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1. | Javier Montero-Martín; Manuel Antón; José Manuel Vaquero; Roberto Román; Javier Vaquero-Martinez; Alejandro J. P. Aparicio; Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo Reconstruction of daily global solar radiation under all-sky and cloud-free conditions in Badajoz (Spain) since 1929 Journal Article In: International Journal of Climatology, vol. n/a, no. n/a, 2023. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: atmospheric aerosols, cloud cover, dimming/brightening, early instrumental data, surface solar radiation @article{Montero-Martín2023, Abstract This work analyses the long-term temporal variability of the annual and seasonal series of reconstructed global solar radiation for both all-sky and cloud-free conditions in Badajoz (Spain) over the 1929–2015 period. Specifically, daily values of global horizontal irradiation (GHI) for all-sky cases are derived from a semiempirical method based on the relationship between the cloud modification factor and sunshine duration records. Additionally, cloud-free situations are selected using cloud cover (CC) information recorded by surface observations. Regarding GHI linear trends for all-sky conditions, three periods are clearly identified: during the 1929–1950 period, there is a positive and statistically significant trend of +4.18?W·m?2·decade?1. It is followed by a significant dimming with a trend of ?3.72?W·m?2·decade?1 between 1951 and 1984. GHI levels increase again from 1985 to 2015 with a statistically significant trend of +2.04?W·m?2·decade?1. The seasonal trends are found to be statistically significant only in summer for all the three subperiods. With the goal to find out the possible causes of the reconstructed GHI trends, the temporal variability of the CC was also analysed. It was observed that CC has a statistically significant negative trend between 1985 and 2015 which may partially explain the GHI increase shown for this period. In contrast, not statistically significant trends were found in the annual and seasonal CC series before 1985. The long-term evolution of the GHI under cloud-free conditions exhibits the same pattern as all-sky conditions: an increase during 1929–1950, followed by a decrease in 1951–1984 and then a new increase from 1985 to 2015. Therefore, the positive (negative) linear trends in GHI reported in this study could be partially related to a decrease (increase) in the aerosol load during the analysed three subperiods. |
2. | Barja, B.; Rosas, J.; Cachorro, V. E.; Toledano, C.; Antuña-Marrero, J. C.; Estevan, R.; de Frutos, A. Surface shortwave cloud radiative effect of cumulus and stratocumulus-cumulus cloud types in the Caribbean area (Camagüey Cuba, 2010-2016) Journal Article In: 36, vol. (1), pp. 41–56, 2023. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cloud effect efficiency (CEE), cloud effects on solar radiation (CRE) at surface, cloud optical depth (COD), cumulus and stratocumulus @article{Barja2023, The effects of cumulus (Cu) clouds and the combination of stratocumulus-cumulus (Sc-Cu) clouds on solar radiation at the Earth’s surface were evaluated at Camagüey, Cuba, during a 6-yr period (from June 2010 to May 2016). Two methods to calculate the cloud radiative effect (CRE) were employed. The first method (CREm) uses solar irradiances in cloudy conditions from actinometric observations, where cloud information was also reported by visual observation. In the second method (CRE0) surface solar irradiances were estimated for both cloudy and clear sky conditions using a 1-D radiative transfer model, and cloud optical depth (COD) retrieved from an AERONET sun-photometer as the main input. A temporal correspondence criterion between COD retrievals and actinometric observations was performed in order to classify the COD of each cloud type. After the application of this criterion, the COD belonging to the optically thin clouds was removed. Finally, 255 and 732 COD observations for Cu and Sc-Cu, respectively, were found. Results show a statistically significant difference at the 95% confidence level between CRE calculated for Sc-Cu and Cu, using both methods. Mean values of CREm and CRE0 for Cu (Sc-Cu) were ?442 (?390) and ?460 (?417) Wm–2, respectively. CRE0 shows a linear relation with ln(COD), with stronger correlation at a lower solar zenith angle. The shortwave cloud effect efficiency (CEE) for the two cloud types sharply decreases with the increase of the COD value up to 20. For larger COD, the CEE is less sensitive to the increase of COD. |
3. | Elena Bazo; María J. Granados-Muñoz; Roberto Román; Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda; Alberto Cazorla; Antonio Valenzuela; Ramiro González; Francisco José Olmo; Lucas Alados-Arboledas In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 282, pp. 106517, 2023, ISSN: 0169-8095. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: aerosol radiative properties, ceilometer, GAME, GRASP, Longwave radiative effect, Sun-sky photometer @article{Bazo2023, The aerosol radiative effect (ARE) is one of the atmospheric components still affected by large uncertainty. One of the causes is related to the fact that the longwave (LW) component is usually neglected, even though it is necessary for an accurate quantification of the ARE together with the shortwave component (SW). In this study we have developed a methodology based on the GAME (Global Atmospheric Model) radiative transfer model (RTM) that allows to obtain the radiative effect of the atmospheric aerosol for both spectral ranges in an automated way. The microphysical and optical properties necessary to feed the RTM have been obtained through the GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Aerosol and Surface Properties) algorithm, with the combination of ceilometer and sun-sky photometer data. Data measured in Granada (Spain) during 2017 have been used for the evaluation and implementation of this methodology. According to the results, the ARE in the SW spectral range (ARESW) varies between 0 and ? 50 Wm?2 for most of the data, whereas the ARE in the LW range (ARELW) varies between 0 and 5 Wm?2, at heights near the surface. In general, the obtained results agree with those found in the literature, with negative values in the SW range (cooling effect) and positive values in the LW (heating effect). The seasonal analysis shows that, for both components, the ARE is more important during the spring and summer seasons, when the aerosol load is greater, as expected. The analysis of the aerosol heating rate (AHR) shows positive values in the SW and negative values in the LW range. The majority of the AHRSW data varies between 0 and 1 Kd?1 during the year whereas the AHRLW does it between 0 and ? 0.15 Kd?1. The seasonal analysis of the AHR shows that the greater monthly average values are found during spring, however there is not much variability along the year, with the exception of February, under the effects of an extreme dust intrusion. The mineral dust particles in this event cause an ARESW of ?130 Wm?2 and an ARELW of 23 Wm?2 (ARELW/ARESW = 17%), thus pointing out that the LW component should not be neglected for coarse mode particles. Additionally, it is observed that the vertical distribution of the aerosol layers strongly influences the ARE and the AHR obtained profiles, affecting the way the atmospheric cooling/heating occurs in the vertical coordinate. |
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4. | D. Cappelletti; C. Petroselli; D. Mateos; M. Herreras; L. Ferrero; N. Losi; A. Gregori; C. Frangipani; G. La Porta; M. Lonardi; D. G. Chernov; A. Dekhtyareva Vertical profiles of black carbon and nanoparticles pollutants measured by a tethered balloon in Longyearbyen (Svalbard islands) Journal Article In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 290, pp. 119373, 2022, ISSN: 1352-2310. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol vertical profiles, Arctic pollution, Black carbon, Nanoparticles @article{CAPPELLETTI2022119373, Airborne meteorological and aerosol measurements have been performed in Longyearbyen (Svalbard islands) in the summer of 2018, coupling an instrumental aerosol payload with a meteorological radiosonde deployed on a tethered balloon. More than 70 vertical profiles of aerosol and meteorological properties have been recorded up to a maximum altitude of 1.2 km. As a main result, the present work provides a homogeneous gridded dataset of vertical profiles of equivalent black carbon (eBC) and nanoparticles (NP) concentrations and associated meteorological data (temperature, T, relative humidity, RH, pressure, P) to be employed for future modelling studies of Arctic pollution. Mean values (±SD) of eBC and NP below 500 m were 110 ± 10 ng m?3 and 1400 ± 400 particles cm?3, respectively. Mean values above 500 m were 150 ± 30 ng m?3 and 1000 ± 350 particles cm?3, respectively. Group medians of maximum eBC and NP concentrations in vertical profiles with temperature inversions were significantly higher than for those without inversion. The dataset has been complemented by continuous ground measurements of eBC with an average value of 208 ± 130 ng m?3 (median value 110 ± 70 ng m?3) for the entire campaign; the ground-based background (absence of local emission) eBC value was below 100 ng m?3 while maximum values were in the 1000–2000 ng m?3 range. Median eBC concentration measured at ground for 2 h before the tethered balloon launch was higher when temperature inversion was observed. The ground-based measurements, coupled with aerosol optical depth measurements, allowed for a preliminary discussion of two case studies related to high pollutants concentration events. |
5. | Marta María Jiménez-Martín; Mar Sorribas; Jose Antonio Adame; Carlos Toledano; Margarita Yela Comparison of the Integrated Water Vapor from Diverse Retrievals at El Arenosillo (Southwest, Spain) Conference 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC2022) Athens, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: Integrated water vapor @conference{Jiménez-Martín2022, |
6. | Elena Bazo; María José Granados-Muñoz; Roberto Román; Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda; Alberto Cazorla; Antonio Valenzuela; Francisco José Olmo; Lucas Alados-Arboledas Evaluation of the aerosol radiative effects based on GAME model and GRASPpac retrievals applied to AERONET/ICENET stations Conference 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC2022) Athens, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Aerosol radiative effects, GRASP @conference{Bazo2022, |
7. | M. J. Granados-Muñoz; J. L. Guerrero-Rascado; J. A. Bravo-Aranda; P. Cariñanos; J. Abril-Gago; D. Bermejo-Pantaleon; Alberto Cazorla; Roberto Roman; Ramiro González; Lucas Alados-Arboledas Analysis of optical, microphysical and radiative properties of extreme pollen events observed by remote sensors in Southeastern Spain Conference 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC2022) Athens, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol pollen event, aerosol radiative properties, microphysical properties, optical properties @conference{Granados-Muñoz2022, |
8. | A. Salguero; J. L. Guerrero-Rascado; M. João Costa; R. Román; A. Cazorla; A. Serrano; M. Pandolf; F. Molero; R. Barragán; M. Sicard; C. Córdoba-Jabonero; D. Bortoli; A. Comerón; F. Tiago Couto; D. C. F. dos Santos Oliveira; R. González; C.Gíl-Día; C. Muñoz-Porcar; D. Pérez-Ramírez; A. Rodríguez-Gómez; M. Herreras-Giralda; J. Abril-Gago; M.Á. López-Cayuela; C.V. Carvajal-Pérez; A. Barreto; L. Alados-Arboledas Characterization of Cumbre Vieja volcanic plumes detected over the Iberian Peninsula using GRASP algorithm retrievals from a set of remote sensing instrumentation Conference 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC2022) Athens, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption, GRASP, volcanic aerosol @conference{Salguero2022, |
9. | Javier Vaquero-Martínez; André F. Bagorrilha; Manuel Antón; Juan C. Antuña-Marrero; Victoria E. Cachorro Comparison of CIMEL sun-photometer and ground-based GNSS integrated water vapor over south-western European sites Journal Article In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 275, pp. 106217, 2022, ISSN: 0169-8095. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Comparison, GNSS, Sun photometer, sun-photometer, Water vapor @article{Vaquero-Martínez2022, This work analyzes the integrated water vapor (IWV) measured at six Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) stations with nearby global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in the Iberian Peninsula for the period 2007–2018. It is shown that both instruments have a high correlation (R2 > 0.91), with small mbe below 1.5 mm and standard deviation (SD) below 2 mm. However, some dependences have been observed when MBE and SD are represented in bins of three variables: IWV, solar zenith angle (SZA), and aerosol optical depth (AOD). The greater or lesser amount of water vapor in the atmosphere seemed to be the more influential variable, increasing dry bias and SD with increasing IWV. Moreover, high SZA values were related to SD increases. A clear seasonal cycle for Cimel–GNSS differences was observed which was mainly related to IWV seasonal cycle. Additionally, AOD did not show a remarkable influence on Cimel–GNSS differences. Finally, the monthly differences are also analyzed with metadata information about Cimel device ID numbers, showing that, for long-term studies, this information can be very valuable. |
10. | S. Herrero; R. Román; D. Mateos; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; C. Toledano; F. Almansa; R. Gonzalez; M. Herreras-Giralda; D. González-Fernández; V.E. Cachorro; A.M. de Frutos Retrieval of aerosol properties from zenith sky radiance measurements Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol, GRASP, zenith sky radiance @conference{Herrero2022, |
11. | R. Román; D. González-Fernández; C. Toledano; C. Emde; V. Cachorro; D. Mateos; S. Herrero-Anta; J. C. Antuña-Sánchez; R. González; J.C. Antuña-Marrero; B. Mayer; A. Calle; A.M. de Frutos Impact of clouds on cloud-free sky radiances in a partially cloudy scenario Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: all-sky camera, clouds, GRASP, sky radiance @conference{Román2022b, |
12. | R. Román; J. C. Antuña-Sánchez; V. E. Cachorro; C. Toledano; B. Torres; D. Mateos; D. Fuertes; C. López; R. González; T. Lapionok; M. Herreras-Giralda; O. Dubovik; A.M. de Frutos Retrieval of Aerosol Properties with an all-sky Camera Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol Properties, all-sky camera, GRASP @conference{Román2022c, |
13. | A. Barreto; O.E. García; R. Román; M. Sicard; V. Rizi; R. Roininen; P.M. Romero- Campos; Y. González; S. Rodríguez; R.D. García; C. Torres; M. Iarlori; E. Cuevas; C. Córdoba-Jabonero; J. de La Rosa; A. Rodríguez-Gómez; C. Muñoz-Porcar; A. Comerón; A. Bedoya-Velásquez; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; V. Neustroev; E. Pietropaolo; J. López- Darias; M.A. López-Cayuela; C. Carvajal-Pérez; J.J. Bustos; O. Álvarez; C. Toledano; C. Aramo; J. Vilches; R. González; A.F. Almansa; R. Ceolato; N. Taquet; N. Prats; A. Redondas; C.I. Bayo; R. Ramos; V. Carreño; S.L. León; P.P. Rivas; A. Alcántara; C. López; P. Martín La Palma Volcano Eruption: Characterisation of Volcanic Aerosols and Gas Emissions from a Synergetic Perspective Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: La Palma, volcanic aerosol, volcanic eruption @conference{Barreto2022, |
14. | S. Kazadzis; N. Kouremeti; J. Gröbner; M. Campanelli; V. Estelles; H. Che; C. Toledano; P. Goloub; A. Barreto; T. Carlund; R. Becker; L. Doppler; F. Navas-Guzmán; M. Milner; W.S. Jung; A. Kreuter Results of 5th filter radiometer comparison of aerosol optical depth measurements Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol optical depth @conference{Kazadzis2022, |
15. | D. Mateos; S. Herrero; R. Román; C. Ritter; J.C. Antuña-Sanchez; D. Ruiz-Ramos; D. González-Fernández; R. González; J.C. Antuña-Marrero; C. Toledano; V.E. Cachorro; A. Calle; A.M. de Frutos Aerosol Radiative Effect in the European Arctic Under High Turbidity Conditions in the Period 2017-2021 by Sun/Lunar Photometry Conference International Radiation Symposium Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: #Arctic, High turbidity episodes, photometry, Radiative forcing @conference{Mateos2022, |
16. | A. Calle; P. Martín; C. Toledano; R. González; R. Román; D. Mateos; V. Cachorro; S. Herrero; J.C. Antuña-Marrero; D. González-Fernández; A.M. de Frutos Caracterización del espesor óptico de aerosoles en latitudes árticas y antárticas Conference XIX Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección Pamplona, Spain, 2022. BibTeX | Tags: AOD, Polar Regions @conference{Calle2022, |
17. | Antuña Marrero, J.C.; Mann, G.; Barnes, J.; Shallcross, S.; Dhomse, S.; Calle, A.; Cachorro, V. E.; Deshler, T.; Zhengyao, L.; Sharma, N. Recovering lost or forgotten stratospheric lidar and searchlight datasets to provide new constraints for stratospheric change and volcanic impacts Conference 3rd International Workshop on Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate (SSiRC) Leeds, United Kingdom, 2022. @conference{Marrero2022, |
18. | García, O.; Suárez, D.; Cuevas, E.; Ramos, R.; Barreto, Á.; Hernández, M.; Quintero, V.; Toledano, C.; Sicard, M.; Córdoba-Jabonero, C.; Riz, V.; Roininen, R.; López, C.; Vilches, J.; Weiss, M.; Carreño, V.; Taquet, N.; Boulesteix, T.; Fraile, E.; Torres, C.; Prats, N.; Alcántara, A.; León, S.; Rivas, P.; Álvarez, Ó.; Parra, F.; de Luis, J.; González, C.; Armas, C.; Romero, P.; de Bustos, J.; Redondas, A.; Marrero, C.; Milford, C.; Román, R.; González, R.; López-Cayuela, M.; Carvajal-Pérez, C.; Chinea, N.; García, R.; Almansa, F.; González, Y.; Bullón, F.; Poggio, M.; Rivera, C.; Bayo, C.; Rey, F. La erupción volcánica de La Palma y el papel de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología Journal Article In: Revista Tiempo Y Clima, vol. 5, no. 76, 2022. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: @article{García2022, Durante la erupción del volcán de Cumbre Vieja, en la isla de La Palma en 2021, la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), en calidad de Servicio Nacional y Autoridad Meteorológica del Estado, prestó diferentes servicios de apoyo al Comité Científico y al Comité Asesor del Plan de Emergencias Volcánicas de Canarias (PEVOLCA). Parte de sus actividades abarcaron la vigilancia y predicción meteorológica, la monitorización y predicción del transporte del penacho volcánico, y la valoración del impacto de las emisiones de gases y cenizas de la erupción volcánica en la calidad del aire en la isla de La Palma y en la región de Canarias. |
19. | J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; R. Román; J.L. Bosch; C. Toledano; D. Mateos; R. González; V.E. Cachorro; Ángel de Frutos ORION software tool for the geometrical calibration of all-sky cameras Journal Article In: PLoS ONE 17(3), 2022. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: all-sky camera, clouds, image analylis, polynomials, stars @article{Antuña-Sánchez2022, This paper presents the software application ORION (All-sky camera geOmetry calibRation from star positIONs). This software has been developed with the aim of providing geometrical calibration to all-sky cameras, i.e. assess which sky coordinates (zenith and azimuth angles) correspond to each camera pixel. It is useful to locate bodies over the celestial vault, like stars and planets, in the camera images. The user needs to feed ORION with a set of cloud-free sky images captured at night-time for obtaining the calibration matrices. ORION searches the position of various stars in the sky images. This search can be automatic or manual. The sky coordinates of the stars and the corresponding pixel positions in the camera images are used together to determine the calibration matrices. The calibration is based on three parameters: the pixel position of the sky zenith in the image; the shift angle of the azimuth viewed by the camera with respect to the real North; and the relationship between the sky zenith angle and the pixel radial distance regards to the sky zenith in the image. In addition, ORION includes other features to facilitate its use, such as the check of the accuracy of the calibration. An example of ORION application is shown, obtaining the calibration matrices for a set of images and studying the accuracy of the calibration to predict a star position. Accuracy is about 9.0 arcmin for the analyzed example using a camera with average resolution of 5.4 arcmin/pixel (about 1.7 pixels). |
20. | V. E. Cachorro; J. C. Antuña-Sanchez; Á. M. Frutos SSolar-GOA v1.0: a simple, fast, and accurate Spectral SOLAR radiative transfer model for clear skies Journal Article In: Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1689–1712, 2022. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: model, Radiative transfer, Solar radiation @article{Cachorro2022, The aim of this work is to describe the features of and to validate a simple, fast, accurate, and physically based spectral radiative transfer model in the solar wavelength range under clear skies. The model, named SSolar-GOA (the first “S” stands for “spectral”), was developed to evaluate the instantaneous values of spectral solar irradiances at ground level or at a given altitude of the atmosphere. The model requirements are designed based on the simplicity of the analytical expressions for the transmittance functions in order to be easily replicated and applied by a wide community of users for many different applications (atmospheric and environmental research studies, satellite remote sensing, solar energy, agronomy and forestry, ecology, and others). Although spectral, the model runs quickly and has sufficient accuracy for the evaluation of solar irradiances with a spectral resolution of 1–10?nm. The model assumes a single mixed molecule–aerosol scattering layer where the original Ambartsumian method of “adding layers” in a one-dimensional medium is applied, obtaining a parameterized expression for the total transmittance of scattering. Absorption by the different atmospheric gases follows “band model” parameterized expressions. The input parameters must be realistic and easily available since the spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD) is the main driver of the model. The validation of the SSolar-GOA model has been carried out through comparison with simulated irradiance data from the libRadtran package and with direct and global spectra measured by spectroradiometers. Thousands of spectra under clear skies have been compared for different atmospheric conditions and solar zenith angles (SZA). The SSolar-GOA is validated by a quantitative comparison with libRadtran, showing that it underestimates direct normal, global, and diffuse spectral components with relative differences of +1?% (RMSE?%?=?4.6–8), +3?% (RMSE?%?=?5.3–8), and 8?% (RMSE?%?=?9.3–9.6), respectively, when the SZA varies from 6 to 60?. Compared with the measured irradiance data of the LI-1800 and ASD spectroradiometers, the relative differences of direct normal and global components are within the overall experimental error, about ±2?%–12?% (RMSE?%?=?5–8.3), with underestimated or overestimated values. The diffuse component presents the highest degree of relative difference that can reach ±20?%–30?% and RMSE of 25?%–50?%. The relative differences depend strongly on the spectral solar region analysed and the SZA, but the high values of RMSE are due to the artifice generated by the different spectral resolution of the absorption coefficients of both models. Model approach errors combined with calibration instrument errors may explain the observed differences. The SSolar-GOA v1.0 is implemented in Python and open-source licensing. |
21. | Juan Carlos Antuña-Marrero; Roberto Román; Victoria E. Cachorro; David Mateos; Carlos Toledano; Abel Calle; Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez; Javier Vaquero-Martínez; Manuel Antón; Ángel M. Frutos Baraja Integrated water vapor over the Arctic: Comparison between radiosondes and sun photometer observations Journal Article In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 270, pp. 106059, 2022, ISSN: 0169-8095. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Arctic, Integrated water vapor, radiosonde, Sun photometer @article{Antuña-Marrero2022, The amplification of global warming because of the feedbacks associated with the increase in atmospheric moisture and the decrease in sea ice and snow cover in the Arctic is currently the focus of scientists, policy makers and society. The amplification of global warming is the response to increases in precipitation originally caused by climate change. Arctic predominant increases in specific humidity and precipitation have been documented by observations. In comparison, evapotranspiration in the Arctic is poorly known, in part, because the spatial and temporal sparsity of accurate in situ and remote sensing observations. Although more than 20 observations sites in the Arctic are available, where AERONET sun photometer integrated water vapor (IWV) measurements have been conducted, that information have been barely used. Here, we present a comparison of IWV observations from radiosondes and AERONET sun photometers at ten sites located across the Arctic with the goal to document the feasibility of that set of observations to contribute to the ongoing and future research on polar regions. Sun photometer IWV observations are averaged for three-time windows; 30 min, 6 and 24 h. The predominant dry bias of AERONET IWV observations with respect to radiosondes, identified at tropical and midlatitudes, is also present in the Arctic. The statistics of the comparison show robust results at eight of the ten sites, with precision and accuracy magnitudes below 8 and 2% respectively. The possible causes of the less robust results at the other two sites are discussed. In addition, the impact of selecting other temporal coincidence windows in the average sun photometer IWV used in the comparison were tested. Auto-correlation in diurnal sun photometer IWV could produce appreciable bias in the statistics used for the comparison. We suggest using only one pair of values per day, consisting in the daily mean IWV sun photometer and the IWV radiosonde observation value. This feature should be valid also for comparison of IWV from sun photometer and other instruments. Maximum 10% error level of IWV from sun photometer observations, when compared with radiosondes, have been found for the Arctic. It is in the same order of magnitude than at tropical and middle latitudes locations. It has been demonstrated the feasibility of AERONET IWV observations in the Arctic for research on this variable. AERONET standard instruments and its centralized-standard processing algorithm allow its IWV observations to be considered a relative standard dataset for the re-calibration of other instrumental IWV observations assuming radiosondes as the absolute standard dataset. |
22. | R. Román; J. C. Antuña-Sánchez; V. E. Cachorro; C. Toledano; B. Torres; D. Mateos; D. Fuertes; C. López; R. González; T. Lapionok; M. Herreras-Giralda; O. Dubovik; Á. M. Frutos Retrieval of aerosol properties using relative radiance measurements from an all-sky camera Journal Article In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 407–433, 2022. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: aerosol, all-sky camera, GRASP, retrieval @article{Román2022, This paper explores the potential of all-sky cameras to retrieve aerosol properties with the GRASP code (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties). To this end, normalized sky radiances (NSRs) extracted from an all-sky camera at three effective wavelengths (467, 536 and 605?nm) are used in this study. NSR observations are a set of relative (uncalibrated) sky radiances in arbitrary units. NSR observations have been simulated for different aerosol loads and types with the forward radiative transfer module of GRASP, indicating that NSR observations contain information about the aerosol type, as well as about the aerosol optical depth (AOD), at least for low and moderate aerosol loads. An additional sensitivity study with synthetic data has been carried out to quantify the theoretical accuracy and precision of the aerosol properties (AOD, size distribution parameters, etc.) retrieved by GRASP using NSR observations as input. As a result, the theoretical accuracy of AOD is within ±0.02 for AOD values lower than or equal to 0.4, while the theoretical precision goes from 0.01 to 0.05 when AOD at 467?nm varies from 0.1 to 0.5. NSR measurements recorded at Valladolid (Spain) with an all-sky camera for more than 2 years have been inverted with GRASP. The retrieved aerosol properties are compared with independent values provided by co-located AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) measurements. AODs from both data sets correlate with determination coefficient (r2) values of about 0.87. Finally, the novel multi-pixel approach of GRASP is applied to daily camera radiances together by constraining the temporal variation in certain aerosol properties. This temporal linkage (multi-pixel approach) provides promising results, reducing the highly temporal variation in some aerosol properties retrieved with the standard (one by one or single-pixel) approach. This work implies an advance in the use of all-sky cameras for the retrieval of aerosol properties. |
23. | Albeht Rodríguez-Vega; Juan Carlos Antuña-Marrero; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera; Victoria E. Cachorro Revilla; Ángel Frutos Baraja; Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez Climatology of aerosols over the Caribbean islands: aerosol types, synoptic patterns and transport Journal Article In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2022. @article{ClimatologyofaerosolsovertheCaribbeanislandsaerosoltypessynopticpatternsandtransport, |
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24. | Daniel González-Fernández; Jorge Monzón; Elena Pascual; Íñigo de Loyola; Pablo Gila; Pablo Álvarez; Víctor M. González; David Mateos Efecto Schlieren: visualización de pequeños cambios en el índice de refracción Conference XIII Reunión Nacional de Óptica (RNO) Madrid, Spain (Online), 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{González-Fernández2021, |
25. | S. Herrero-Anta; D. Mateos; R. Román; D. González-Fernández; C. Toledano; R. González; J. C. Antuña-Sanchez; V. E. Cachorro; A. Calle; A. M. de Frutos Empleo de técnicas de medida láser y fotométricas para la identificación de aerosoles atmosféricos en el Círculo polar Ártico Conference XIII Reunión Nacional de Óptica (RNO) Madrid, Spain (Online), 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Herrero-Anta2021d, |
26. | A.E. Bedoya-Velásquez; S. Lefebvre; M. Herreras-Giralda; R. Román; C. Toledano; T.Huet; R.Ceolato Inverse methods for retrieving aerosol products from ceilometers Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol Properties, ceilometer, inverse methods @conference{Bedoya-Velásquez2021, |
27. | E. Bazo; M.J. Granados-Muñoz; J.A. Bravo-Aranda; R. Román Statistical analysis of the atmospheric aerosol radiative properties over a year in Granada Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol radiative properties @conference{Bazo2021, |
28. | A. Bereinkua; D. Pérez-Ramírez; H. Lyamani; A. Cazorla; R. Román; R. González; D. Bermejo-Pantaleón; S.D. Aguirre-García; S. Aranda; P. Cariñanos; M. J. Granados-Muñoz; J. A. Bravo-Aranda; J. Abril-Gago; L. Alados-Arboledas; J. L. Guerrero-Rascado First characterization of aerosol profiles retrieved from ceilometer and sun-photometer by the GRASP algorithm at the rural Guadiana-UGR station Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol profiles, ceilometer, GRASP, sun-photometer @conference{Bereinkua2021, |
29. | R. Román; R. González; A. Cazorla; M. Herreras-Giralda; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; C. Toledano CAECENET: Columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol products in near-real-time joining sun/sky photometer and ceilometer measurement networks Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol products, ceilometer, sun-sky photometry @conference{Román2021, |
30. | R. Román; R. González; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; A. Barreto; P. Martín; C. Toledano; R. Ramos; A. Cazorla; S. Herrero-Anta; D. Mateos; O. García; D. González-Fernández; R. Carracedo; M. Herreras-Giralda; V. Carreño; A. Calle; V.E. Cachorro; E. Cuevas; A. M. de Frutos Vertical profiles of aerosol properties retrieved at La Palma, Canary Islands, during the CUmbre-Vieja volcano eruption in September-October 2021 Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol Properties @conference{Román2021b, |
31. | S. Herrero-Anta; D. Mateos; R. Román; D. González-Fernández; C. Toledano; R. González; V. E. Cachorro; A. Calle; A. M. de Frutos Identification and tracking of a desert dust plume detected at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Herrero-Anta2021c, |
32. | Antuña-Marrero, J. C.; Mann, G. W.; Barnes, J.; Rodríguez Vega, A.; Shallcross, S.; Dhomse, S.; Keckhut, P.; Nardi, B.; Thomason, L. W. SSiRC stratospheric aerosols lidar data rescue Conference Virtual Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role on Climate (SSiRC) Online, 2021. @conference{Antuña-Marrero2021c, |
33. | A. Barreto; R. Román; M. Sicard; V. Rizi; R. Roininen; P. M. Romero-Campos; Y. González; S. Rodríguez; R. D. García; C. Torres; M. Iarlori; O. E. García; E. Cuevas; C. Córdoba-Jabonero; J. de la Rosa; A. Rodríguez-Gómez; C. Muñoz-Porcar; A. Comerón; A. Bedoya-Velásquez; J.C. Antuña-Sanchez; V. Neustroev; E. Pietropaolo; Y. Lopez-Darias; J. J. Bustos; O. Álvarez; C. Toledano; C. Aramo; R. González; F.A. Almansa; R. Ceolato; N. Prats; A. Redondas; C. Bayo; R. Ramos; S. L. León; P. Martín Characterization of volcanic aerosols from a synergetic perspective during Cumbre Vieja (La Palma) eruption Conference ACTRIS Week 2021 Online, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Barreto2021c, |
34. | Antuña-Marrero, J. C.; Estevan, R.; Landulfo, E.; Rodríguez-Vega, A.; Antuña-Sanchez, J. C Extending LALINET observations to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS): A challenge in the post-COVID-19 era Conference XI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America Online, 2021. @conference{Antuña-Marrero2021d, |
35. | A. Bereinkua; D. Pérez-Ramírez; H. Lyamani; A. Cazorla; R. Román; R. González; D. Bermejo-Pantaleón; S. D. Aguirre-García; S. Aranda; P. Cariñanos; M. J. Granados-Muñoz; J. A. Bravo-Aranda; L. Alados-Arboledas; J. L. Guerrero-Rascado Intense Saharan Dust Event Over the Southern Iberian Peninsula in Spring 2021 study using GRASP Algorithm Conference XI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America (WLMÑLA XI) Punta Arenas, Chile, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Bereinkua2021b, |
36. | O. E. García; M. Schneider; E. Sepúlveda; F. Hase; T. Blumenstock; E. Cuevas; R. Ramos; J. Gross; S. Barthlott; A. N. Röhling; E. Sanromá; Y. González; Á. J. Gómez-Peláez; M. Navarro-Comas; O. Puentedura; M. Yela; A. Redondas; V. Carre no; S. F. León-Luis; E. Reyes; R. D. García; P. P. Rivas; P. M. Romero-Campos; C. Torres; N. Prats; M. Hernández; C. López Twenty years of ground-based NDACC FTIR spectrometry at Izaña Observatory -- overview and long-term comparison to other techniques Journal Article In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 21, no. 20, pp. 15519–15554, 2021. Links | BibTeX | Tags: long-term comparison, NDACC FTIR @article{García2021b, |
37. | Guerrero-Rascado, J.L.; Bereinkua, A.; Bermejo-Pantaléon, D.; Román, R.; González, R.; Cazorla, A.; Pérez-Ramírez, D.; Lyamani, H.; Aguirre-García, S. D.; Aranda, S.; Abril-Gago, J.; Granados-Muñoz, M. J.; Bravo-Aranda, J. A.; Alados-Arboledas, L.; Cariñanos, P First characterization of the pollen vertical profiles at an olive crop by remote sensing techniques Conference Air Pollution threats to Plant Ecosystems Conference Paphos, Cyprus, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Guerrero-Rascado2021, |
38. | C Peris-Ferrús; J L Gómez-Amo; P C Valdelomar; F Scarlatti; R Román; C Emde; M P Utrillas Retrieval of cloud optical depth: synergies between whole sky imagers and radiative transfer modeling Conference Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXVI (RS104) Madrid, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @conference{Peris-Ferrús2021, |
39. | J. C. Antuña-Marrero; G. W. Mann; J. Barnes; A. Rodríguez-Vega; S. Shallcross; S. S. Dhomse; G. Fiocco; G. W. Grams In: Earth System Science Data, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 4407–4423, 2021. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: aerosol, LIDAR @article{Antuña-Marrero2021, We report the recovery and processing methodology of the first ever multi-year lidar dataset of the stratospheric aerosol layer. A Q-switched ruby lidar measured 66 vertical profiles of 694?nm attenuated backscatter at Lexington, Massachusetts, between January 1964 and August 1965, with an additional nine profile measurements conducted from College, Alaska, during July and August 1964. We describe the processing of the recovered lidar backscattering ratio profiles to produce mid-visible (532?nm) stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles (sAEP532) and stratospheric aerosol optical depth (sAOD532) measurements, utilizing a number of contemporary measurements of several different atmospheric variables. Stratospheric soundings of temperature and pressure generate an accurate local molecular backscattering profile, with nearby ozone soundings determining the ozone absorption, which are used to correct for two-way ozone transmittance. Two-way aerosol transmittance corrections are also applied based on nearby observations of total aerosol optical depth (across the troposphere and stratosphere) from sun photometer measurements. We show that accounting for these two-way transmittance effects substantially increases the magnitude of the 1964/1965 stratospheric aerosol layer's optical thickness in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, then ??50?% larger than represented in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6) volcanic forcing dataset. Compared to the uncorrected dataset, the combined transmittance correction increases the sAOD532 by up to 66?% for Lexington and up to 27?% for Fairbanks, as well as individual sAEP532 adjustments of similar magnitude. Comparisons with the few contemporary measurements available show better agreement with the corrected two-way transmittance values. Within the January 1964 to August 1965 measurement time span, the corrected Lexington sAOD532 time series is substantially above 0.05 in three distinct periods, October 1964, March 1965, and May–June 1965, whereas the 6 nights the lidar measured in December 1964 and January 1965 had sAOD values of at most ??0.03. The comparison with interactive stratospheric aerosol model simulations of the Agung aerosol cloud shows that, although substantial variation in mid-latitude sAOD532 are expected from the seasonal cycle in the stratospheric circulation, the Agung cloud's dispersion from the tropics would have been at its strongest in winter and weakest in summer. The increasing trend in sAOD from January to July 1965, also considering the large variability, suggests that the observed variations are from a different source than Agung, possibly from one or both of the two eruptions that occurred in 1964/1965 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 3: Trident, Alaska, and Vestmannaeyjar, Heimaey, south of Iceland. A detailed error analysis of the uncertainties in each of the variables involved in the processing chain was conducted. Relative errors for the uncorrected sAEP532 were 54?% for Fairbanks and 44?% Lexington. For the corrected sAEP532 the errors were 61?% and 64?%, respectively. The analysis of the uncertainties identified variables that with additional data recovery and reprocessing could reduce these relative error levels. Data described in this work are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922105 (Antuña-Marrero et al., 2020a). |
40. | S. Herrero-Anta Análisis de una pluma de aerosol mineral detectada en el Ártico mediante fotometría solar Masters Thesis Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: @mastersthesis{Herrero-Anta2021e, |
41. | J A Benavent-Oltra; J A Casquero-Vera; R Román; H Lyamani; D Pérez-Ramírez; M J Granados-Muñoz; M Herrera; A Cazorla; G Titos; P Ortiz-Amezcua; A E Bedoya-Velásquez; G de Arruda Moreira; N Pérez; A Alastuey; O Dubovik; J L Guerrero-Rascado; F J Olmo-Reyes; L Alados-Arboledas Overview of the SLOPE I and II campaigns: aerosol properties retrieved with lidar and sun--sky photometer measurements Journal Article In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 9269-9287, 2021. Links | BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol Properties, LIDAR, SLOPE, sun photometry @article{Benavent-Oltra2021, |
42. | Barreto, A.; García, O. E.; Schneider, M.; García, R.D.; Hase, F.; Sepúlveda, E.; Almansa, A.F.; Cuevas, E.; Blumenstock, T. Aerosol properties by ground-based TCCON FTIR spectrometry Conference TCCON/COCCON/NDACC Meeting 2021 Online, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: Aerosol Properties, FTIR, spectrometry @conference{Barreto2021b, |
43. | Adolfo Comerón; Michaël Sicard; Marco Pandolfi; Roberto Román; ACTRIS-España ACTRIS-España y sus actividades durante el confinamiento del COVID-19 en 2020 Conference Congreso Nacional del Medioambiente (CONAMA2020) Granada, Spain, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: ACTRIS, aerosol @conference{Comerón2021, |
44. | Barreto, A.; García, O.E.; Schneider, M.; García, R.D.; Hase, F.; Sepúlveda, E.; Almansa, A.F.; Cuevas, E.; Blumenstock, T. Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth and Angstrom Exponent From Ground-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry Conference Innovation in Atmospheric Sciences Virtual Workshop Online, 2021. BibTeX | Tags: aerosol optical depth, Angstrom Exponent, FTIR @conference{Barreto2021, |
45. | R. González; C. Toledano; R. Román Diez; D. Mateos; E. Asmi; E. Rodriguez; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; S. Herrero-Anta; V.E. Cachorro; A. Calle; A.M. de Frutos Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments Conference EGU21, European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Aerosol Properties, biomass burning, long-range transport, Polar Regions @conference{González2021bb, Long range transported aerosol from biomass burning affects polar regions, especially the Arctic. The frequency and intensity of bushfires in the context of a warming climate has been pointed out in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In high latitudes, these events impact large areas through long-range transport of the smoke particles in the troposphere or even the stratosphere. The lifetime and radiative impact are related with the height of the plumes and the processes that modify particle size and absorptive properties during the transport. Several recent publications have shown the impact of the Australian smoke in the southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, in January-March 2020. The tools that were used to monitor that extraordinary event can be used in the Arctic to investigate similar effects in the frequent biomass burning events that generate smoke plumes in boreal regions. In this work, we present the results derived from ground-based instrumentation as well as satellite and model data. The change of the smoke properties after several days of transport is also provided, namely an increase in the fine mode particle size and the single scattering albedo, as well as a decrease in the coarse mode particle concentration. These features are relevant for radiative forcing calculations and therefore the impact of long range transported smoke in the radiative balance over polar regions. |
46. | S. Herrero-Anta; D. Mateos; C. Toledano; R. Román; R. González; C. Ritter; J.C. Antuña-Sanchez; D. González-Fernández; A. Calle; V.E. Cachorro; A.M. de Frutos Inventory of aerosol episodes in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard) in the period 2017-2020 by sun photometry Conference EGU21, European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Arctic Haze, High turbidity episodes, Svalbard @conference{Herrero-Anta2021b, Atmospheric aerosols are an important forcing agent in the estimation of radiative budget, being the Arctic an area of special weakness. The Group of Atmospheric Optics, University of Valladolid and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, installed in 2017 a CE-318T Sun-sky-Moon photometer (Cimel Electronique S.A.S) in the Arctic station Ny-Ålesund (79ºN, 12ºE). This study presents an inventory of all high-turbidity aerosol episodes recorded in the period 2017-2020 (data of level 1.5-validated from AERONET). This inventory is based on the separate analysis of coarse and fine mode aerosol optical depth. Aerosol episodes are attributed to coarse, fine or mixture of aerosols. Complementary information provided by HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories, MODIS images, forecast aerosol models, CALIOP/CALIPSO satellite data, and other collocated instruments on the station are also used. Special focus is given to long-range transport of aerosols from big forest fires in Canada, United States and Russia |
47. | S. Taylor; S. Adriaensen; C. Toledano; A. Barreto; E. Woolliams; M. Bouvet LIME: the Lunar Irradiance Model of the European Space Agency Conference EGU21, European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: calibration, LIME, lunar photometry @conference{Taylor2021, Absolute calibration of Earth observation sensors is key to ensuring long term stability and interoperability, essential for long term global climate records and forecasts. The Moon provides a photometrically stable calibration source, within the range of the Earth radiometric levels, and is free from atmospheric interference. However, to use this ideal calibration source, one must model the variation of its disk integrated irradiance resulting from changes in Sun-Earth-Moon geometries. LIME, the Lunar Irradiance Model of the European Space Agency, is a new lunar irradiance model developed from ground-based observations acquired using a lunar photometer operating from the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory and Teide Peak, Tenerife. Approximately 300 lunar observations acquired between March 2018 and October 2020 currently contribute to the model, which builds on the widely-used ROLO (Robotic Lunar Observatory) model. This presentation will outline the strategy used to derive LIME. First, the instrument was calibrated traceably to SI and characterised to determine its thermal sensitivity and its linearity over the wide dynamic range required. Second, the instrument was installed at the observatory, and nightly observations over a two-hour time window were extrapolated to provide top-of-atmosphere lunar irradiance using the Langley plot method. Third, these observations were combined to derive the model. Each of these steps includes a metrologically rigorous uncertainty analysis. Comparisons to several EO sensors will be presented including Proba-V, Pleiades and Sentinel 3A and 3B, as well as a comparison to GIRO, the GSICS implementation of the ROLO model. Initial results indicate LIME predicts 3% - 5% higher disk integrated lunar irradiance than the GIRO/ROLO model for the visible and near-infrared channels. The model has an expanded (k = 2) absolute radiometric uncertainty of ~2%, and it is expected that planned observations until at least 2024 will further constrain the model in subsequent updates. |
48. | Antuña-Marrero, J. C.; Mann, G.; Barnes, J.; Rodríguez-Vega, A.; Shallcross, S.; Dhomse, S.; Fiocco, G.; Grams, G.W. Data rescue of stratospheric aerosol observations from lidar at Lexington, MA, and Fairbanks, AK, January 1964 to July 1965 Conference European Geosciences Union (EGU) Online, 2021. @conference{Antuña-Marrero2021b, |
49. | S. Herrero-Anta; C. Toledano; R. Román; R. González; C. Rtitter; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; D. González-Fernández; A. Calle; V.E. Cachorro; A.M. de Frutos Long range transported aerosol events over Ny-Alesund (Svalbard) in 2020 observed with Sun-Sky-Moon photometry Conference Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Aerosol Properties, Arctic Haze, biomass burning, Svalbard @conference{Herrero-Anta2021, The recent development of the of Sun-sky-Moon photometers allows using both Sun and Moon as light sources to retrieve columnar aerosol properties. In this framework, the Group of Atmospheric optics, University of Valladolid and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, installed in 2017 a CE-318T Sun-sky-Moon photometer (Cimel Electronique S.A.S) in the Arctic station Ny-Ålesund (79oN, 12oE). This instrument contributes to the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET), and it is recording a continuous (summer +winter) database of columnar aerosol properties. This study presents an inventory of all high-turbidity aerosol episodes recorded in 2020 based on the mentioned photometer measurements. Complementary information provided by HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories, MODIS images, forecast aerosol models, CALIOP/CALIPSO satellite data, and other collocated instruments on the station are also used. Special focus is given to long-range transport of aerosols from forest fires in Canada, United States and Russia. |
50. | R. González; C. Toledano; R. Román; D. Mateos; E. Asmi; E. Rodríguez; J.C. Antuña-Sánchez; S. Herrero-Anta; V.E. Cachorro; A. Calle; A.M. de Frutos Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments Conference Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021), International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Lisbon, Portugal (online), 2021. Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: AERONET, Aerosol Properties, biomass burning, Polar Regions, Transport @conference{González2021b, Long range transported aerosol from biomass burning affects polar regions, especially the Arctic. The frequency and intensity of bushfires in the context of a warming climate has been pointed out in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In high latitudes, these events impact large areas through long-range transport of the smoke particles in the troposphere or even the stratosphere. The lifetime and radiative impact are related with the height of the plumes and the processes that modify particle size and absorptive properties during the transport. Several recent publications have shown the impact of the Australian smoke in the southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, in January-March 2020. The tools that were used to monitor that extraordinary event can be used in the Arctic to investigate similar effects in the frequent biomass burning events that generate smoke plumes in boreal regions. In this work, we present the results derived from ground-based instrumentation as well as satellite and model data. The change of the smoke properties after several days of transport is also provided, namely an increase in the fine mode particle size and the single scattering albedo, as well as a decrease in the coarse mode particle concentration. These features are relevant for radiative forcing calculations and therefore the impact of long range transported smoke in the radiative balance over polar regions. |
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25. | Empleo de técnicas de medida láser y fotométricas para la identificación de aerosoles atmosféricos en el Círculo polar Ártico Conference XIII Reunión Nacional de Óptica (RNO) Madrid, Spain (Online), 2021. |
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28. | First characterization of aerosol profiles retrieved from ceilometer and sun-photometer by the GRASP algorithm at the rural Guadiana-UGR station Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. |
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30. | Vertical profiles of aerosol properties retrieved at La Palma, Canary Islands, during the CUmbre-Vieja volcano eruption in September-October 2021 Conference European Lidar Conference 2021 (ELC2021) Granada, Spain, 2021. |
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33. | Characterization of volcanic aerosols from a synergetic perspective during Cumbre Vieja (La Palma) eruption Conference ACTRIS Week 2021 Online, 2021. |
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35. | Intense Saharan Dust Event Over the Southern Iberian Peninsula in Spring 2021 study using GRASP Algorithm Conference XI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America (WLMÑLA XI) Punta Arenas, Chile, 2021. |
36. | Twenty years of ground-based NDACC FTIR spectrometry at Izaña Observatory -- overview and long-term comparison to other techniques Journal Article In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 21, no. 20, pp. 15519–15554, 2021. |
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