Dr. Lucia Mona Profile

Dr. Lucia Mona

at Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (16)

Proceedings Article | 9 October 2019 Open Access

Open Access

Presentation + Paper

Advancing the remote sensing of desert dust

Vassilis Amiridis, Alexandra Tsekeri, Eleni Marinou, Emmanouel Proestakis, Antonis Gkikas, Anna Gialitaki, Vassiliki Daskalopoulou, Peristera Paschou, Nikos Siomos, Ioannis Binietoglou, Josef Gasteiger, Volker Freudenthaler, Rodanthi-Elisaveth Mamouri, Albert Ansmann, Lucia Mona

Proceedings Volume 11152, 1115206 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530322

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric particles, Aerosols, Remote sensing, LIDAR, Scattering, Polarization, Minerals, Particles, Climatology, Databases

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 30 September 2011 Paper

Paper

Examination of possible synergy between lidar and ceilometer for the monitoring of atmospheric aerosols

Ioannis Binietoglou, Aldo Amodeo, Giuseppe D'Amico, Aldo Giunta, Fabio Madonna, Lucia Mona, Gelsomina Pappalardo

Proceedings Volume 8182, 818209 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897530

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Atmospheric particles, Backscatter, Signal to noise ratio, Atmospheric monitoring, Raman spectroscopy, Atmospheric sensing, Signal detection, Observatories

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 26 October 2010 Paper

Paper

Water vapour profiling in cloudy conditions integrating Raman lidar and passive microwave observations

Fabio Madonna, Antonella Boselli, Aldo Amodeo, Carmela Cornacchia, Giuseppe D'Amico, Aldo Giunta, Lucia Mona, Gelsomina Pappalardo

Proceedings Volume 7832, 78320E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865970

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Microwave radiation, Clouds, Raman spectroscopy, Profiling, Atmospheric modeling, Filtering (signal processing), Terbium, Electronic filtering, Observatories

Read Abstract +

At the Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IMAA) an advanced observatory for the ground-based remote sensing of the atmosphere is operative. This facility is equipped with several instruments including two multi-wavelength Raman lidars, one of which mobile, a microwave profiler, a 36 GHz Doppler polarimetric radar, two laser ceilometers, a sun photometer, a surface radiation station and three radiosounding stations. CNR-IMAA atmospheric observatory (CIAO) is located in Southern Italy on the Apennine mountains (40.60N, 15.72E, 760 m a.s.l.), less than 150 km from the West, South and East coasts. The site is in a valley surrounded by low mountains (<1100 m a.s.l.) and this location offers an optimal opportunity to study different kinds of weather and climate regimes. CIAO represents an optimal site where testing possible synergies between active and passive techniques for improving the profiling capabilities of several atmospheric key variables, such as aerosol, water vapour and clouds, and for the development of an integration strategy for their long-term monitoring. CIAO strategy aims at the combination of observations provided by active and passive sensors for providing advanced retrievals of atmospheric parameters exploiting both the high vertical resolution of active techniques and the typical operational capabilities of passive sensors. This combination offers a high potential for profiling atmospheric parameters in an enlarged vertical range nearly independently on the atmospheric conditions. In this work, we describe two different integration approaches for the improvement of water vapour profiling during cloudy condition through the combination of Raman lidar and microwave profiler measurements. These approaches are based on the use of Kalman filtering and Tikhonov regularization methods for the solution of the radiative transfer equation in the microwave region. The accuracy of the retrieved water vapour profiles during cloudy conditions is improved by the use of the water vapour Raman lidar profiles, retrieved up to a maximum height level located around the cloud base region (depending on their optical thickness), as a constraint to the obtained solution set. The presented integration approaches allow us to provide physically consistent solution to the inverse problem in the microwave region retrieving water vapour vertical profiles also in presence of thick clouds. The integration of Raman lidar and microwave measurements also provides a continuous high-resolution estimation of the water vapour content in the full troposphere and, therefore, a useful tool for the evaluation of model capability to capture mean aspects of the water vapour field in nearly all weather conditions as well as for the identification of possible discrepancies between observations and models.

Proceedings Article | 26 October 2010 Paper

Paper

EARLINET observations of the Eyjafjallajökull ash plume over Europe

Gelsomina Pappalardo, Aldo Amodeo, Albert Ansmann, Arnoud Apituley, Lucas Alados Arboledas, Dimitris Balis, Christine Böckmann, Anatoli Chaikovsky, Adolfo Comeron, Giuseppe D'Amico, Ferdinando De Tomasi, Volker Freudenthaler, Elina Giannakaki, Aldo Giunta, Ivan Grigorov, Ove Gustafsson, Silke Gross, Martial Haeffelin, Marco Iarlori, Stefan Kinne, Holger Linné, Fabio Madonna, Rodanthi Mamouri, Ina Mattis, Michael McAuliffe, Francisco Molero, Lucia Mona, Detlef Müller, Valentin Mitev, Doina Nicolae, Alexandros Papayannis, Maria Rita Perrone, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Manuel Pujadas, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Francois Ravetta, Vincenzo Rizi, Ilya Serikov, Michael Sicard, Valentin Simeonov, Nicola Spinelli, Kerstin Stebel, Thomas Trickl, Ulla Wandinger, Xuan Wang, Frank Wagner, Matthias Wiegner

Proceedings Volume 7832, 78320J (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869016

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Atmospheric particles, Raman spectroscopy, Backscatter, Refractive index, Climatology, Physics, Particles, Clouds

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 9 October 2009 Paper

Paper

Analysis of the EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO

Gelsomina Pappalardo, Lucia Mona, Ulla Wandinger, Ina Mattis, Aldo Amodeo, Albert Ansmann, Arnoud Apituley, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Dimitris Balis, Anatoli Chaikovsky, Adolfo Comeron, Giuseppe D'Amico, Volker Freudenthaler, Aldo Giunta, Ivan Grigorov, Anja Hiebsch, Holger Linnè, Fabio Madonna, Alexandros Papayannis, Maria Rita Perrone, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Manuel Pujadas, Vincenzo Rizi, Nicola Spinelli, Matthias Wiegner

Proceedings Volume 7479, 74790B (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830323

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Backscatter, Clouds, Raman spectroscopy, Satellites, Atmospheric modeling, Climatology, Optical properties, Mass attenuation coefficient

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 9 October 2009 Paper

Paper

Coordinated lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET-AS0S project during CALIPSO overpasses: a strong dust case study analysis with modeling support

A. Papayannis, V. Amiridis, L. Mona, R. Mamouri, A. Apituley, L. Alados-Arboledas, D. Balis, A. Chaikovski, F. de Tomasi, I. Grigorov, O. Gustafsson, H. Linnè, I. Mattis, V. Mitev, F. Molero, D. Müller, D. Nicolae, C. Pérez, A. Pietruczuk, J. Putaud, F. Ravetta, V. Rizi, F. Schnell, M. Sicard, V. Simeonov, K. Stebel, T. Trickl, G. D'Amico, G. Pappalardo, X. Wang

Proceedings Volume 7479, 74790C (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830842

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Atmospheric modeling, Backscatter, 3D modeling, Raman spectroscopy, Performance modeling, Minerals, Atmospheric particles, Remote sensing

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 17 October 2007 Paper

Paper

EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO

Ina Mattis, Lucia Mona, Detlef Müller, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Giuseppe D'Amico, Aldo Amodeo, Arnoud Apituley, José Maria Baldasano, Christine Böckmann, Jens Bösenberg, Anatoli Chaikovsky, Adolfo Comeron, Elina Giannakaki, Ivan Grigorov, Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado, Ove Gustafsson, Marco Iarlori, Holger Linne, Valentin Mitev, Francisco Molero Menendez, Doina Nicolae, Alexandros Papayannis, Carlos Perez Garcia-Pando, Maria Rita Perrone, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Francois Ravetta, Alejandro Rodríguez, Patric Seifert, Michaël Sicard, Valentin Simeonov, Piotr Sobolewski, Nicola Spinelli, Kerstin Stebel, Andreas Stohl, Matthias Tesche, Thomas Trickl, Xuan Wang, Matthias Wiegner

Proceedings Volume 6750, 67500Z (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738090

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Backscatter, Raman spectroscopy, Atmospheric particles, Climatology, Satellites, Clouds, Atmospheric modeling, Data centers

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

Paper

CNR-IMAA integrated measurements for the atmospheric profiling

Fabio Madonna, Aldo Amodeo, Antonella Boselli, Carmela Cornacchia, Vincenzo Cuomo, Giuseppe D'Amico, Aldo Giunta, Lucia Mona, Gelsomina Pappalardo

Proceedings Volume 6750, 67501K (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738019

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Clouds, Aerosols, Raman spectroscopy, Liquids, Microwave radiation, Backscatter, Profiling, Atmospheric particles, Neural networks

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

Paper

First comparisons between CNR-IMAA multi-wavelength Raman lidar measurements and CALIPSO measurements

Lucia Mona, Aldo Amodeo, Giuseppe D'Amico, Gelsomina Pappalardo

Proceedings Volume 6750, 675010 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738011

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Backscatter, Raman spectroscopy, Atmospheric particles, Mass attenuation coefficient, Atmospheric modeling, Troposphere, Clouds, Radiation effects

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 29 September 2006 Paper

Paper

Five years of lidar ratio measurements over Potenza, Italy

Lucia Mona, Aldo Amodeo, Giuseppe D'Amico, Marco Pandolfi, Gelsomina Pappalardo

Proceedings Volume 6367, 636702 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.690689

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Lawrencium, Backscatter, Atmospheric particles, Climatology, Troposphere, Radiation effects, Optical properties, Signal attenuation

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 November 2005 Paper

Paper

The Italian phase of the EAQUATE measurement campaign

Vincenzo Cuomo, Aldo Amodeo, Paolo Antonelli, Antonella Boselli, Alessio Bozzo, Carmela Cornacchia, Giuseppe D'Amico, Maurizio Di Bisceglie, Francesco Esposito, Paolo Di Girolamo, Giuseppe Grieco, Allen Larar, Luigi Leone, Fabio Madonna, Tiziano Maestri, Rocco Marchese, Guido Masiello, Giuseppe Meoli, Lucia Mona, Marco Pandolfi, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Giulia Pavese, Gianluca Pisani, Rosa Restieri, Rolando Rizzi, Filomena Romano, Enrico Rossi, Federica Rossi, Domenico Sabatino, Carmine Serio, William Smith, Nicola Spinelli, Donato Summa, Giulio Todini, Domenico Villacci, Xuan Wang, Daniel Zhou

Proceedings Volume 5979, 59791E (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.628279

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Clouds, Backscatter, Microwave radiation, Temperature metrology, Radiometry, Interferometers, Aerosols, Raman spectroscopy, Sensors

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 November 2005 Paper

Paper

Lidar measurement campaign at CNR-IMAA in the framework of the EAQUATE Italian phase

L. Mona, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, C. Cornacchia, G. D'Amico, F. Madonna, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, V. Cuomo

Proceedings Volume 5979, 59791F (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.627671

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Clouds, Radiometry, Raman spectroscopy, Backscatter, Microwave radiation, Atmospheric particles, Temporal resolution, Sensors

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 1 November 2005 Paper

Paper

CNR-IMAA lidar systems for aerosol, clouds, and water vapour study

G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, C. Cornacchia, G. D'Amico, F. Madonna, L. Mona, M. Pandolfi

Proceedings Volume 5984, 59840C (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.627686

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Clouds, Raman spectroscopy, Radiometry, Temperature metrology, Earth's atmosphere, Water, Mirrors

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 12 January 2005 Paper

Paper

Systematic measurements of the aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio

Gelsomina Pappalardo, Aldo Amodeo, Lucia Mona, Marco Pandolfi

Proceedings Volume 5653, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578809

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Backscatter, Mass attenuation coefficient, Atmospheric particles, Statistical analysis, Climatology, Signal attenuation, Atmospheric optics, Atmospheric monitoring

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

Paper

Systematic tropospheric aerosol lidar observations

Gelsomina Pappalardo, Aldo Amodeo, Carmela Cornacchia, Lucia Mona, Marco Pandolfi

Proceedings Volume 5547, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.559046

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Aerosols, Backscatter, Atmospheric particles, Humidity, Integrated optics, Troposphere, Atmospheric optics, Statistical analysis, Raman spectroscopy

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 9 April 2003 Paper

Paper

Measurement campaign of atmospheric water vapor and aerosols in southern Italy

Gelsomina Pappalardo, Aldo Amodeo, Salvatore Amoruso, Vincenzo Cuomo, Paolo Di Girolamo, Francesco Esposito, Luigi Leone, Lucia Mona, Marco Pandolfi, Giulia Pavese, Rosa Restieri, Carmine Serio

Proceedings Volume 4891, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467523

KEYWORDS: Aerosols, LIDAR, Raman spectroscopy, Atmospheric particles, Backscatter, Spectroscopy, Calibration, Sensors, Interferometers, Infrared spectroscopy

Read Abstract +

Showing 5 of 16 publications

Conference Committee Involvement (3)

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

11 September 2017 | Warsaw, Poland

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

26 September 2016 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

21 September 2015 | Toulouse, France

SIGN IN TO:

View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

Is this your profile? Update it now.

Sign into your SPIE.org account

Don’t have a profile and want one?

Create an account on SPIE.org

Advertisement

Advertisement