Raman lidars for a better understanding of pollution in the Arctic System (PARCS)

Patrick Chazette (1, 2) , Jean-Christophe Raut (3) , Julien Totems (1, 2) , Xiaoxia Shang (1, 3) , Christophe Caudoux (4) , Julien Delanoë (5) , Kathy S. Law (3)

1 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
2 CAE - Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale
3 TROPO - LATMOS
4 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
5 SPACE - LATMOS

The development of oil and gas drilling and the opening of new shipping routes, in the Barents and Norway seas, rise new climate and air quality challenges to the Arctic environment. To improve our knowledge of the interactions between aerosols, water vapor and cloud cover, within the French PARCS project, Raman lidar observations were performed from the ground and an ultra-light aircraft near the North Cape of Norway, and coupled with measurements of a 95 GHz ground-based Doppler radar.

Domains: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]; Ocean, Atmosphere; Environmental Sciences

Patrick Chazette, Jean-Christophe Raut, Julien Totems, Xiaoxia Shang, Christophe Caudoux, et al.. Raman lidars for a better understanding of pollution in the Arctic System (PARCS). EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018, (The 28th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 28), Bucharest 2017), 176, art. 04005 (4 p.). ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201817604005⟩. ⟨insu-01562007⟩