SaharanDust 2000-2010: data from all EARLINET stations: various variables in b-files or e-files

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The EARLINET publishing group 2000-2010 et al.

Dataset
Summary
The geographical distribution of the EARLINET stations is particularly
suitable for dust observation, with stations located all around the Mediterranean
(from the Iberian Peninsula in the West to the Greece and Bulgaria and Romania in
the East) and in the center of the Mediterranean (Italian stations) where dust
intrusions are frequent, and with several stations in the central Europe where
dust penetrates occasionally.

A suitable observing methodology has been established within the network, based on
Saharan dust alerts distributed to all EARLINET stations. The dust alert is based
on the operational outputs (aerosol dust load) of the DREAM (Dust REgional Atmospheric
Model), and the Skiron models. The alerts are diffused 24 to 36 hours prior to the
arrival of dust aerosols over the EARLINET sites. Runs of measurements longer than
3-hour observations, typical for the EARLINET climatological measurements are
performed at the EARLINET stations in order to investigate the temporal evolution
of the dust events. All aerosol backscatter and extinction profiles related to
observations of Saharan dust layers are collected in the "Saharan dust" category of
the EARLINET database.
Project
EARLINET (A European Aerosol Research Lidar Network to Establish an Aerosol Climatology)
Location(s)
Europe
Additional Information
EARLINET list of variables
EARLINET Publishing Group 2000-2010 (pdf)
EARLINET general introduction (pdf)
Spatial Coverage
Longitude -8 to 29 Latitude 37.2 to 54
Temporal Coverage
2000-04-01 to 2010-12-31 (calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
registered users
Size
25.14 MiB (26356881 Byte)
Format
netCDF.zip
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
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Cite as
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The EARLINET publishing group 2000-2010; Adam, Mariana; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Althausen, Dietrich; Amiridis, V.; Amodeo, Aldo; Ansmann, Albert; Apituley, Arnoud; Arshinov, Yuri; Balis, Dimitris; Belegante, Livio; Bobrovnikov, Sergey; Boselli, Antonella; Bravo-Aranda, Juan Antonio; Bösenberg, Jens; Carstea, Emil; Chaikovsky, Anatoly; Comerón, Adolfo; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Daou, David; Dreischuh, Tanja; Engelmann, Ronny; Finger, Fanny; Freudenthaler, Volker; Garcia-Vizcaino, David; Fernandez García, Alfonso Javier; Geiß, Alexander; Giannakaki, Elina; Giehl, Helmuth; Giunta, Aldo; de Graaf, Martin; Granados-Muñoz, Maria José; Grein, Matthias; Grigorov, Ivan; Groß, Silke; Gruening, Carsten; Guerrero-Rascado, Juan Luis; Haeffelin, Martial; Hayek, Theresa; Iarlori, Marco; Kanitz, Thomas; Kokkalis, Panayotis; Linné, Holger; Madonna, Fabio; Mamouri, Rodanthi-Elisavet; Matthias, Volker; Mattis, Ina; Molero Menéndez, Francisco; Mitev, Valentin; Mona, Lucia; Morille, Yohann; Muñoz, Constantino; Müller, Anja; Müller, Detlef; Navas-Guzmán, Francisco; Nemuc, Anca; Nicolae, Doina; Pandolfi, Marco; Papayannis, Alex; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Pelon, Jacques; Perrone, Maria Rita; Pietruczuk, Aleksander; Pisani, Gianluca; Potma, Charlos; Preißler, Jana; Pujadas, Manuel; Putaud, Jean; Radu, Cristian; Ravetta, Francois; Reigert, Andrew; Rizi, Vincenzo; Rocadenbosch, Francesc; Rodríguez, Alejandro; Sauvage, Laurent; Schmidt, Jörg; Schnell, Franziska; Schwarz, Anja; Seifert, Patric; Serikov, Ilya; Sicard, Michaël; Silva, Ana Maria; Simeonov, Valentin; Siomos, Nikos; Sirch, Tobias; Spinelli, Nicola; Stoyanov, Dimitar; Talianu, Camelia; Tesche, Matthias; De Tomasi, Ferdinando; Trickl, Thomas; Vaughan, Geraint; Volten, Hester; Wagner, Frank; Wandinger, Ulla; Wang, Xuan; Wiegner, Matthias; Wilson, Keith M. (2014). EARLINET observations related to Saharan Dust events (2000-2010). World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/EARLINET_SaharanDust_2000-2010

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Description
According to agreements dummy files (nc.zip) were created and inserted in the database
if data from timesteps were not delivered.
VariableCodeAggregationUnit
aerosol backscatter coefficient
Backscatter (EARLINET: 3)
dailym-1sr-1
aerosol extinction coefficient
Extinction (EARLINET: 5)
dailym-1
aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio
LidarRatio (EARLINET: 7)
dailysr
aerosol linear depolarization ratio
ParticleDepolarization (EARLINET: 11)
daily1
statistical uncertainty of aerosol backscatter
ErrorBackscatter (EARLINET: 4)
dailym-1sr-1
statistical uncertainty of aerosol extinction
ErrorExtinction (EARLINET: 6)
dailym-1
statistical uncertainty of aerosol linear depolarization ratio
ErrorParticleDepolarization (EARLINET: 12)
daily1
statistical uncertainty of lidar ratio
ErrorLidarRatio (EARLINET: 8)
dailysr
statistical uncertainty of volume linear depolarization ratio
ErrorVolumeDepolarization (EARLINET: 10)
daily1
top of convective boundary layer above sea level
MixingLayerHeight (EARLINET: 2)
dailym
top of dust layer above sea level
DustLayerHeight (EARLINET: 1)
dailym
volume linear depolarization ratio
VolumeDepolarization (EARLINET: 9)
daily1
Contact typePersonORCIDOrganization
Editor
Holger Linné
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Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie
Editor
Lucia Mona
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Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V.
Editor
Gelsomina Pappalardo
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Editor
Ulla Wandinger
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Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V.

Parent

EARLINET SaharanDust 2000-2010
Details

Parent project(s)

A European Aerosol Research Lidar Network to Establish an Aerosol Climatology

[Entry acronym: SaharanDust_2000-2010_all_stats] [Entry id: 3019116]