Five Years of Aerosol Remote Sensing in Mindelo—a Milestone in Atmospheric Research in the Atlantic

Five years of aerosol remote sensing in Mindelo—a milestone in atmospheric research in the Atlantic

For five years now, a distinctive green laser beam has been shining at night up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) above the harbor of the island's capital. It forms part of a high-energy lidar with which the Leibniz Institute for Atmospheric Research (TROPOS) operates continuous aerosol and cloud measurements at the Ocean Science Center Mindelo (OSCM).