Aerosol Lidar (Nd: Yag) at Dumont d’Urville, Antarctica

Site (station location)
Dumont d’Urville, Antarctica
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Aerosol
Model
Nd: Yag
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1989
–1998
2006
–present
Cooperating Institutions
LATMOS-IPSL
ISAC-CNR
Data Link
Ames
Metadata File
https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/NDACC/PUBLIC/meta/lidar/DDU_a_ldr_jju_2025.pdf
M&A Directory Entry

J. Jumelet (LATMOS-IPSL) and M. Snels (ISAC-CNR) — Operated from March through November from 1989–1998. Data from 1999 to 2002 are of poor quality due to instrument degradation. Instrument inactive from 2002 until a new lidar was installed in January 2005. Operational since 2006. Data archived under former PIs Stephanuti (1989–1998) and David (2006–2010).