An overview of the first decade of PollyNET: An emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5111-5137

  Baars, Holger ^a   Kanitz, Thomas ^a,u   Engelmann, Ronny ^a   Althausen, Dietrich ^a   Heese, Birgit ^a   Komppula, Mika ^b   Preißler, Jana ^c,v   Tesche, Matthias ^f,w   Ansmann, Albert ^a   Wandinger, Ulla ^a   Lim, Jae Hyun ^d   Young Ahn, Joon ^d   Stachlewska, Iwona S ^e   Amiridis, Vassilis ^g   Marinou, Eleni ^g,t   Seifert, Patric ^a   Hofer, Julian ^a   Skupin, Annett ^a   Schneider, Florian ^a   Bohlmann, Stephanie ^a   Foth, Andreas ^a,o   Bley, Sebastian ^a   Pfüller, Anne ^b   Giannakaki, Eleni ^b   Lihavainen, Heikki ^b   Viisanen, Yrjö ^b   Kumar Hooda, Rakesh ^b,k   Pereira, Sérgio Nepomuceno ^c   Bortoli, Daniele ^c   Wagner, Frank ^c,s   Mattis, Ina ^s   Janicka, Lucja ^e   Markowicz, Krzysztof M ^e   Achtert, Peggy ^f,x   Artaxo, Paulo ^h   Pauliquevis, Theotonio ⁱ   Souza, Rodrigo A F ^j   Prakesh Sharma, Ved ^k   Gideon Van Zyl, Pieter ^l   Paul Beukes, Johan ^l   Sun, Junying ^m   Rohwer, Erich G ⁿ   Deng, Ruru ^p   Mamouri, Rodanthi Elisavet ^g,q   Zamorano, Felix ^r   more..

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^k THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^l NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^m STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

ⁿ STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^p SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^r UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^s DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^t ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^u EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^v NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DATA SET; LIDAR; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; REAL TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84966417205     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-5111-2016     Document Type: Review

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