Barcelona UBS

Trans-National Access

CommSensLab – UPC

Aerosol high power lidar (EARLINET), Sun/sky/lunar photometer (AERONET),

Micro-pulse lidar (MPLNET), Pyranometer and PAR Quantum (SolRad-Net)

Aerosol high power lidar integrated in EARLINET

  • Laser Inolas Spitlight Compact 400:

    • Wavelengths (pulse energy): 1064 (400 mJ), 532 (240 mJ) and 355 nm (120 mJ)

    • Pulse length: 5-7 ns

  • Elastic channels at 355 nm, 532 nm and 1064 nm.

  • Pure rotational Raman channels at 354 nm and 531 nm for aerosol extinction coefficient measurement.

  • Depolarization channels at 355 nm and 532 nm.

  • Raman Water vapor channel at 407 nm.

  • Photon-counting detection for 354, 355, 407, 531 and 532 nm.

  • Full overlap: 1000 m (~200 m with overlap correction).

  • Remote operation.

Sun/sky/lunar photometer (CE318-TP9) with 9 channels and depolarization measurement capability integrated in AERONET

Ancillary instrumentation

  • Micro-pulse lidar at 532 nm with depolarization channel integrated in MPLNET

  • Pyranometer Kipp&Zonen CM-21 integrated in SolRad-Net.

  • PAR Quantum Skye SKE-510 integrated in SolRad-Net

  • Up- and down-ward pyranometers and pyrgeometers Kipp&Zonen CNR4.