Eduardo Landulfo 1*,FabioJulianodaSilvaLopes1,2,GregorideArrudaMoreira1,MárciaTalitaAmorimMarques1,MarceloOsneide1,JuanCarlosAntuña3,

RenéEstevanArredondo3,JuanLuizGuerreroRascado4,5,LucasAlados-Arboledas4,5AlvaroBasMdas6,DanielNisperuza6,AndrésBedoya6,MauricioMúnera6,DairoAlegría6,RicardoN.Forno7,MariaFernandaSánchez7,Oscar

Lazcano7,ElenaMonMlla-Rosero8,9,AntonietaSilva8,9,CristoferJimenez8,9,EduardoQuel10,PabloRistori10,LidiaOtero10,HenriqueM.J.Barbosa11,DiegoA.Gouveia11,

BorisBarja3,11

1LaserEnvironmentalApplica3onLaboratory,Ins3tutodePesquisasEnergé3caseNucleares2UniversidadedeSãoPaulo,Ins3tutodeAstronomia,GeoDsicaeCiênciasAtmosféricas

3CentroMeteorológicodeCamagüey,Ins3tutodeMeteorologíadeCuba4Ins3tutoInteruniversitariodeInves3gacióndelSistemaTierraenAndalucía(IISTA-CEAMA)

5Dpto.FísicaAplicada,UniversidaddeGranada6EscueladeFísica,UniversidadNacionaldeColombia

7LaboratoriodeFísicadelaAtmósfera,UniversidadMayordeSanAndrés8CentrodeÓp3cayFotónicaCEFOP,UniversidaddeConcepción

9Dpto.Física,UniversidaddeConcepción10DivisiónLidar,CEILAP(UNIDEF-CONICET)

•  NETWORKORGANIZATION•  INSTRUMENTALINVENTORY•  MEASUREMENTANDPROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION

•  FUTURESTATIONS•  CALBUCOEVENT•  FINALREMARKS

OUTLINE

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NETWORKORGANIZATION

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NETWORKORGANIZATION

WLMLA%(edition)%

Local% Atendees' Contributions'Latin&America&

ROW& Total& ST& Poster& Oral&

2001' Camagüey,%Cuba%

9' 14' 23' 5' 5' 14'

2003% Camagüey,%Cuba%

13' 12' 25' 13' 2' 25'

2005% Popayán,%Colombia%

25' 6' 52' 26' 6' 25'

2007% Ilha%Bela%Brazil%

30' 12' 42' 20' 16' 29'

2009%Buenos%Aires,%

Argentina%

42' 23' 65' 21' 31' 31'

2011% La%Paz,%Bolivia%

52' 12' 64' 32' 15' 21'

2013% Pucón,%Chile%

35' 11' 46' 19' 24' 20'

2015% Coco%Tryp%Cuba%

29' 12' 41' 15' 26' 19'

2016(7)' Colombia,%Medellin%

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NETWORKORGANIZATION

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INSTRUMENTALINVENTORY

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INSTRUMENTALINVENTORY

Information to be fulfilled for each instrument

(~80 different entries): - station information

- mode of operation

- emi>er

- receiver optics

- wavelength detection

- data acquisition

- auxiliary information

PUBLISHED:SPIEREMOTESENSING2014(Amsterdam)–“Towards an instrumental framework of LALINET”Guerrero-Rascadoetal.

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INSTRUMENTALINVENTORY

COMPACTSYSTEMS

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POLARIZATIONMUSTBEINCLUDED

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MEASUREMENTANDPROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION

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MEASUREMENTANDPROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION

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QC&QA

Ø  Zero-bin calibration: Trigger in a lidar is used to fire pulses and also to activate the data acquisition.

Ø  Zero-bin test: A target is placed at the output of the laser window in order to produce strong backsca=ered radiation. Thus, the first intense peak observed by the detector system should correspond to the zero position of our measurements.

Ø  Bin-shift calibration: PC signals saturated in near-range è zero-bin calibration does not allow for unambiguously determining the zero-bin position for these channels.

Ø  Dark current: Response exhibited by a receptor of radiation during periods when it is not actively illuminated.

Ø  Rayleigh Fit: It is a tool to evaluate signal quality at long ranges and look for misalignments and or signal induced noise.

PILOTCAMPAIGN2012

•  OBJECTIVES– MEASUREMENTANDPROTOCOLIMPLEMENTATION

– DATAANALYSISCOMPARISON– OVERALLSYSTEMPERFORMANCE

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PILOTCAMPAIGN2012

•  7of8lidarstaXonsdependedonalocaloperator,thusonly4of8wereabletodomeasurements– Manaus,355nm– SãoPaulo,355and532nm– BuenosAires,355,532and1064nm– Concepción,532nm

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PILOTCAMPAIGN2012

•  CoordinaMonofsuchsimultaneousmeasurementswasverydifficult–  WeneedmoreautomatedstaMons!–  Weneedprotocolsandqualitycheck

•  CoordinaMonofanalysisintercomparisonevenmoredifficult!!–  WeneedtofindMmeforthis!–  Weneedanalysisprotocols

FUTURESTATIONS

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FUTURESTATIONS

SAHARANDUST+AFRICANBBINTRUSIONINTOSOUTH

AMERICA

Natal

SCHEDULEDFORAugust2015

1064 nm, 532 nm p+s, 355 nm, 300 mm,Cassegranian,IgorVesselovski’sdesign

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FUTURESTATIONS

SPN-STATION

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CALBUCOEVENT

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CALBUCOEVENT

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CALBUCOEVENTPAPERINPROGRESS

•  VOLCANICPLUMEGEOMETRICALFEATURES•  VPTRACKING•  VP4DDISTRIBUTION

•  TOPHEIGHT•  BASEHEIGHT

•  VPOPTICALPROPERTIES•  AOD•  LR

•  CALIOP+MODIS+LALINETSTATIONS•  MODELLING

•  HYSPLIT

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FINALREMARKS

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•  TheALINE/LALINETtookseveralyearstoconsolidatebutinpastthetwohasevolvedconsiderably•  ThelidarcommunityhassomehowincreasedinLAinthepastyearsaswellhumanresourceshaveemerged•  ConsiderabletechnicaladviceandsupporthasbeengiventhroughEARLINET,NASAand

ESApersonallyfromGelsominaPappalardo,AlbertAnsmann,LucasAlados,JuanGuerrero(EARLINET),DavidWhiteman(NASA–GSFC),IgorVeselovskii(PIC),ErricoArmandillo(ESA).

RAYMETRICS&LICELhavebeenverysupporXveandcustomizedsystemswhenneeded•  TheimprovementoftheQualityAssuranceshouldbestrictlyfollowed

ACKNOWLEGDEMENTS

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