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Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 26843-26869, 2012
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Airborne high spectral resolution lidar observation of pollution aerosol during EUCAARI-LONGREX
1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA), Münchner Str. 20, Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Weßling, Germany
*now at: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
**now at: Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Abstract. Airborne high spectral resolution lidar observations over Europe during the EUCAARI field experiment in May 2008 are analysed with respect to spatial distribution and optical properties of continental pollution aerosol. Continental aerosol is characterized by its depolarisation and lidar ratio. Mean values of 6%±1% for the particle linear depolarisation ratio, and 56 sr±6 sr for the lidar ratio were found for pollution aerosol. Both, lidar ratio and depolarisation ratio at 532 nm show virtually no variations for all analysed days during the measurement campaign.
Citation: Groß, S., Esselborn, M., Abicht, F., Wirth, M., Fix, A., and Minikin, A.: Airborne high spectral resolution lidar observation of pollution aerosol during EUCAARI-LONGREX, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 26843-26869, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-26843-2012, 2012.