Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET): a diagnostic on networking instrumentation

J. L. GUERRERO-RASCADO; E. LANDULFO; J. C. ANTUÑA; H. M. J. BARBOSA; B. BARJA; A. E. BASTIDAS; A. E. BEDOYA; R. DA COSTA; R. ESTEVAN; R. N. FORNO; D. A. GOUVEIA; C. JIMÉNEZ; E. G. LARROZA; F. J. S. LOPES; E. MONTILLA-ROSERO; G. A. MOREIRA; W. M. NAKAEMA; D. NISPERUZA; LIDIA ANA OTERO; SEBASTÍAN PAPANDREA; EZEQUIEL PAWELKO; EDUARDO QUEL; PABLO ROBERTO RISTORI; P. F. RODRIGUES; JACOBO SALVADOR; M. F. SÁNCHEZ; A. SILVA

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

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Año: 2016 p. 112 - 120

LALINET (Latin American Lidar Network), previously knownas ALINE, is the first fully operative lidar Network for aerosol research in SouthAmerica, probing the atmosphere on regular basis since September 2013. The generalpurpose of this network is to attempt to fill the gap in the knowledge on aerosolvertical distribution over South America and its direct and indirect impact on weatherand climate by the establishment of a vertically-resolved data set of aerosol properties.Similarly to other lidar research networks, most of the LALINET instruments arenot commercially produced and, consequently, configurations, capabilities and derived-productscan be remarkably different among stations. It is a fact that such un-biased 4Ddata set calls for a strict standardization from the instrument a land data processingpoint of view. This study has been envisaged to investigate the ongoing networkconfigurations with the aim of highlighting the instrumental strengths and weaknessesof LALINET.