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Atmospheric Aerosol Characterization Over Naples During 2000–2003 EARLINET Project: Planetary Boundary-Layer Evolution and Layering

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The evolution of the planetary boundary layer and the influence of local circulation phenomena over Naples (southern Italy, 40.838° N, 14.183° E, 118 m above sea level) have been studied by systematic lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties and vertical distributions carried out from May 2000 to August 2003, in the course of the EARLINET project. In particular, our data show the development of aerosol layers typically located in the range between 1,000 and 2,300 m, with variable thickness. The optical properties of the observed layers have been determined. In order to analyse the evolution of the planetary boundary layer, detailed observations of complete diurnal cycles have also been performed. The analysis of lidar measurements of vertical profiles of wind speed and wind direction and air mass back-trajectories allowed us to characterize the sea-breeze circulation influence on both the planetary boundary-layer evolution and the observed aerosol vertical distribution.

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  1. Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale IMAA-CNR, Potenza, Italy

    Antonella Boselli

  2. INFN Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy

    Mario Armenante

  3. CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Loredana D’Avino, Gianluca Pisani & Nicola Spinelli

  4. Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy

    Massimo D’Isidoro

  5. CNR-INFM Coherentia, Unità di Napoli, Naples, Italy

    Xuan Wang

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Boselli, A., Armenante, M., D’Avino, L. et al. Atmospheric Aerosol Characterization Over Naples During 2000–2003 EARLINET Project: Planetary Boundary-Layer Evolution and Layering. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 132, 151–165 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-009-9382-6

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