Gelsomina Pappalardo

Gelsomina Pappalardo

Research Director

Mail:  gelsomina.pappalardo @ cnr.it

Journal papers

Laj P., Lund Myhre C., Riffault V., Amiridis V., Fuchs H., Eleftheriadis k., Petäjä T., Salameh T., Kivekäs N., Juurola E., Saponaro G., Philippin S., Cornacchia C., Alados Arboledas L., Baars H., Claude A., De Mazière M., Dils B., Dufresne M., Evangeliou N., Favez O., Fiebig M., Haeffelin M., Herrmann H., Höhler K., Illmann N., Kreuter A., Ludewig E., Marinou E., Möhler O., Mona L., Murberg L.E., Nicolae D., Novelli A., O’Connor E., Ohneiser K., Petracca Altieri R.M., Picquet-Varrault B., van Pinxteren D., Pospichal B., Putaud J-P, Reimann S., Siomos N., Stachlewska I., Tillmann R., Voudouri K.A., Wandinger U., Wiedensohler A., Apituley A., Comerón A., Gysel-Beer M., Mihalopoulos N., Nikolova N., Pietruczuk A., Sauvage S., Sciare J., Skov H., Svendby T., Swietlicki E., Tonev D., Vaughan G., Zdimal V., Baltensperger U., Doussin J-F, Kulmala M., Pappalardo G., Sorvari Sundet S., and Vana M., Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure – ACTRIS, the European research infrastructure supporting atmospheric science, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1, (accepted and published on line), 2024.

Michailidis, K., Koukouli, M.-E., Balis, D., Veefkind, J. P., de Graaf, M., Mona, L., Papagianopoulos, N., Pappalardo, G., Tsikoudi, I., Amiridis, V., Marinou, E., Gialitaki, A., Mamouri, R.-E., Nisantzi, A., Bortoli, D., João Costa, M., Salgueiro, V., Papayannis, A., Mylonaki, M., Alados-Arboledas, L., Romano, S., Perrone, M. R., and Baars, H.: Validation of the TROPOMI/S5P aerosol layer height using EARLINET lidars, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1919–1940, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1919-2023, 2023.

Lucia Mona, Vassilis Amiridis, Emilio Cuevas, Antonis Gkikas, Serena Trippetta, Sophie Vandenbussche, Angela Benedetti, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Paola Formenti, Alexander Haefele, Stelios Kazadzis, Peter Knippertz, Benoit Laurent, Fabio Madonna, Slobodan Nickovic, Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Thomas Popp, Sergio Rodríguez, Andrea Sealy, Nobuo Sugimoto, Enric Terradellas, Ana Vukovic Vimic, Bernadette Weinzierl, and Sara Basart, Observing Mineral Dust in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, Current Capabilities and Challenges ahead for the Development of Dust Services, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), E2223-E2264, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0005.1, 2023

Gemine Vivone, Alberto Arienzo, Muhammad Bilal, Andrea Garzelli e, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Simone Lolli, A dark target Kalman filter algorithm for aerosol property retrievals in urban environment using multispectral images, Urban Climate 43,. 101135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101135, 2022.

Vivone, G., D’Amico, G., Summa, D., Lolli, S., Amodeo, A., Bortoli, D., and Pappalardo, G.: Atmospheric boundary layer height estimation from aerosol lidar: a new approach based on morphological image processing techniques, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 4249–4265, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4249-2021, 2021.

Michailidis, K., Koukouli, M.-E., Siomos, N., Balis, D., Tuinder, O., Tilstra, L. G., Mona, L., Pappalardo, G., and Bortoli, D.: First validation of GOME-2/MetOp absorbing aerosol height using EARLINET lidar observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 3193–3213, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3193-2021, 2021.

Sy, S., Madonna, F., Rosoldi, M., Tramutola, E., Gagliardi, S., Proto, M., Pappalardo, G., 2020. Sensitivity of trends to estimation methods and quantification of subsampling effects in global radiosounding temperature and humidity time series. Int. J. Climatol. Volume 41, Issue S1 p. E1992-E2014, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6827, (2020).

Papagiannopoulos, N., D’Amico, G., Gialitaki, A., Ajtai, N., Alados-Arboledas, L., Amodeo, A., Amiridis, V., Baars, H., Balis, D., Binietoglou, I., Comerón, A., Dionisi, D., Falconieri, A., Fréville, P., Kampouri, A., Mattis, I., Mijić, Z., Molero, F., Papayannis, A., Pappalardo, G., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Solomos, S., and Mona, L.: An EARLINET early warning system for atmospheric aerosol aviation hazards, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 10775–10789, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10775-2020, 2020.

S. Lolli, G. Vivone, J.R. Lewis, M. Sicard, E.J. Welton, J.R. Campbell, A. Comerón, L.P. D’Adderio, A. Tokay, A. Giunta and G. Pappalardo, Overview of the New Version 3 NASA Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) Automatic Precipitation Detection Algorithm, Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 71; doi:10.3390/rs12010071, 2020.

Falconieri, A., N. Papagiannopoulos, F. Marchese, C. Filizzola, S. Trippetta, N. Pergola, G. Pappalardo, V. Tramutoli and L. Mona, Validation of Ash/Dust Detections from SEVIRI Data Using ACTRIS/EARLINET Ground-Based LIDAR Measurements, Remote Sens., 12(7), 1172; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071172, 2020.

Baars, H., Ansmann, A., Ohneiser, K., Haarig, M., Engelmann, R., Althausen, D., Hanssen, I., Gausa, M., Pietruczuk, A., Szkop, A., Stachlewska, I. S., Wang, D., Reichardt, J., Skupin, A., Mattis, I., Trickl, T., Vogelmann, H., Navas-Guzmán, F., Haefele, A., Acheson, K., Ruth, A. A., Tatarov, B., Müller, D., Hu, Q., Podvin, T., Goloub, P., Veselovskii, I., Pietras, C., Haeffelin, M., Fréville, P., Sicard, M., Comerón, A., Fernández García, A. J., Molero Menéndez, F., Córdoba-Jabonero, C., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Alados-Arboledas, L., Bortoli, D., Costa, M. J., Dionisi, D., Liberti, G. L., Wang, X., Sannino, A., Papagiannopoulos, N., Boselli, A., Mona, L., D’Amico, G., Romano, S., Perrone, M. R., Belegante, L., Nicolae, D., Grigorov, I., Gialitaki, A., Amiridis, V., Soupiona, O., Papayannis, A., Mamouri, R.-E., Nisantzi, A., Heese, B., Hofer, J., Schechner, Y. Y., Wandinger, U., and Pappalardo, G.: The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 15183–15198, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15183-2019, 2019.

Proestakis, E., Amiridis, V., Marinou, E., Binietoglou, I., Ansmann, A., Wandinger, U., Hofer, J., Yorks, J., Nowottnick, E., Makhmudov, A., Papayannis, A., Pietruczuk, A., Gialitaki, A., Apituley, A., Szkop, A., Muñoz Porcar, C., Bortoli, D., Dionisi, D., Althausen, D., Mamali, D., Balis, D., Nicolae, D., Tetoni, E., Liberti, G. L., Baars, H., Mattis, I., Stachlewska, I. S., Voudouri, K. A., Mona, L., Mylonaki, M., Perrone, M. R., Costa, M. J., Sicard, M., Papagiannopoulos, N., Siomos, N., Burlizzi, P., Pauly, R., Engelmann, R., Abdullaev, S., and Pappalardo, G.: EARLINET evaluation of the CATS Level 2 aerosol backscatter coefficient product, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11743–11764, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11743-2019, 2019.

Papagiannopoulos, N., Mona, L., Amodeo, A., D’Amico, G., Gumà Claramunt, P., Pappalardo, G., Alados-Arboledas, L., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Amiridis, V., Apituley, A., Baars, H., Schwarz, A., Wandinger, U., Binietoglou, I., Nicolae, D., Bortoli, D., Comerón, A., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Sicard, M., Kokkalis, P., Papayannis, A., and Wiegner, M.: An automatic observation-based typing method for EARLINET, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15879-15901, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15879-2018, 2018.

Benedetti, A., Reid, J. S., Knippertz, P., Marsham, J. H., Di Giuseppe, F., Rémy, S., Basart, S., Boucher, O., Brooks, I. M., Menut, L., Mona, L., Laj, P., Pappalardo, G., Wiedensohler, A., Baklanov, A., Brooks, M., Colarco, P. R., Cuevas, E., da Silva, A., Escribano, J., Flemming, J., Huneeus, N., Jorba, O., Kazadzis, S., Kinne, S., Popp, T., Quinn, P. K., Sekiyama, T. T., Tanaka, T., and Terradellas, E.: Status and future of numerical atmospheric aerosol prediction with a focus on data requirements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 10615-10643, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10615-2018, 2018.

Madonna, F., Rosoldi, M., Lolli, S., Amato, F., Vande Hey, J., Dhillon, R., Zheng, Y., Brettle, M., and Pappalardo, G.: Intercomparison of aerosol measurements performed with multi-wavelength Raman lidars, automatic lidars and ceilometers in the framework of INTERACT-II campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 2459-2475, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2459-2018, 2018.

L. Belegante, J. Antonio Bravo-Aranda, V. Freudenthaler, D. Nicolae, A. Nemuc, L. Alados-Arboledas, A. Amodeo, G. Pappalardo, G. D’Amico, R. Engelmann, H. Baars, U. Wandinger, A. Papayannis, P. Kokkalis, and S. N. Pereira, Experimental techniques for the calibration of lidar depolarization channels in EARLINET, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1119-1141, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1119-2018, 2018.

S. Lolli, Madonna, F., Rosoldi, M., Campbell, J. R., Welton, E. J., Lewis, J. R., Gu, Y., and Pappalardo, G.: Impact of varying lidar measurement and data processing techniques in evaluating cirrus cloud and aerosol direct radiative effects, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 1639-1651, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1639-2018, 2018.

Thorne, P. W., Madonna, F., Schulz, J., Oakley, T., Ingleby, B., Rosoldi, M., Tramutola, E., Arola, A., Buschmann, M., Mikalsen, A. C., Davy, R., Voces, C., Kreher, K., De Maziere, M., and Pappalardo, G.: Making better sense of the mosaic of environmental measurement networks: a system-of-systems approach and quantitative assessment, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 6, 453-472, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-453-2017, 2017.

R. Barragan, M. Sicard, J. Totems, J. F. Léon, F. Dulac, M. Mallet, J. Pelon, L. Alados-Arboledas, A. Amodeo, P. Augustin, A. Boselli, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, P. Burlizzi, P. Chazette, A. Comerón, G. D’Amico, P. Dubuisson, M. J. Granados-Muñoz, G. Leto, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, F. Madonna, L. Mona, C. Muñoz-Porcar, G. Pappalardo, M. R. Perrone, V. Pont, F. Rocadenbosch, A. Rodriguez-Gomez, S. Scollo, N. Spinelli, G. Titos, X. Wang, R. Zanmar Sanchez, Spatio-temporal monitoring by ground-based and air- and space-borne lidars of a moderate Saharan dust event affecting southern Europe in June 2013 in the framework of the ADRIMED/ChArMEx campaign, Air Qual Atmos Health, 10.261-285, doi: 10.1007/s11869-016-0447-7, 2017.

Nickovic, S., Cvetkovic, B., Madonna, F., Rosoldi, M., Pejanovic, G., Petkovic, S., and Nikolic, J.: Cloud ice caused by atmospheric mineral dust – Part 1: Parameterization of ice nuclei concentration in the NMME-DREAM model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 11367-11378, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11367-2016, 2016.

M. J. Granados-Muñoz, F. Navas-Guzmán, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, I. Binietoglou, S. N. Pereira, S. Basart, J. M. Baldasano, L. Belegante, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comerón, G. D’Amico, O. Dubovik, L. Ilic, P. Kokkalis, C. Muñoz-Porcar, S. Nickovic, D. Nicolae, F. J. Olmo, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, A. Rodríguez, K. Schepanski, M. Sicard, A. Vukovic, U. Wandinger, F. Dulac, and L. Alados-Arboledas: Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7043-7066, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7043-2016, 2016.

M. Sicard, R. Barragan, C. Muñoz-Porcar, A. Comerón, M. Mallet, F. Dulac, J. Pelon, L. Alados Arboledas, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, G. D’amico, M. J. Granados Muñoz, G. Leto, J. L. Guerrero Rascado, F. Madonna, L. Mona, G. Pappalardo, M. R. Perrone, P. Burlizzi, F. Rocadenbosch, A. Rodríguez-Gómez, S. Scollo, N. Spinelli, G. Titos, X. Wang & R. Zanmar Sanchez, Contribution of EARLINET/ACTRIS to the summer 2013 Special Observing Period of the ChArMEx project: monitoring of a Saharan dust event over the western and central Mediterranean, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37:19, 4698-4711, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1222102, 2016.

G. D’Amico, A. Amodeo, I. Mattis, V. Freudenthaler, and G. Pappalardo: EARLINET Single Calculus Chain – technical – Part 1: Pre-processing of raw lidar data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 491-507, doi:10.5194/amt-9-491-2016, 2016.

Haeffelin, M., S. Crewell, A. J. Illingworth, G. Pappalardo, H. Russchenberg, M. Chiriaco, K. Ebell, R. J. Hogan, F. Madonna: Parallel developments and formal collaborations between European atmospheric profiling observatories and US ARM research programs, in “The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: The First 20 Years”, American Meteorological Society Monograph series, April 2016, Chapter 29, pp. 29.1-29.34, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-15-0045.1, 2016.

J. A. Bravo-Aranda, L. Belegante, V. Freudenthaler, A. Alados-Arboledas, D. Nicolae, M. J. Granados-Muñoz, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, A. Amodeo, G. D’Amico, R. Engelmann, G. Pappalardo, P. Kokkalis, R. Mamouri, A. Papayannis, F. Navas-Guzmán, F. J. Olmo, U. Wandinger, and M. Haeffelin, Assessment of lidar depolarization uncertainty by means of a polarimetric lidar simulator, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 11367-11378, doi:10.5194/acp-16-11367-2016, 2016.

D. Balis, M. E. Koukouli, N. Siomos, S. Dimopoulos, L. Mona, G. Pappalardo, F. Marenco, L. Clarisse, L. J. Ventress, E. Carboni, R. G. Grainger, P. Wang, N. Theys, and C. Zehner: Validation of ash optical depth and layer height retrieved from passive satellite sensors using EARLINET and airborne lidar data: The case of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5705-5720, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5705-2016, 2016.

A. Chaikovsky, O. Dubovik, B. Holben, A. Bril, P. Goloub, D. Tanré, G. Pappalardo, U. Wandinger, L. Chaikovskaya, S. Denisov, Y. Grudo, A. Lopatin, Y. Karol, T. Lapyonok, V. Amiridis, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. Allados-Arboledas, I. Binietoglou, A. Boselli, G. D’Amico, V. Freudenthaler, D. Giles, M. J. Granados-Muñoz, P. Kokkalis, D. Nicolae, S. Oshchepkov, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, A. Pietruczuk, F. Rocadenbosch, M. Sicard, I. Slutsker, C. Talianu, F. De Tomasi, A. Tsekeri, J. Wagner, and X. Wang: Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and distribution in EARLINET, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1181-1205, doi:10.5194/amt-9-1181-2016, 2016.

U. Wandinger, V. Freudenthaler, H. Baars, A. Amodeo, R. Engelmann, I. Mattis, S. Groß, G. Pappalardo, A. Giunta, G. D’Amico, A. Chaikovsky, F. Osipenko, A. Slesar, D. Nicolae, L. Belegante, C. Talianu, I. Serikov, H. Linné, F. Jansen, A. Apituley, K. M. Wilson, M. de Graaf, T. Trickl, H. Giehl, M. Adam, A. Comerón, C. Muñoz, F. Rocadenbosch, M. Sicard, S. Tomás, D. Lange, D. Kumar, M. Pujadas, F. Molero, A. J. Fernández, L. Alados-Arboledas, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, F. Navas-Guzmán, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, M. J. Granados-Muñoz, J. Preißler, F. Wagner, M. Gausa, I. Grigorov, D. Stoyanov, M. Iarlori, V. Rizi, N. Spinelli, A. Boselli, X. Wang, T. Lo Feudo, M. R. Perrone, F. De Tomasi, and P. Burlizzi: EARLINET instrument intercomparison campaigns: overview on strategy and results, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1001-1023, doi:10.5194/amt-9-1001-2016, 2016.

N. Papagiannopoulos, L. Mona, L. Alados-Arboledas, V. Amiridis, H. Baars, I. Binietoglou, D. Bortoli, G. D’Amico, A. Giunta, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, A. Schwarz, S. Pereira, N. Spinelli, U. Wandinger, X. Wang, and G. Pappalardo: CALIPSO climatological products: evaluation and suggestions from EARLINET, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2341-2357, doi:10.5194/acp-16-2341-2016, 2016.

Sicard, M., G. D’Amico, A. Comerón, L. Mona, L. Alados-Arboledas, A. Amodeo, H. Baars, L. Belegante, I. Binietoglou, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, A. J. Fernández, P. Fréville, D. García-Vizcaíno, A. Giunta, M. J. Granados-Muñoz, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, D. Hadjimitsis, A. Haefele, M. Hervo, M. Iarlori, P. Kokkalis, D. Lange, R. E. Mamouri, I. Mattis, F. Molero, N. Montoux, A. Muñoz, C. Muñoz Porcar, F. Navas-Guzmán, D. Nicolae, A. Nisantzi, N. Papagiannopoulos, A. Papayannis, S. Pereira, J. Preißler, M. Pujadas, V. Rizi, F. Rocadenbosch, K. Sellegri, V. Simeonov, G. Tsaknakis, F. Wagner, and G. Pappalardo: EARLINET: potential operationality of a research network, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4587-4613, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4587-2015, (2015).

Madonna, F., Amato, F., Vande Hey, J., and Pappalardo, G.: Ceilometer aerosol profiling versus Raman lidar in the frame of the INTERACT campaign of ACTRIS, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2207-2223, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2207-2015, (2015).

D’Amico, G., Amodeo, A., Baars, H., Binietoglou, I., Freudenthaler, V., Mattis, I., Wandinger, U., and Pappalardo, G.: EARLINET Single Calculus Chain – general presentation methodology and strategy, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4891-4916, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4891-2015, (2015).

Binietoglou, I., Basart, S., Alados-Arboledas, L., Amiridis, V., Argyrouli, A., Baars, H., Baldasano, J. M., Balis, D., Belegante, L., Bravo-Aranda, J. A., Burlizzi, P., Carrasco, V., Chaikovsky, A., Comerón, A., D’Amico, G., Filioglou, M., Granados-Muñoz, M. J., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Ilic, L., Kokkalis, P., Maurizi, A., Mona, L., Monti, F., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Nicolae, D., Papayannis, A., Pappalardo, G., Pejanovic, G., Pereira, S. N., Perrone, M. R., Pietruczuk, A., Posyniak, M., Rocadenbosch, F., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Sicard, M., Siomos, N., Szkop, A., Terradellas, E., Tsekeri, A., Vukovic, A., Wandinger, U., and Wagner, J.: A methodology for investigating dust model performance using synergistic EARLINET/AERONET dust concentration retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 3577-3600, doi:10.5194/amt-8-3577-2015, (2015).

Amiridis, V., E. Marinou, A. Tsekeri, U. Wandinger, A. Schwarz, E. Giannakaki, R. Mamouri, P. Kokkalis, I. Binietoglou, S. Solomos, T. Herekakis, S. Kazadzis, E. Gerasopoulos, D. Balis, A. Papayannis, C. Kontoes, K. Kourtidis, N. Papagiannopoulos, L. Mona, G. Pappalardo, O. Le Rille, and A. Ansmann: LIVAS: a 3-D multi-wavelength aerosol/cloud climatology based on CALIPSO and EARLINET, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 7127-7153, doi:10.5194/acp-15-7127-2015, (2015).

Wang, Y., Sartelet, K. N., Bocquet, M., Chazette, P., Sicard, M., D’Amico, G., Léon, J. F., Alados-Arboledas, L., Amodeo, A., Augustin, P., Bach, J., Belegante, L., Binietoglou, I., Bush, X., Comerón, A., Delbarre, H., Garcia-Vizcaino, D., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Hervo, M., Iarlori, M., Kokkalis, P., Lange, D., Molero, F., Montoux, N., Muñoz, A., Muñoz, C., Nicolae, D., Papayannis, A., Pappalardo, G., Preissler, J., Rocadenbosch, F., Sellegri, K., Wagner, F., and Dulac, F.: Assimilation of lidar signals: application to aerosol forecasting in the Mediterranean Basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 12031–12053, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/12031/2014/, doi:10.5194/acp-14-12031-2014, (2014).

Madonna, F., Rosoldi, M., Güldner, J., Haefele, A., Kivi, R., Cadeddu, M. P., Sisterson, D., and Pappalardo, G.: Quantifying the value of redundant measurements at GRUAN sites, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3813–3823, www.atmos-meas-tech.net/7/3813/2014/, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3813-2014, (2014).

Cimini, D., V. Rizi, P. Di Girolamo, F. S. Marzano, A. Macke, G. Pappalardo, and A. Richter: Overview: Tropospheric profiling: state of the art and future challenges – introduction to the AMT special issue, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 2981-2986, doi:10.5194/amt-7-2981-2014, 2014.

L. Mona, N. Papagiannopoulos, S. Basart, J. Baldasano, I. Binietoglou, C. Cornacchia, and G. Pappalardo, EARLINET dust observations vs. BSC-DREAM8b modeled profiles: 12-year-long systematic comparison at Potenza, Italy, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8781–8793, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/8781/2014/, doi:10.5194/acp-14-8781-2014, (2014).

M. Wiegner, F. Madonna, I. Binietoglou, R. Forkel, J. Gasteiger, A. Geiß, G. Pappalardo, K. Schäfer, and W. Thomas, What is the benefit of ceilometers for aerosol remote sensing? An answer from EARLINET, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 1979–1997, doi:10.5194/amt-7-1979-2014, (2014).

G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, A. Apituley, A. Comeron, V. Freudenthaler, H. Linné, A. Ansmann, J. Bösenberg, G. D’Amico, I. Mattis, L. Mona, U. Wandinger, V. Amiridis, L. Alados-Arboledas, D. Nicolae, and M. Wiegner, EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 7, 2929-2980, doi:10.5194/amtd-7-2929-2014, (2014).

Rosoldi, M., P. Gumà Claramunt, F. Madonna, A. Amodeo, I. Binietoglou, G. D’amico, A. Giunta, L. Mona, N. Papagiannopoulos, G. Pappalardo: Study of thin clouds at CNR-IMAA Atmospheric Observatory (CIAO), Annals of Geophysics, 56, Fast Track – 1; 7 pages; doi:10.4401/ ag – 6337, (2013)

Madonna, F.,  A. Amodeo,  G. D’Amico, and  G. Pappalardo, A study on the use of radar and lidar for characterizing ultragiant aerosol, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50789, (2013).

A. Petzold, J. A. Ogren, M. Fiebig, P. Laj, S.-M. Li, U. Baltensperger, T. Holzer-Popp, S. Kinne, G. Pappalardo, N. Sugimoto, C. Wehrli, A. Wiedensohler, and X.-Y. Zhang, Recommendations for reporting “black carbon” measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 8365–8379, doi:10.5194/acp-13-8365-2013, (2013).

G. Wetzel, H. Oelhaf, G. Berthet, A. Bracher, C. Cornacchia, D. G. Feist, H. Fischer, A. Fix, M. Iarlori, A. Kleinert, A. Lengel, M. Milz, L. Mona, S. C. Müller, J. Ovarlez, G. Pappalardo, C. Piccolo, P. Raspollini, J.-B. Renard, V. Rizi, S. Rohs, C. Schiller, G. Stiller, M. Weber, and G. Zhang: Validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT H2O operational data collected between July 2002 and March 2004, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 5791-5811, doi:10.5194/acp-13-5791-2013, (2013).

G. Pappalardo, L. Mona, G. D’Amico, U. Wandinger, M. Adam, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. Alados Arboledas, D. Balis, A. Boselli, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, J. Cuesta, F. De Tomasi, V. Freudenthaler, M. Gausa, E. Giannakaki, H. Giehl, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, S. Groß, M. Haeffelin, A. Hiebsch, M. Iarlori, D. Lange, H. Linné, F. Madonna, I. Mattis, R.-E. Mamouri, M. A. P. McAuliffe, V. Mitev, F. Molero, F. Navas-Guzman, D. Nicolae, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, C. Pietras, A. Pietruczuk, G. Pisani, J. Preißler, M. Pujadas, V. Rizi, A. A. Ruth, J. Schmidt, F. Schnell, P. Seifert, I. Serikov, M. Sicard, V. Simeonov, N. Spinelli, K. Stebel, M. Tesche, T. Trickl, X. Wang, F. Wagner, M. Wiegner, and K. M. Wilson, Four-dimensional distribution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Europe observed by EARLINET, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4429-4450, doi:10.5194/acp-13-4429-2013, (2013).

F. Molero, M. Sicard, F.Navas, Preißler, A. Amodeo, V. Freudenthaler, AJ. Fernandez, S.Tomas, MJ. Granados, F.Wagner, A.Giunta, I. Mattis, M. Pujadas, A. Comeron, L. Alados, JL. Guerrero, G. D’Amico, D. Lange, J. Bravo, D. Kumar, G. Pappalardo, J. Giner, C. Muñoz, F. Rocadenbosch, Study on aerosol properties over Madrid (Spain) by multiple instrumentation during SPALI10 lidar campaign, Special Section: VI Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latinamerica, Opt. Pura Apl., vol. 45, N. 4, 405-413, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7149/OPA.45.4.405, (2012).

L. Mona, Z. Liu, D. Müller, A. Omar, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, N. Sugimoto, M. Vaughan, Lidar measurements for desert dust characterization: an Overview, Advances in Meteorology Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2012, Article ID 356265, 36 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/356265, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/amet/2012/356265/ (2012).

P. Sawamura, J. P. Vernier, J. E. Barnes, T. A. Berkoff, E. J. Welton, L. Alados-Arboledas, F. Navas-Guzmán, G. Pappalardo, L. Mona, F. Madonna, D. Lange, M. Sicard, S. Godin-Beekmann, G. Payen, Z. Wang, S. Hu, S. N. Tripathi, C. Cordoba-Jabonero and R. M. Hoff: Stratospheric AOD after the 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano measured by lidars over the Northern Hemisphere, Environ. Res. Lett. 7, 034013 (9pp), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034013 (2012).

P. Pornsawad, G. D’Amico, C. Böckmann, A. Amodeo, and G. Pappalardo, Retrieval of aerosol extinction coefficient profiles from Raman lidar data by inversion method, Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 12, pp. 2035-2044, doi: 10.1364/AO.51.002035, (2012).

Mona, L., Amodeo, A., D’Amico, G., Giunta, A., Madonna, F., and Pappalardo, G.: Multi-wavelength Raman lidar observations of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Potenza, southern Italy, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 2229-2244, doi:10.5194/acp-12-2229-2012, (2012).

M. Campanelli, V. Estelles, T. Smyth, C. Tomasi, M.P. Martìnez-Lozano, B. Claxton, P. Muller, G. Pappalardo, A. Pietruczuk, J. Shanklin, S. Colwell, C. Wrench, A. Lupi, M. Mazzola, C. Lanconelli, V. Vitale, F. Congeduti, D. Dionisi, F. Cardillo, M. Cacciani, G. P. Casasanta, T. Nakajima, Monitoring of Eyjafjallajökull volcanic aerosol by the new European Skynet Radiometers (ESR) network, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 48, March 2012, Pages 33–45, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.070, (2012).

A. Boselli, R. Caggiano, C. Cornacchia, F. Madonna, M. Macchiato, L. Mona, G. Pappalardo, S. Trippetta, Multi year sun-photometer measurements for aerosol characterization in a Central Mediterranean site, Atmos. Res., Volume 104, February 2012, Pages 98-110  doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.08.002, (2012).

J. Meier, I. Tegen, I. Mattis, R. Wolke, L. Alados Arboledas, c, A. Apituley, D. Balis, F. Barnaba, A. Chaikovsky, M. Sicard, G. Pappalardo, A. Pietruczuk, D. Stoyanov, F. Ravetta, V. Rizi, A regional model of European aerosol transport: Evaluation with sun photometer, lidar and air quality data, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 47, February 2012, Pages 519–532, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.029, (2012).

F. Madonna, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, C. Cornacchia, V. Cuomo, G. D’Amico, A. Giunta, L. Mona, and G. Pappalardo, CIAO: the CNR-IMAA advanced observatory for atmospheric research, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 1191-1208, www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/1191/2011/ doi:10.5194/amt-4-1191-2011, (2011).

Pappalardo, G., U. Wandinger, L. Mona, A. Hiebsch, I. Mattis, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, P. Seifert, H. Linne, A. Apituley, L. Alados Arboledas, D. Balis, A. Chaikovsky, G. D’Amico, F. De Tomasi, V. Freudenthaler, E. Giannakaki, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, M. Iarlori, F. Madonna, R.-E. Mamouri, L. Nasti, A. Papayannis, A. Pietruczuk, M. Pujadas, V. Rizi, F. Rocadenbosch, F. Russo, F. Schnell, N. Spinelli, X. Wang, and M. Wiegner, EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO: first intercomparison results, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00H19, doi:10.1029/2009JD012147, (2010).

Madonna F., A. Amodeo, G. D’Amico, L. Mona, and G. Pappalardo, Observation of non-spherical ultragiant aerosol using a microwave radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21814, doi:10.1029/2010GL044999, (2010).

Laj P., J. Klausen, M. Bilde, C. Plab-Duelmer, G. Pappalardo, C. Clerbaux, U. Baltensperger, J. Hjorth, D. Simpson, S. Reimann, P. F. Coheur, A. Richter, M. de Mazière, Y. Rudich, G. McFiggans, K. Torseth, A. Wiedensohler, S. Morin, M. Schulz, J. Allan, J. L. Attié, I. Barnes, W. Birmilli, P. Cammas, J. Dommen, H. P. Dorn, S. Fuzzi, M. Glasius, M. Hermann, S. Kinne, I. Koren, F. Madonna, M. Maione, A. Massling, O. Moehler, L. Mona, D. Müller, T. Müller, J. Orphal, V. H. Peuch, F. Stratmann, D. Tanré, G. Tyndall, A. A. Riziq, M. Van Roozendael, P. Villani, B. Weiner, H. Wex, A. Zardini – Measuring Atmospheric Composition Changes –Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 43, No. 33, pp. 5351-5414. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.020, (2009).

Madonna, F., F. Russo, R. Ware, and G. Pappalardo, Mid-tropospheric supercooled liquid water observation consistent with nucleation induced by a mountain lee wave, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L18802, doi:10.1029/2009GL039545,  (2009).

Mona L., G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, G. D’Amico, F. Madonna, A. Boselli, A. Giunta, F. Russo, V. Cuomo, One year of CNR-IMAA multi-wavelength Raman lidar measurements in correspondence of CALIPSO overpass: Level 1 products comparison, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 7213–7228, 2009, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/7213/2009/, doi: doi:10.5194/acpd-9-8429-2009,  (2009).

D. Müller, B. Heinold, M. Tesche, I. Tegen, D. Althausen, L. Alados Arboledas, V. Amiridis, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, D. Balis, A. Comeron, G. D’amico, E. Gerasopoulos, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, V. Freudenthaler, E. Giannakaki, B. Heese, M. Iarlori, P. Knippertz, R. E. Mamouri, L. Mona, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, R.-M. Perrone , G. Pisani, V. Rizi, M. Sicard, N. Spinelli, A. Tafuro and M. Wiegner, EARLINET observations of the 14-22-May long-range dust transport event during SAMUM 2006: validation of results from dust transport modelling, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Pages: 325-339 Published: FEB 2009.

Papayannis A., V. Amiridis, L. Mona, G. Tsaknakis, D. Balis, J. Bösenberg, A. Chaikovski, F. De Tomasi, I. Grigorov, I. Mattis, V. Mitev, D. Müller, S. Nickovic, C. Pérez, A. Pietruczuk, G. Pisani, F. Ravetta, V. Rizi, M. Sicard, T. Trickl, M. Wiegner, M. Gerding, R. E. Mamouri, G. D’Amico and G. Pappalardo, “Systematic lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET (2000-2002)”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009028, (2008).

J. P. Taylor ,W. Smith, V. Cuomo, A. Larar, D. Zhou, C. Serio, T. Maestri, R. Rizzi, S. Newman, P. Antonelli, S. Mango, P. Di Girolamo, F. Esposito, G. Grieco, D. Summa, R. Restieri, G. Masiello, F. Romano, G. Pappalardo, G. Pavese, L. Mona, A. Amodeo, G. Pisani, EAQUATE – An International Experiment For Hyper-spectral Atmospheric Sounding Validation, BAMS, 203-218, February 2008.

Daniel K. Zhou, W.L. Smith, V. Cuomo, J.P. Taylor, C.D. Barnet, P. Di Girolamo, G. Pappalardo, A.M. Larar, X. Liu, S.M. Newman, C. Lee, and S.A. Mango, Retrieval validation during the European Aqua Thermodynamic Experiment, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorology Society, 133 (S3) 203-215 (2007).

L. Mona, C. Cornacchia, G. D’Amico, P. Di Girolamo, G. Pappalardo, G. Pisani, D. Summa, X. Wang, V. Cuomo, Characterization of the variability of the humidity and cloud fields as observed from a cluster of ground-based lidar systems, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorology Society, 133: (S3) 257–271 (2007).

M. Ridolfi, U. Blum, B. Carli, V. Catoire, S. Ceccherini, H. Claude, C. De Clercq, K. H. Fricke, F. Friedl-Vallon, M. Iarlori, P. Keckhut, B. Kerridge, J.-C. Lambert, Y. J. Meijer, L. Mona, H. Oelhaf, G. Pappalardo, M. Pirre, V. Rizi, C. Robert, D. Swart, T. von Clarmann, A. Waterfall, and G. Wetzel – Geophysical validation of temperature retrieved by the ESA processor from MIPAS/ENVISAT atmospheric limb-emission measurements  – Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4459-4487, (2007).

L. Mona, A. Amodeo, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo – Saharan dust intrusions in the Mediterranean area: Three years of Raman lidar measurements – J. Geophys. Res., vol. 111, D16203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006569, (2006).

M.G. Villani, L. Mona, A. Maurizi, G. Pappalardo, A. Tiesi, M. Pandolfi, M. D’Isidoro, V. Cuomo, F. Tampieri, Transport of volcanic aerosol in the troposphere: the case study of the 2002 Etna plume, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. D21, D21102, doi:10.1029/2006JD007126, (2006).

F. Madonna, A. Amodeo, C. Cornacchia, G. D’Amico, L. Mona, M.Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, V. Cuomo – Multichannel microwave radiometer and water vapour Raman lidar: comparisons and synergies – AITinforma – Rivista Italiana di telerilevamento, 35, 115-130, (2006).

A. Amodeo, J. Bösenberg, A. Ansmann, D. Balis, C. Böckmann, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, V. Mitev, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, M. R. Perrone, V. Rizi, V. Simeonov, P. Sobolewski, N. Spinelli, D. V. Stoyanov, T. Trickl, M. Wiegner –  EARLINET: the European Aerosol Lidar Network – Optica Pura y Aplicada, of the Optical Spanish Society, vol. 39, N. 1, (2006).

S. Guibert, V. Matthias, M. Schulz, J. Bösenberg, R. Eixmann, I. Mattis, G. Pappalardo, M. Rita Perrone, N. Spinelli, and G. Vaughan, “The vertical distribution of aerosol over Europe: synthesis of one year of EARLINET aerosol lidar measurements and aerosol transport modeling with LMDzT-INCA.”, Atmos. environ. 39, 2933-2943, (2005).

C. Böckmann, U. Wandinger, A. Ansmann, J. Bösenberg, V. Amiridis, A. Boselli, A. Delaval, F. De Tomasi, M. Frioud, A. Hågård, M. Horvat, M. Iarlori, L. Komguem, S. Kreipl, G. Larchevêque, V. Matthias, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, F. Rocadembosch, J.A. Rodriguez, J. Schneider, V. Shcherbakov, M. Wiegner, “Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 2. Aerosol backscatter algorithms”, Appl. Opt. 43, N. 4, 977-989, (2004).

G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, M. Pandolfi, U. Wandinger, A. Ansmann, J. Bosenberg, V. Matthias, V. Amiridis, F. De Tomasi, M. Frioud, M. Iarlori, L. Komguem, A. Papayannis, F. Rocadenbosch, and X. Wang, “Aerosol lidar intercomparison in the framework of the EARLINET project. 3. Raman lidar algorithm for aerosol extinction, backscatter and lidar ratio” Appl. Opt., 43. N. 28, 5370-5385, (2004).

V. Matthias, D. Balis, J. Bösenberg, R. Eixmann, M. Iarlori, L. Komguem, I. Mattis, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, M. R. Perrone, and X. Wang, “Vertical aerosol distribution over Europe: Statistical analysis of Raman lidar data from 10 European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) stations” J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18201, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004638, (2004).

G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, L. Mona, M. Pandolfi, N. Pergola, and V. Cuomo, “Raman lidar observations of aerosol emitted during the 2002 Etna eruption”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL019073, (2004).

P. Di Girolamo, A. Amodeo, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, V. Cuomo, Lidar research activities in Potenza, Southern Italy, Annals of Geophysics, 46, N.2, 309-319, (2003).

G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, S. Amoruso, L. Mona, M. Pandolfi, V. Cuomo, One year of tropospheric lidar measurements of aerosol extinction and backscatter, Annals of Geophysics, 46, N.2, 401-413, (2003).

S. Amoruso, A. Amodeo, M. Armenante, A. Boselli, L. Mona, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, R. Velotta, N. Spinelli, X. Wang, Development of a tunable IR lidar system, Optics and Laser in Engineering, 37, pp. 521-532, (2002).

D. N. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, T. Berkoff, H. Plotkin, L. Ramos-Izquierdo, and G. Pappalardo, Performance modeling of an airborne Raman water vapor lidar, Appl. Opt. 40, No. 3, 375-390, (2001).

J. Schneider, D. Balis, C. Bockmann, J. Bosenberg, B. Calpini, A.P. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, P. Flamant, V. Freudenthaler, A. Hagard, I. Mattis, V. Mitev, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, J. Pelon, M.R. Perrone, D.P. Resendes, N. Spinelli, T. Trickl, G. Vaughan, and G. Visconti, A European aerosol research lidar network to establish an aerosol climatology (EARLINET), J. Aerosol Sci., 31, Suppl. 1, 592-593, (2000).

P.F. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, S. Amoruso, M. Armenante, A. Boselli, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, R. Velotta, Monitoring of an industrial area in Southern Italy by using a multiwavelength lidar, Optica Applicata 29, N° 4, 427-438, (1999).

P. Di Girolamo, P. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, Aerosol observations in the nocturnal boundary layer,  Appl. Opt. 38, N° 21, 4585-4595 (1999).

V. Cuomo, P. Di Girolamo, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, V. Berardi, M. Armenante, M.P. McCormick, Lidar in Space Technology Experiment correlative measurements by lidar in Potenza, southern Italy, Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 103, No. D10, 11,455-11,463, (1998).

V. Cuomo, P. Di Girolamo, F. Esposito, G. Pappalardo, C. Serio, N. Spinelli, M. Armenante, B. Bartoli, V. Berardi, R. Bruzzese, C. Bellecci, G. E. Caputi, F. De Donato, P. Gaudio, M. Valentini, H. Melfi, M. P. McCormick, The LITE Correlative Measurements Campaign in Southern Italy: Preliminary Results, Applied Physics B, Vol. B 64, No. 5, 553-559, (1997).

P. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, S. Amoruso, M. Armenante, V. Berardi, A. Boselli, R. Bruzzese, R. Capobianco, P. Di Girolamo, L. Fiorani, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, R. Velotta, A multiparametric Lidar system spanning from UV to the mid IR, Laser und Optoelektronik 29, 62, (1997).

P. Di Girolamo, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, V. Berardi, R. Velotta, Lidar observations of the stratospheric aerosol layer over southern Italy in the period 1991-1995, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, No. D13, 18,765-18,773, (1996).

P. Di Girolamo, V. Cuomo, A. Boselli, R. V. Gagliardi, G. Pappalardo, R. Velotta, B. Bartoli, V. Berardi, N. Spinelli, Lidar measurements of atmospheric transmissivity, Il Nuovo Cimento, 18 C, N.2, 209-222, (1995).

P. Di Girolamo, R. V. Gagliardi, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, R. Velotta, and V. Berardi, Two-wavelength lidar analysis of stratospheric aerosol size distribution, Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol. 26, No. 6, 989-1001, (1995).