althausen, Dietrich; Wirth, Martin; Fix, Andreas; Ehret, Gerhard; Knippertz, Peter; Toledano, Carlos; Gasteiger, Josef; Garhammer, Markus; Seefeldner, Andmeinhard (2009-02)
      Vertical profiles of the linear particle depolarization ratio of pure dust clouds were measured during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) at Ouarzazate, Morocco (30.9 degrees N, -6.9 degrees E), close to source ...

    • EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO 

      Mattis, Ina; Mona, Lucia; Mueller, D.; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Alados Arboledas, Lucas; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Amodeo, Aldo; Apituley, Arnoud; Maria Baldasano, Jose; Boeckmann, Christine; Boesenbergg, Jens; Chaikovsky, Anatoli; Comeron, Adolfo; Giannakaki, Elina; Grigorov, Ivan; Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis; Gustafsson, Ove; Iarlori, Marco; Linne, Holger; Mitev, Valentin; Molero Menendez, Francisco; Nicola, Doina; Papayannis, Alexandros; Perez Garcia-Pando, Carlos; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruczuk, Aleksander; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Ravetta, Francois; Rodriguez, Alejandro; Seifert, Patric; Sicard, Michael; Simeonov, Valentin; Sobolewski, Piotr; Spinelli, Nicola; Stebel, Kerstin; Stohl, Andreas; Tesche, Matthias; Trickl, Thomas; Wang, Xuan; Wiegner, Matthias (SPIE, 2007)
      The European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) was established in 2000 to derive a comprehensive, quantitative, and statistically significant data base for the aerosol distribution on the European scale. At present, ...

    • EARLINET observations of the Eyjafjallajokull ash plume over Europe 

      Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Amodeo, Aldo; Ansmann, Albert; Apituley, Arnoud; Alados Arboledas, Lucas; Balis, Dimitris; Boeckmann, Christine; Chaikovsky, Anatoli; Comeron, Adolfo; D'Amico, Giuseppe; De Tomasi, Ferdinando; Freudenthaler, Volker; Giannakaki, Elina; Giunta, Aldo; Grigorov, Ivan; Gustafsson, Ove; Gross, Silke; Haeffelin, Martial; Iarlori, Marco; Kinne, Stefan; Linne, Holger; Madonna, Fabio; Mamouri, Rodanthi; Mattis, Ina; McAuliffe, Michael; Molero, Francisco; Mona, Lucia; Mueller, D.; Mitev, Valentin; Nicolae, Doina; Papayannis, Alexandros; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruczuk, Aleksander; Pujadas, Manuel; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Ravetta, Francois; Rizi, Vincenzo; Serikov, Ilya; Sicard, Michael; Simeonov, Valentin; Spinelli, Nicola; Stebel, Kerstin; Trickl, Thomas; Wandinger, U.; Wang, Xuan; Wagner, Frank; Wiegner, Matthias (SPIE, 2010)
      EARLINET, the European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork, established in 2000, is the first coordinated lidar network for tropospheric aerosol study on the continental scale. The network activity is based on scheduled ...

    • EARLINET: the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network for the Aerosol Climatology on Continental Scale 

      Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Boesenberg, Jens; Amodeo, Aldo; Ansmann, Albert; Apituley, Arnoud; Alados Arboledas, Lucas; Balis, Dimitris; Boeckmann, Christine; Chaikovsky, Anatoly; Comeron, Adolfo; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Freudenthaler, Volker; Grigorov, Ivan; Hansen, Georg; Linne, Holger; Kinne, Stefan; Mattis, Ina; Mona, Lucia; Mueller, D.; Mitev, Valentin; Nicolae, Doina; Papayannis, Alexandros; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruczuk, Aleksander; Pujadas, Manuel; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Ravetta, Francois; Rizi, Vincenzo; Simeonov, Valentin; Spinelli, Nicola; Trickl, Thomas; Wandinger, U.; Wiegner, Matthias (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009)
      Lidar techniques represent the most suitable tool to obtain information on the aerosol vertical distribution and therefore to close this kind of observational gap. Lidar networks are fundamental to study aerosol on large ...

    • Modelling lidar-relevant optical properties of complex mineral dust aerosols 

      Gasteiger, Josef; Wiegner, Matthias; Gross, Silke; Freudenthaler, Volker; Toledano, Carlos; Tesche, Matthias; Kandler, Konrad (2011-09-01)
      We model lidar-relevant optical properties of mineral dust aerosols and compare the modelling results with optical properties derived from lidar measurements during the SAMUM field campaigns. The Discrete Dipole Approximation ...

    • Optimization of lidar data processing : a goal of the EARILINET-ASOS project 

      Amodeo, Aldo; Mattis, Ina; Boeckmann, Christine; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Mueller, D.; Osterloh, Lukas; Chaikovsky, Anatoly; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Ansmann, Albert; Apituley, Arnoud; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Balis, Dimitris; Comeron, Adolfo; Freudenthaler, Volker; Mitev, Valentin; Nicolae, Doina; Papayannis, Alexandros; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruezuk, Aleksander; Pujadas, Manuel; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Ravetta, Francois; Rizi, Vincenzo; Simeonovs, Valentin; Spinelli, Nicola; Stebel, Kersten; Stoyanov, Dimitar; Trickl, Thomas; Wiegner, Matthias (SPIE, 2007)
      EARLINET-ASOS (European Aerosol Research Lidar Network - Advanced Sustainable Observation System) is a 5-year EC Project started in 2006. Based on the EARLINET infrastructure, it will provide appropriate tools to improve ...

    • Vertical profiling of Saharan dust with Raman lidars and airborne HSRL in southern Morocco during SAMUM 

      Tesche, Matthias; Ansmann, Albert; Mueller, D.; Althausen, Dietrich; Mattis, Ina; Heese, Birgit; Freudenthaler, Volker; Wiegner, Matthias; Esselborn, Michael; Pisani, Gianluca; Knippertz, Peter (2009-02)
      Three ground-based Raman lidars and an airborne high-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL) were operated during SAMUM 2006 in southern Morocco to measure height profiles of the volume extinction coefficient, the extinction-to ...

    • Vertically resolved dust optical properties during SAMUM : Tinfou compared to Ouarzazate 

      Heese, Birgit; Althausen, Dietrich; Dinter, Tilman; Esselborn, Michael; Müller, Thomas; Tesche, Matthias; Wiegner, Matthias (2009-02-02)
      Vertical profiles of dust key optical properties are presented from measurements during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) by Raman and depolarization lidar at two ground-based sites and by airborne high spectral ...