LIDAR AND AERONET STATION MEASUREMENTS IN RIO GALLEGOS, PATAGONIA ARGENTINA.

L. OTERO, P. RISTORI, J. SALVADOR, R. D ELIA, J. PALLOTTA, B. HOLBEN, E. QUEL.

Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at 23rd International Laser Radar Conference

Chikao Nagasawa, Nobuo Sugimoto

Lugar: Nara, Japón; Año: 2006; p. 747 - 750

As part of the SOLAR field campaign, the CEILAP (CITEFA CONICET), has developed a mobile tropospheric aerosol lidar system placed in a shelter. This campaign took place in the southern winter-spring period 2005, at Río Gallegos (51,9° S, 69,1° W, 15 m ASL), in Patagonia, Argentina. This lidar and a sunphotometer provided by AERONET (NASA), were used to study aerosols optical properties and boundary layer temporal evolution. This intensive field campaign was supported by JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency [1], to obtain simultaneous measurements of ozone, water vapor, aerosols vertical profiles and related parameters.