https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817605028
Clear-air lidar dark band
1
Scuola di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy
3
Institut fuer Geophysik und Meteorologie, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Email: digirolamo@unibas.it
Published online: 13 April 2018
This paper illustrates measurements carried out by the Raman lidar BASIL in the frame of HOPE, revealing the presence of a clear-air dark band phenomenon (i.e. the appearance of a minimum in lidar backscatter echoes) in the upper portion of the convective boundary layer. The phenomenon is clearly distinguishable in the lidar backscatter echoes at 1064 nm. This phenomenon is attributed to the presence of lignite aerosol particles advected from the surrounding open pit mines in the vicinity of the measuring site.
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