A\V-Profiles

V-Profiles

V-Profiles is a web tool that provides a dynamic visualization of the aerosol profiles processed with A-Profiles. It is developed with javascript and uses Highcharts library. The data processed and visualized are a subset of E-PROFILE ALC database, where only CHM15k ceilometers and Mini-MPL instruments are considered at present day. The data are updated every hour.

All of the products delivered from BASIC can visualized dynamically on the interface:

• Extinction profiles
• Clouds detection
• Boundary layer height
• Aerosol mass concentration for different aerosol types scenarios

A-Profiles

A-Profiles (based on the BASIC scilab library) is a python software developed for processing Lidars and ceilometers measurements. By using a prescribed AOD or a Lidar Ratio, extinction profiles are derived from the measured attenuated backscatter profiles. The extrinction profiles can then be used, together with an assumed aerosol scenario, for the assessment of the aerosol mass concentration.

A clouds detection using the vertical gradient of the measured profiles allows for filtering the aerosol scenes only. A boundary layer module also provides the PBL height relying on the wavelet technique.

The code is available on Github.

Communications

A-Profiles (and its predecessor BASIC) have been used in the following publications:

• Optical properties and radiative forcing of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash layer observed over Lille, France, in 2010.
  Derimian, Y, Dubovik, O, Tanre, D, Goloub, P, Lapyonok, T, Mortier, A.
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984–2012) 2012; 117(D9).
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016815
• Detection and characterization of volcanic ash plumes over Lille during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
  Mortier, A, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Deroo, C, Chaikovsky, A, Ajtai, N, Blarel, L, Tanre, D, Derimian, Y.
  Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics 2013; 13(7).
  https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-3705-2013
• Trends and variability of aerosol vertical distribution and properties using micro-LIDAR and sun-photometer measurements.
  Mortier, A, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Tanré, D, Deroo, C, Chiapello, I, Diallo, A, NDiaye
  AIP Conference Proceedings 2013 (pp. 508–511).
  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804818
• Airborne sun photometer PLASMA: concept, measurements, comparison of aerosol extinction vertical profile with lidar.
  Karol, Y, Tanré, D, Goloub, P, Vervaerde, C, Balois, J, Blarel, L, Podvin, T, Mortier, A, Chaikovsky, A.
  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 2013; 6(9):2383.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2383-2013
• DRAGONs DISCOVER Air Quality over Baltimore.
  Holben, B, Schafer, J, Eck, T, Giles, D, Sorokin, M, Smirnov, A, Sinyuk, A, Tran, A, Kenny, P, Huang, C, others.
  AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2011.
  https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.A41E..03H/abstract
• Tendances et variabilités de l’aérosol atmosphérique à l’aide du couplage Lidar/Photomètre sur les sites de Lille et Dakar
  Mortier, A.
  Doctoral dissertation, Lille 1
  https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/LIBRE/EDSMRE/2013/50376-2013-Mortier.pdf
• AEROSOL OPTICAL AND MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES RETRIEVED FROM COMBINATION LIDAR WITH SUN/SKY PHOTOMETER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OVER LILLE.
  BOVCHALIUK, V, PODVIN, T, MORTIER, A, GOLOUB, P, DUBOVIK, O, TANRE, D, VESELOVSKII, I, VICTORI, S.
  Data processing 2014; 4:02.
  http://lip-conference.org/previous_editions/LIP2014/abstracts/PC-23%20Bovchaliuk_Lidar_A60.pdf
• Comparison of aerosol properties retrieved using GARRLiC, LIRIC, and Raman algorithms applied to multi-wavelength lidar and sun/sky-photometer data
  Bovchaliuk, V, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Veselovskii, I, Tanre, D, Chaikovsky, A, Dubovik, O, Mortier, A, Lopatin, A, Korenskiy, M, others.
  Atmos. Meas. Tech 2016; 9:3391–3405.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3391-2016
• Climatology of aerosol properties and clear-sky shortwave radiative effects using Lidar and Sun photometer observations in the Dakar site.
  Mortier, A, Goloub, P, Derimian, Y, Tanré, D, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Deroo, C, Marticorena, B, Diallo, A, Ndiaye, T.
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 2016; 121(11):6489–6510.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024588
• Study of aerosol spatial variability by means of a mobile observing system.
  Popovici, I, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Loisil, R, Mortier, A, Ducos, F, Deroo, C, Choël, M, Crumeyrolle, S, others.
  European Aerosol Conference 2016.
  https://doi.org/
• Tracking far-range air pollution induced by the 2014–15 Bárdarbunga fissure eruption (Iceland).
  Boichu, M, Chiapello, I, Brogniez, C, Péré, JC, Thieuleux, F, Torres, B, Blarel, L, Mortier, A, Podvin, T, Goloub, P, others.
  Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi 2016; 10.
  https://doi.org/
• Un système mobile pour l’étude de la distribution verticale des aérosols dans l’atmosphère: description et premiers résultats
  Popovici, I, Goloub, P, Mortier, A, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Loisil, R, Deroo, C, Victori, S, Torres, B, Unga, F, others.
  2268-3798 2018
  https://doi.org/
• A mobile system combining lidar and sunphotometer on-road measurements: description and first results.
  Popovici, I, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Loisil, R, Mortier, A, Deroo, C, Ducos, F, Victori, S, Torres, B
  In EPJ Web of Conferences 2018 (pp. 08003).
  https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01385241
• Description and applications of a mobile system performing on-road aerosol remote sensing and in situ measurements
  Popovici, I, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Loisil, R, Unga, F, Mortier, A, Deroo, C, Victori, S, Ducos, F, others.
  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 2018; 11(8):4671–4691.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4671-2018
• Mobile observing system for aerosol spatial and vertical distribution mapping using on-road measurements.
  Elisabeta Popovici, I, Goloub, P, Podvin, T, Blarel, L, Loisil, R, Mortier, A, Deroo, C, Ducos, F, Victori, S, Torres, B, others.
  In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 2018 (pp. 6589).
  https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01964647
• Smoke Long range transport: monitoring with the new European automatic Lidar and ceilometer network: E-PROFILE.
  Hervo, M, Haeffelin, M, Hopkin, E, Kotthaus, S, Ruefenacht, R, Thomas, W, Haij, M, Mortier, A, Laffineur, Q, Itsvan, S, others.
  In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2018.
  https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFM.A23E..05H/abstract

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