Saver.net lidar network in southern South America

RISTORI, PABLO; OTERO, LIDIA; JIN, YOSHITAKA; BARJA, BORIS; SHIMIZU, ATSUSHI; BARBERO, ALBANE; SALVADOR, JACOBO; BALI, JUAN LUCAS; HERRERA, MILAGROS; ETALA, PAULA; ACQUESTA, ALEJANDRO; QUEL, EDUARDO; SUGIMOTO, NOBUO; MIZUNO, AKIRA

EPJ Web of Conferences

EDP Sciences

Año: 2018 vol. 176

The South American Environmental RiskManagement Network (SAVER-Net) is an instrumentation network, mainly composedby lidars, to provide real-time information for atmospheric hazards and riskmanagement purposes in South America. This lidar network have been was developedsince 2012 and all its sampling points are expected to be fully implemented by 2017.This paper describes the network?s status and configuration, the dataacquisition and processing scheme (protocols and data levels), as well as the scientificnetworking in Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET). Similarly, the paper laysout future plans on the operation and integration to major internationalcollaborative efforts.