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EARLINET observations of the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume over Europe
Gelsomina Pappalardo,Aldo Amodeo,Albert Ansmann,Arnoud Apituley,Lucas Alados Arboledas,Dimitris Balis,Christine Böckmann,Anatoli Chaikovsky,Adolfo Comerón,Giuseppe D'Amico,Ferdinando De Tomasi,Volker Freudenthaler,Elina Giannakaki,Aldo Giunta,Ivan Grigorov,Ove Gustafsson,Silke Gross,Martial Haeffelin,Marco Iarlori,Stefan Kinne,Holger Linné,Fabio Madonna,R. E. Mamouri,Ina Mattis,Michael A. P. McAuliffe,Francisco Molero,Lucia Mona,Detlef Müller,Valentin Mitev,Doina Nicolae,Alexandros Papayannis,Maria Rita Perrone,Aleksander Pietruczuk,Manuel Pujadas,Jean-Philippe Putaud,François Ravetta,Vincenzo Rizi,Ilya Serikov,Michaël Sicard,Valentin Simeonov,Nicola Spinelli,Kerstin Stebel,Thomas Trickl,Ulla Wandinger,Xuan Wang,Frank Wagner,Matthias Wiegner +46 more
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The European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork (EARLINET) as mentioned in this paper is the first coordinated lidar network for tropospheric aerosol study on the continental scale.Abstract:
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 measurements, a rigorous quality assurance program addressing both instruments and evaluation algorithms, and a standardised data exchange format. At present, the network includes 27 lidar stations distributed over Europe. EARLINET performed almost continuous measurements since 15 April 2010 in order to follow the evolution of the volcanic plume generated from the eruption of the EyjafjallajA¶kull volcano, providing the 4-dimensional distribution of the volcanic ash plume over Europe. During the 15-30 April period, volcanic particles were detected over Central Europe over a wide range of altitudes, from 10 km down to the local planetary boundary layer (PBL). Until 19 April, the volcanic plume transport toward South Europe was nearly completely blocked by the Alps. After 19 April volcanic particles were transported to the south and the southeast of Europe. Descending aerosol layers were typically observed all over Europe and intrusion of particles into the PBL was observed at almost each lidar site that was affected by the volcanic plume. A second event was observed over Portugal and Spain (6 May) and then over Italy on 9 May 2010. The volcanic plume was then observed again over Southern Germany on 11 May 2010.© (2010) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.read more
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