Observations with a new lidar station in Punta Arenas, Chile.

B BARJA GONZALEZ,  F ZAMORANO BANDA,; N SUGIMOTO; E QUEL; J ROSAS SANTANA.; P RISTORI, L OTERO; R PEREZ

Conferencia; 28th International Laser Radar Conference; 2017

A tropospheric lidar system was installed in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.13◦S, 70.88◦W) in September2016 under the collaboration project SAVERNET (Chile, Japan and Argentina) to monitor theatmosphere. Statistical analyses of the clouds and aerosols behavior and some cases of dust detectedwith lidar, at these high southern latitude and cold environment regions during three months(austral spring) are discussed using information from satellite, modelling and solar radiation groundmeasurements