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Lidar remote sensing for the characterization of the atmospheric aerosol on local and large spatial scale

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Atmospheric aerosol What are THEY and why are THEY so important? Minute particles suspended in the atmosphere Aerosols interact both directly and indirectly with the Earths radiation budget and climate Aerosols reflect or absorb sunlight Aerosols modify the size of cloud particles, changing how the clouds reflect and absorb sunlight WHAT ABOUT THE ESTIMATION OF THEIR EFFECTS? MOTIVATION

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from Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change

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INTERACTION LIGHT - ATMOSPHERE Elastic scattering Anelastic scattering Mie scattering Rayleigh scattering x