A new instrument for BAQUNIN suite: RAP
Starting from January, a new instrument has joined the BAQUNIN instrumental suite, the Raymetrics’ Aerosol Profiler (RAP) developed elastic backscatter mini-LiDAR. The system is suitable for the detection of clouds, tropospheric aerosol layers (i.e desert dust, biomass burning plumes), and for the study of PBL daily evolution. It delivers atmospheric backscatter aerosol profiles in the NIR with high raw spatial and temporal resolution 3.75 m and <20 sec, respectively. The effective range extends from full overlap (<200 m) up...
Article published on Atmospheric Pollution Research: Impact of synoptic meteorological conditions on air quality in three different case studies in Rome, Italy
This study analyses the influence of synoptic weather conditions on atmospheric particulate matter concentration and composition during an intensive measurement campaign, performed in the urban area of Rome (Italy) in winter 2017. To evaluate the effect of local particulate sources, data from several urban and rural ground-based air quality stations were considered. The analysis involved the following atmospheric parameters: wind speed and direction near the ground, air temperature, specific humidity, height and evolution of the mixing layer. Furthermore, the...