Ongoing Raman lidar developments at CEILAP. (A) Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains (B) Continuous operation Raman Lidar station for aerosol network studies Pablo Ristori, Lidia Otero, Juan Pallotta, Ezequiel Pawelko, Francisco González, Andrea Pereyra, Mario Proyetti and Eduardo Quel CEILAP (CITEDEF-CONICET) – ARGENTINA 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires1
Timeline 1976 : Collaboration with France begins (Paris XIII - Laser) 1986 : Collaboration in Molecular Spectroscopy (Paris VI) 1992 : Aerosol Lidar Collaboration Begins (P. H. Flammant – Ecole Polythechnique - LMD) 1994 : First Aerosol Lidar Measurements 1995: Ozone Lidar Collaboration Begins (G. Meggie – Paris VI) 1998 : First Ozone Measurements 1998 : First Phd Student sent to France (Aerosol Lidar) 1999 : First Phd Student sent to France (Ozone Lidar) 2003 : First Multiwavelength Aerosol Lidar Measurements 2003 : Ozone Lidar Update 2005 : Solar Campaign Begins (Rio Gallegos) 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires2
Outline Motivation Operational Multiwavelength Raman Lidar at Buenos Aires Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains Continuous operation Raman Lidar station for aerosol network studies Conclusions Future Work 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires3
Motivation (why lidars?) Lidar as boundary layer, aerosol and cloud tracer 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires4 Zoomed region Height Time
Motivation (why lidars?) Aerosol microphysical properties study 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires5
Motivation (why lidars?) Comparing vertical structure on mesoscale models 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires6
Operational Multiwavelength Raman Lidar at Buenos Aires (1) 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires7
Operational Multiwavelength Raman Lidar at Buenos Aires (2) 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires8
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires9
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires10
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains: System Construction 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires11
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains: System Construction 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires12
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains: System Construction 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires13
Multiwavelength Scannning Raman Lidar at Los Andes Mountains: System Construction 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires14
Continuous operation Raman Lidar station for aerosol network studies 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires15
Continuous operation Raman Lidar station for aerosol network studies 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires16
Continuous operation Raman Lidar station for aerosol network studies 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires17
Conclusions Several lidars are being developed for aerosol and water vapor measurements along the country There are specifics needs to improve our knowledge of the events being analyzed therefore regional scale modeling is required 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires18
Future Work: Water Vapor 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires19
Future Work: Air Pollution 25 avril ND MEETING OF IFAECI (UMI 3351) - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires20