Comparison of aerosol extinction between lidar and SAGE II over Gadanki, a tropical station in India

Kulkarni, P.; Ramachandran, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-351-2015

Articles | Volume 33, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-351-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-351-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 33, issue 3

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18 Mar 2015

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| 18 Mar 2015

Comparison of aerosol extinction between lidar and SAGE II over Gadanki, a tropical station in India

P. Kulkarni and S. Ramachandran

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Short summary

This study presents an extensive comparison of aerosol extinction using lidar and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II data over Gadanki (13.5ºN, 79.2ºE), a tropical station in India. Results strongly emphasize that, for a more accurate derivation of aerosol extinction over the tropics, (i) best meteorological parameters that are close in terms of space and time to the lidar measurement site and (ii) measured values of the aerosol-backscattering--extinction ratio are crucial.