RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Dr. Marco Iarlori, Prof. Guido Visconti

MAILING ADDRESS: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Degli Studi - L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, Località Coppito 67010 L'Aquila, Italy.

TELEPHONE NUMBER: +39 0862 433083

FAX NUMBER: +39 0862 433033

E-MAIL ADDRESS: vincenzo.rizi@aquila.infn.it

WEB SITE: http://www.aquila.infn.it/atmosfera/index.html

DATE: August 20, 2001

LIDAR LOCATION (CITY, COUNTRY, LAT., LONG.): L'Aquila, Italy, 42.35N, 13.22E

SITE ELEVATION: 683m

PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED: aerosols, water vapor and condensate

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR: aerosol evolution and water budget in troposphere

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE: Raman lidar

MEASUREMENT RANGE: 0-8000m

VERTICAL RESOLUTION: 30m

FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY): 2 sessions per week

MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY): nightime, 2-6hours per session

LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s): Excimer laser, 351nm

LASER ENERGY/PULSE: 30-60mJ

PULSE REPETITION RATE: 30Hz

RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: 20cm parabolic mirror + optical fiber to spectral discriminating detectors

DETECTORS USED: PMT's

SIGNAL PROCESSING: photon counting

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER: -

COMPUTER: PC

PLATFORM (if applicable):

PUBLICATIONS (5 recent and/or significant):
1. Continuous lidar measurements of stratospheric aerosols and ozone after the Pinatubo eruption. Part II: Time evolution of ozone profiles and of aerosol properties, A. D'Altorio, F. Masci, V. Rizi, G. Visconti and M. Verdecchia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2869-2872, 1993.

2. UARS MLS ozone soundings compared with lidar measurements using the conservative coordinate reconstruction technique, G. Redaelli, L.R. Lait, M. Schoeberl, P.A. Newman, G. Visconti, A. D'Altorio, F. Masci, V. Rizi, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, A.J. Miller, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1535-1538, 1994.

3. Comparing simultaneous stratospheric aerosol and ozone LIDAR measurements with SAGE II data after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, G.K. Yue, L.R. Poole, M.P. McCormick, R.E. Veiga, P.-H. Wang, V. Rizi, F. Masci, A. D'Altorio, G. Visconti, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1881-1884, 1995.

4. A combined Rayleigh-Raman lidar for measurements of tropospheric water vapour and aerosol profiles, V. Rizi, M. Iarlori, P. Di Carlo, G. Visconti, and G. Cinque, Il Nuovo Cimento C, 21, 53-64, 2000.

5. Lidar and SAGE II observations of Shishaldin volcano aerosols and lower stratospheric transport, V. Rizi, F. Masci, G. Redaelli, P. Di Carlo, M. Iarlori, G. Visconti and L.W. Thomason, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3445-3448, 2000.