EarthCARE Aerosol products intercomparison with CARO Polly Lidar in Limassol, Cyprus
Date Issued
March 17, 2025
Abstract
The Cyprus Atmospheric Remote Sensing Observatory (CARO) of ERATOSTHENES CoE actively participates in the calibration/validation (CAL/VAL) activities of the EarthCARE mission as part of the CORAL project (EVID39). The station’s contribution is very important due to two different reasons. First, Cyprus unique geographical location and excellent weather conditions offers a unique opportunity to study the vertical distribution of several types of the atmospheric constituents. Marine aerosols, dust particles from the Sahara Desert and Middle Eastern deserts, smoke particles from biomass burning in neighboring areas and from US-Canadian wildfires, as well as anthropogenic particles from urban and industrial regions in Central and Eastern Europe, are characteristic examples of aerosols observed in the atmosphere above Cyprus. Especially, Limassol as a coastline region play a crucial role in satellite Cal/Val activities due to its unique environmental characteristics and diverse surface properties. The area provide a natural transition between land and ocean, enabling simultaneous validation of both terrestrial and marine satellite observations. Second, the CARO is a multi-instrument National Facility infrastructure specializing in investigating aerosols and cloud interactions. The major instruments operated at the CARO station include an improved Dual Field of view multiwavelength polarization Raman lidar (Dual-FOV PollyXT), a 35-GHz cloud radar (MIRA-35), a microwave radiometer (HATPRO), a wind lidar (Streamline-XR), a ceilometer (OTT/LUFFT CHM15k), and an optical precipitation disdrometer (OTT Parsivel).
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