The UPC lidar station is part of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) since its inception in 2000. EARLINET is the largest lidar network operating its advanced instruments in a coordinated way to build up a continent-wide (and beyond, since some of its lidars are operated outside Europe) aerosol …
Since 2012 CommSensLab activity on wind lidar has also found application in the field wind profiling using floating Doppler lidar buoys for the off-shore wind industry. NEPTUNE is a European project of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT, 2012-2016 KIC InnoEnergy) in the field of wind energy aimed …
The last years have brought a rapid development in instrumental techniques, i.e. lidar, radar, radiometry, that have great potential to monitor atmospheric composition and dynamics in unprecedented detail. Such instrumentation is urgently needed to address important topics related to climate change, numerical weather forecasting, and atmospheric pollution. In this context, …
The effect of atmospheric aerosol properties on solar and infrarred radiation is crucial for climate model estimates, which are key for the development of strategic plans for climate change mitigation and for policymakers worldwide. Vertically-resolved aerosol properties obtained with remote sensors such as lidar systems are fundamental in this sense. …
The use of the lidar depolarization technique has proven to be a valuable tool for atmospheric sciences. Regarding aerosol characterization, the depolarization information has been widely used for aerosol typing when combined with other optical properties. In this sense, it can also be very useful in the retrieval of the …
Pollen allergenicity plays an important role on human health and wellness. It is thus of large public interest to increase our knowledge of pollen grain behavior in the atmosphere (source, emission, processes involved during their transport, etc.) at fine temporal and spatial scales. The optical remote sensing group of the …
Water vapor is an important constituent in the Earth’s atmosphere. It plays a key role in the global radiative budget and in energy transport mechanisms and is one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect. Moreover, it affects cloud formation and microphysics and modifies aerosol particle properties through hygroscopic …
