Aerosol absorption profiling from the synergy of lidar and sun-photometry : The ACTRIS-2 campaigns in Germany, Greece and Cyprus

Tsekeri, Alexandra; Amiridis, Vassilis; Lopatin, Anton; Marinou, Eleni; Giannakaki, Eleni; Pikridas, Michael; Sciare, Jean; Liakakou, Eleni; Gerasopoulos, Evangelos; Duesing, Sebastian; Corbin, Joel C.; Gysel, Martin; Bukowiecki, Nicolas; Baars, Holger; Engelmann, Ronny; Wehner, Birgit; Kottas, Michael; Mamali, Dimitra; Kokkalis, Panagiotis; Raptis, Panagiotis I.; Stavroulas, Iasonas; Keleshis, Christos; Müller, Detlef; Solomos, Stavros; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Papayannis, Alexandros; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Igloffstein, Julia; Wandinger, Ulla; Wandinger, Ulla; Dubovik, Oleg; Goloub, Philippe

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Author

Tsekeri, Alexandra

Amiridis, Vassilis

Lopatin, Anton

Marinou, Eleni

Giannakaki, Eleni

Pikridas, Michael

Sciare, Jean

Liakakou, Eleni

Gerasopoulos, Evangelos

Duesing, Sebastian

Corbin, Joel C.

Gysel, Martin

Bukowiecki, Nicolas

Baars, Holger

Engelmann, Ronny

Wehner, Birgit

Kottas, Michael

Mamali, Dimitra

Kokkalis, Panagiotis

Raptis, Panagiotis I.

Stavroulas, Iasonas

Keleshis, Christos

Müller, Detlef

Solomos, Stavros

Binietoglou, Ioannis

Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos

Papayannis, Alexandros

Stachlewska, Iwona S.

Igloffstein, Julia

Wandinger, Ulla

Dubovik, Oleg

Goloub, Philippe

Abstract

Aerosol absorption profiling is crucial for radiative transfer calculations and climate modelling. Here, we utilize the synergy of lidar with sun-photometer measurements to derive the absorption coefficient and single scattering albedo profiles during the ACTRIS-2 campaigns held in Germany, Greece and Cyprus. The remote sensing techniques are compared with in situ measurements in order to harmonize and validate the different methodologies and reduce the absorption profiling uncertainties.