@inproceedings{3178399, title = "AEROSOL ABSORPTION PROFILING FROM THE SYNERGY OF LIDAR AND SUN-PHOTOMETRY: THE ACTRIS-2 CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANY, GREECE AND CYPRUS", author = "Tsekeri, Alexandra and Amiridis, Vassilis and Lopatin, Anton and and Marinou, Eleni and Giannakaki, Eleni and Pikridas, Michael and Sciare, and Jean and Liakakou, Eleni and Gerasopoulos, Evangelos and Duesing, and Sebastian and Corbin, Joel C. and Gysel, Martin and Bukowiecki, Nicolas and and Baars, Holger and Engelmann, Ronny and Wehner, Birgit and Kottas, and Michael and Mamali, Dimitra and Kokkalis, Panagiotis and Raptis, I, and Panagiotis and Stavroulas, Iasonas and Keleshis, Christos and Muller, and Detlef and Solomos, Stavros and Binietoglou, Ioannis and Mihalopoulos, and Nikolaos and Papayannis, Alexandros and Stachlewska, Iwona S. and and Igloffstein, Julia and Wandinger, Ulla and Ansmann, Albert and Dubovik, and Oleg and Goloub, Philippe", year = "2018", publisher = "E D P SCIENCES", booktitle = "28TH INTERNATIONAL LASER RADAR CONFERENCE (ILRC 28)", doi = "10.1051/epjconf/201817608005", abstract = "Aerosol absorption profiling is crucial for radiative transfer calculations and climate modelling. Here, we utilize the synergy of lidar with sun-photometer measurements to derive the absorption coefficient and single scattering albedo profiles during the ACTRIS-2 campaigns held in Germany, Greece and Cyprus. The remote sensing techniques are compared with in situ measurements in order to harmonize and validate the different methodologies and reduce the absorption profiling uncertainties." }