Lucia Mona

TL;DR: In this paper, a major Saharan dust outbreak lasting from 26 to 31 May 2008 has been used as a case study for showing first results in terms of comparison with CALIPSO level 2 data.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-year climatological study of Saharan dust intrusions in the central Mediterranean in terms of aerosol optical parameters vertical profiles is carried out for the first time.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of a lidar measurement campaign performed at IMAA-CNR (Potenza, Italy) during the 2002 Etna volcano eruption are reported, with combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar, independent measurements of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients at 355 nm are retrieved, whereas aerosol back scatter coefficient at 532 nm is retrieved from elastic lidar signal.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on ground-based lidar observations of the same event from every continent in the Northern Hemisphere, taking advantage of the synergy between global lidar networks such as EARLINET, MPLNET and NDACC with independent lidar groups and satellite CALIPSO.

TL;DR: In this article, the decay phase of an unprecedented, record-breaking stratospheric perturbation caused by wildfire smoke is reported and discussed in terms of geometrical, optical, and microphysical aerosol properties.