Our Partners
EARLINET
The European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork (http://www.earlinet.org), is a continental-scale ground based lidar network, which provides quality assured optical profiles on a large temporal and spatial scale (Pappalardo G. et al., 2014). Currently with 27 lidar stations in Europe, EARLINET data is relevant for climatology, but also for special events, with strong aerosol influence: Saharan dust outbreaks, forest-fire smoke plumes transported over large areas, photochemical smog and volcano eruptions (e.g. Mona L. et al., 2012; Nicolae D. et al., 2013, Tesche M et al. 2009, 2011).
AERONET
The Aerosol Robotic Network (http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/) is a program involving over 300 passive remote sensing stations across the world producing routinely, in real time and publicly available, high-quality aerosol column integrated properties such as AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth), optical and microphysical properties and many others derived radiative properties widely used by academic and industrial actors involved in climate and air-quality fields. It is strongly contributing, at the European level, to several relevant integration/synergetic activities with lidar, in situ observation, satellite and modelling (Dubovik O et.al 2002). AERONET-Europe, the European branch of AERONET, is providing, in the framework of ACTRIS, calibration, technical supports for maintenance of sun and lunar photometer including data quality control.
E-PROFILE
The EUMETNET Profiling Programme is part of the EUMETNET Composite Observing System, EUCOS, managing the European networks of radar wind profilers (RWP) and automatic lidars and ceilometers (ALC) for the monitoring of vertical profiles of wind and aerosols including volcanic ash.
