Desert dust profiling product over Ispra, Italy 2015 - 2021

Created March 25, 2026

Updated on March 25, 2026

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This dataset provides the dust backscatter and extinction coefficient profiles at 532 nm and their respective errors, obtained at Ispra station, Italy, between the years 2015 and 2021. The dust profiles have been retrieved using ACTRIS/EARLINET Level 2.0 quality assured data and applying the methodology of Tesche et al. (2009; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD011862). This methodology uses the particle backscatter coefficient and the particle depolarisation ratio at 532 nm, therefore the present dataset depends on the availability of these products in the ACTRIS/EARLINET database. The errors of the dust backscatter and extinction coefficient were calculated by applying the law of error propagation to the retrieval equations. The four new parameters were added written to the same file as the data used to retrieve them, so each file in the present dataset contains the original ACTRIS/EARLINET data as well.

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Atmospheric Aerosol
Dataset
Desert Dust
Dust Profiles
Basic
Language
English
MainTitle
Desert dust profiling product over Ispra, Italy 2015-2021
Original ids
Research Infrastructure
  • ACTRIS
  • ITINERIS
SubTitle
Version 2
Type
dataset
bestAccessRight
OPEN
contributors
National Research Council-Institute Of Methodologies For Environmental Analysis
countries
Italy
Creator/Author
Full name
  • Mona, L.
  • Mytilinaios, M.
  • De Rosa, B.
  • Trippetta, S.
  • Gumà-Claramunt, P.
  • Di Fiore, G.
  • Ripepi, E.
  • Putaud, J. P.
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Description
This dataset provides the dust backscatter and extinction coefficient profiles at 532 nm and their respective errors, obtained at Ispra station, Italy, between the years 2015 and 2021. The dust profiles have been retrieved using ACTRIS/EARLINET Level 2.0 quality assured data and applying the methodology of Tesche et al. (2009; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD011862). This methodology uses the particle backscatter coefficient and the particle depolarisation ratio at 532 nm, therefore the present dataset depends on the availability of these products in the ACTRIS/EARLINET database. The errors of the dust backscatter and extinction coefficient were calculated by applying the law of error propagation to the retrieval equations. The four new parameters were added written to the same file as the data used to retrieve them, so each file in the present dataset contains the original ACTRIS/EARLINET data as well.
Publication Date
2024-10-01
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false
isInDiamondJournal
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Management Info
Author
Catalogue Manager ITINERIS
Maintainer
Catalogue Manager ITINERIS
Version
1
Last Updated
March 25, 2026, 15:53 (UTC)
Created
March 25, 2026, 14:40 (UTC)
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