CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties.
This work introduces CAECENET, a new system capable of automatically retrieving columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties running the GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) algorithm using sun-sky photometer (aerosol optical depth, AOD; and sky radiance measurem...
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| author | Celia Herrero Del Barrio Roberto Román Ramiro González Alberto Cazorla Marcos Herreras-Giralda Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez Francisco Molero Francisco Navas-Guzmán Antonio Serrano María Ángeles Obregón Yolanda Sola Marco Pandolfi Sara Herrero-Anta Daniel González-Fernández Jorge Muñiz-Rosado David Mateos Abel Calle Carlos Toledano Victoria E Cachorro Ángel M de Frutos |
| author_facet | Celia Herrero Del Barrio Roberto Román Ramiro González Alberto Cazorla Marcos Herreras-Giralda Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez Francisco Molero Francisco Navas-Guzmán Antonio Serrano María Ángeles Obregón Yolanda Sola Marco Pandolfi Sara Herrero-Anta Daniel González-Fernández Jorge Muñiz-Rosado David Mateos Abel Calle Carlos Toledano Victoria E Cachorro Ángel M de Frutos |
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| description | This work introduces CAECENET, a new system capable of automatically retrieving columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties running the GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) algorithm using sun-sky photometer (aerosol optical depth, AOD; and sky radiance measurements) and ceilometer (range corrected signal; RCS) data as input. This method, so called GRASPpac, is implemented in CAECENET, which assimilates sun-sky photometers data from CÆLIS database and ceilometer data from ICENET database (Iberian Ceilometer Network). CAECENET allows for continuous and near-real-time monitoring of both vertical and columnar aerosol properties. The main characteristics and workflow of CAECENET are explained in detail. This work also explores the potential of CAECENET to monitor and analyze the evolution of transported aerosol events on a regional scale by means of the distribution of CAECENET stations across the Iberian Peninsula. As an example, this paper analyzes, using the CAECENET products, the case of a Saharan dust outbreak that occurred between the 3rd and 5th of October 2022. This was an intense event, with AOD at 440 nm values around 0.5 in Madrid and Valladolid, and reaching 1.55 in Granada. Transport from the Canadian wildfires at the end of June 2023 is also studied. Despite the long-range transport of the smoke particles in this event, measured volume concentrations reached and surpassed 80 μm3/cm3 in some stations. The results obtained point to the utility of this CAECENET tool for analyzing changes in the height and speed of the event propagation, in the aerosol concentration, and how this affects the optical properties. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4893aaf5279d42b0896d2cd0b4e1ccc12025-01-08T05:32:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031199010.1371/journal.pone.0311990CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties.Celia Herrero Del BarrioRoberto RománRamiro GonzálezAlberto CazorlaMarcos Herreras-GiraldaJuan Carlos Antuña-SánchezFrancisco MoleroFrancisco Navas-GuzmánAntonio SerranoMaría Ángeles ObregónYolanda SolaMarco PandolfiSara Herrero-AntaDaniel González-FernándezJorge Muñiz-RosadoDavid MateosAbel CalleCarlos ToledanoVictoria E CachorroÁngel M de FrutosThis work introduces CAECENET, a new system capable of automatically retrieving columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties running the GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) algorithm using sun-sky photometer (aerosol optical depth, AOD; and sky radiance measurements) and ceilometer (range corrected signal; RCS) data as input. This method, so called GRASPpac, is implemented in CAECENET, which assimilates sun-sky photometers data from CÆLIS database and ceilometer data from ICENET database (Iberian Ceilometer Network). CAECENET allows for continuous and near-real-time monitoring of both vertical and columnar aerosol properties. The main characteristics and workflow of CAECENET are explained in detail. This work also explores the potential of CAECENET to monitor and analyze the evolution of transported aerosol events on a regional scale by means of the distribution of CAECENET stations across the Iberian Peninsula. As an example, this paper analyzes, using the CAECENET products, the case of a Saharan dust outbreak that occurred between the 3rd and 5th of October 2022. This was an intense event, with AOD at 440 nm values around 0.5 in Madrid and Valladolid, and reaching 1.55 in Granada. Transport from the Canadian wildfires at the end of June 2023 is also studied. Despite the long-range transport of the smoke particles in this event, measured volume concentrations reached and surpassed 80 μm3/cm3 in some stations. The results obtained point to the utility of this CAECENET tool for analyzing changes in the height and speed of the event propagation, in the aerosol concentration, and how this affects the optical properties.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311990 |
| spellingShingle | Celia Herrero Del Barrio Roberto Román Ramiro González Alberto Cazorla Marcos Herreras-Giralda Juan Carlos Antuña-Sánchez Francisco Molero Francisco Navas-Guzmán Antonio Serrano María Ángeles Obregón Yolanda Sola Marco Pandolfi Sara Herrero-Anta Daniel González-Fernández Jorge Muñiz-Rosado David Mateos Abel Calle Carlos Toledano Victoria E Cachorro Ángel M de Frutos CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. PLoS ONE |
| title | CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. |
| title_full | CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. |
| title_fullStr | CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. |
| title_full_unstemmed | CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. |
| title_short | CAECENET: An automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically-resolved aerosol properties. |
| title_sort | caecenet an automatic system processing photometer and ceilometer data from different networks to provide columnar and vertically resolved aerosol properties |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311990 |
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