INTERACT-II (INTERcomparison of Aerosol and Cloud Tracking - II)

<p>Following the previous efforts of INTERACT (INTERcomparison of Aerosol and Cloud Tracking), the INTERACT-II campaign used multi-wavelength Raman lidar measurements to assess the performance of an automatic compact micro-pulse lidar (MiniMPL) and two ceilometers (CL51 and CS135) in providing reliable information about optical and geometric atmospheric aerosol properties. The campaign took place at the CNR-IMAA Atmospheric Observatory (760&thinsp;ma.s.l.; 40.60^∘&thinsp;N, 15.72^∘&thinsp;E) in the framework of ACTRIS-2 (Aerosol Clouds Trace gases Research InfraStructure) H2020 project. Co-located simultaneous measurements involving a&nbsp;MiniMPL, two ceilometers and two EARLINET multi-wavelength Raman lidars were performed from July to December&nbsp;2016.</p> <p>All the data from the CIAO lidars, the MiniMPL and from&nbsp;theCHM15k,&nbsp;CS135 and the CT25K ceilometers, operating collocated and simultaneously during the INTERACT-II&nbsp;campaign, are provided here. Additional files for the correction of the MiniMPL incomplere overlap are also provided.</p> <p>The results of the campaign are described in detail in Madonna et al., 2018 (<a href="https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/11/2459/2018/">https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/11/2459/201</a>8/).</p>