EZ LIDAR(TM) measurement results in the frame of Indian Monsoon TIGER-Z NASA campaign

Lidar investigation of temporal and vertical optical atmospheric properties will play a key role in the future for a continuous monitoring over the whole planet through world ground based networks. The EZ Lidar(TM), manufactured by LEOSPHERE, has been validated in several campaigns as that one in Southern Great Plains (ARM) or at Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA). An EZ LIDAR(TM) with cross-polarization capabilities was deployed in Kanpur, India in the frame of TIGER-Z campaign organized by NASA/AERONET in order to measure aerosol microphysical and optical properties in the Gange basin. In addition, 12 sun-photometers were deployed during this campaign and CALIPSO (The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) data were also acquired. In this work we present the results in retrieving aerosol extinction and backscattering from EZ Lidar(TM) measurements, and the validation of the space borne instrument CALIPSO under the satellite track. EZ Lidar(TM) is also coupled with the photometers to provide the measurements of the Aerosol Optical Depth over the selected region.