The Setup and the Performances of L’aquila Raman Lidar and Standard Ptu and Pto3 Balloon Soundings for Envisat Validation
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We report the design and the performances of a Raman lidar for monitoring the tropospheric aerosol backscattering and extinction coefficients, water vapor mixing ratio and cloud liquid water. After describing the system components, along with the current limitations and options for improvement, we report examples of observations. The PTU and PTO3 balloon soundings are carried on with standard instruments (VAISALA OY). Within the ENVISAT validation campaign, under the AO 206, our primary objectives are: the measurements of the water vapour profile and of the aerosol backscatter and extinction profiles with a tropospheric Raman lidar; the ozone, pressure and temperature profiles up to the stratosphere are measured with standard balloon-borne sondes.
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