Measurement of an Aerosol Episode in Buenos Aires Argentina using Sunphotometer and Lidar

L. OTERO, P. RISTORI, E. WOLFRAM, B. HOLBEN, E. QUEL

SPIE

Upendra N. Singh; Editor

Año: 2005 vol. 5887 p. 257 - 264

0277-786X

An intensive study of an aerosol intrusion episode in Buenos Aires is presented. We have combined back-trajectories calculations (HYSPLIT) and satellite images with the aim of revealing the origin of these air masses. The aerosol intensive properties were characterized using a collocated sun-photometer from the AERONET network. The corresponding pressure levels for each air mass were obtained by means of a LIDAR system, which was also used to calculate the aerosol extinction profiles for the available wavelengths.