Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals

International audience Ceilometers are widely spread instruments mainly used for cloud base height determination. However, recent models are more sensitive to aerosols; hence, nowadays there is an increasing interest in these instruments to retrieve aerosol optical and microphysical properties.The h...

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Main Authors: Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres, Herreras-Giralda, Marcos, Román, Roberto, Wiegner, Matthias, Lefebvre, Sidonie, Toledano, Carlos, Huet, Thierry, Ceolato, Romain
Other Authors: ONERA / DOTA, Université de Toulouse Toulouse, ONERA-PRES Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 (LOA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Valladolid Valladolid (UVa), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay Palaiseau, ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay
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Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2021
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topic Lidar
Lidar retrodiffusion
Aerosol lidar
Retrodiffusion
Aérosol lidar
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
spellingShingle Lidar
Lidar retrodiffusion
Aerosol lidar
Retrodiffusion
Aérosol lidar
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres,
Herreras-Giralda, Marcos
Román, Roberto
Wiegner, Matthias
Lefebvre, Sidonie
Toledano, Carlos
Huet, Thierry
Ceolato, Romain
Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
topic_facet Lidar
Lidar retrodiffusion
Aerosol lidar
Retrodiffusion
Aérosol lidar
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
description International audience Ceilometers are widely spread instruments mainly used for cloud base height determination. However, recent models are more sensitive to aerosols; hence, nowadays there is an increasing interest in these instruments to retrieve aerosol optical and microphysical properties.The high number of them distributed around the globe compared to the robust lidar systems and the fact that ceilometers work under unattended conditions are the main reasons behind this interest. In this paper a new methodology is proposed to retrieve aerosol vertical extinction and backscatter profiles from a Vaisala ceilometer CL51. This methodology is based in two parts: first, a signal pre-processing with a suppression of the dark current and background noises, and a correction of the water vapor absorption using near-real time temperature and absolute humidity (AH) profiles from a co-located Microwave radiometer (MWR). Then an iterative Klett-based algorithm that uses AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) as an input to retrieve the extinction and backscatter profiles. The error analysis of the aerosol retrievals has been performed between MWR measurements and modelled radiosondes from HYSPLIT. The absolute errors found in temperature and AH are leading to errors in the pre-processed RCS signals up to 9%, and then in particle backscatter and particle extinction coefficients up to 2:2% and 25%, respectively. Les ceilomètres sont des instruments très répandus, principalement utilisés pour déterminer la hauteur de la base des nuages. Cependant, des modèles récents sont plus sensibles aux aérosols c'est pourquoi, de nos jours, on s'intéresse de plus en plus à ces instruments pour mesurer des données optiques des aérosols et leurs propriétés microphysiques. Le nombre élevé de ces derniers, répartis dans le monde entier, par rapport aux systèmes lidar robustes et le fait que les plafonds fonctionnent dans des conditions non surveillées sont les principales raisons de cet intérêt. Dans ce ...
author2 ONERA / DOTA, Université de Toulouse Toulouse
ONERA-PRES Université de Toulouse
Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 (LOA)
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Universidad de Valladolid Valladolid (UVa)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay Palaiseau
ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay
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author Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres,
Herreras-Giralda, Marcos
Román, Roberto
Wiegner, Matthias
Lefebvre, Sidonie
Toledano, Carlos
Huet, Thierry
Ceolato, Romain
author_facet Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres,
Herreras-Giralda, Marcos
Román, Roberto
Wiegner, Matthias
Lefebvre, Sidonie
Toledano, Carlos
Huet, Thierry
Ceolato, Romain
author_sort Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres,
title Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
title_short Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
title_full Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
title_fullStr Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
title_full_unstemmed Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
title_sort ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals
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spelling ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02865809v2 2023-05-15T13:07:11+02:00 Ceilometer inversion method using water-vapor correction from co-located microwave radiometer for aerosol retrievals Méthode d'inversion pour ceilomètre basée sur la correction de la vapeur d'eau à partir d'un radiomètre micro-onde Bedoya-Velásquez, Andres, Herreras-Giralda, Marcos Román, Roberto Wiegner, Matthias Lefebvre, Sidonie Toledano, Carlos Huet, Thierry Ceolato, Romain ONERA / DOTA, Université de Toulouse Toulouse ONERA-PRES Université de Toulouse Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique - UMR 8518 (LOA) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Universidad de Valladolid Valladolid (UVa) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay Palaiseau ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay 2021-03 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809v2/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809v2/file/DOTA20096_postprint.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105379 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105379 hal-02865809 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809v2/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809v2/file/DOTA20096_postprint.pdf doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105379 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0169-8095 Atmospheric Research https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02865809 Atmospheric Research, 2021, 250, pp.105379. ⟨10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105379⟩ Lidar Lidar retrodiffusion Aerosol lidar Retrodiffusion Aérosol lidar [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105379 2022-12-07T01:08:18Z International audience Ceilometers are widely spread instruments mainly used for cloud base height determination. However, recent models are more sensitive to aerosols; hence, nowadays there is an increasing interest in these instruments to retrieve aerosol optical and microphysical properties.The high number of them distributed around the globe compared to the robust lidar systems and the fact that ceilometers work under unattended conditions are the main reasons behind this interest. In this paper a new methodology is proposed to retrieve aerosol vertical extinction and backscatter profiles from a Vaisala ceilometer CL51. This methodology is based in two parts: first, a signal pre-processing with a suppression of the dark current and background noises, and a correction of the water vapor absorption using near-real time temperature and absolute humidity (AH) profiles from a co-located Microwave radiometer (MWR). Then an iterative Klett-based algorithm that uses AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) as an input to retrieve the extinction and backscatter profiles. The error analysis of the aerosol retrievals has been performed between MWR measurements and modelled radiosondes from HYSPLIT. The absolute errors found in temperature and AH are leading to errors in the pre-processed RCS signals up to 9%, and then in particle backscatter and particle extinction coefficients up to 2:2% and 25%, respectively. Les ceilomètres sont des instruments très répandus, principalement utilisés pour déterminer la hauteur de la base des nuages. Cependant, des modèles récents sont plus sensibles aux aérosols c'est pourquoi, de nos jours, on s'intéresse de plus en plus à ces instruments pour mesurer des données optiques des aérosols et leurs propriétés microphysiques. Le nombre élevé de ces derniers, répartis dans le monde entier, par rapport aux systèmes lidar robustes et le fait que les plafonds fonctionnent dans des conditions non surveillées sont les principales raisons de cet intérêt. Dans ce ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Aerosol Robotic Network Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Atmospheric Research 250 105379