CV: Sandip Pal - Postdoctoral Programs

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Curriculum Vitae: Sandip Pal
CURRENT CONTACT
Department of Environmental Sciences
Atmospheric Science Division
University of Virginia
291 McCormick Rd.
Charlottesville- 22904, Virginia, USA
Off: +1 (0) 434-243-7711
Mob: +1 (0) 434-326-7706
Web https://sites.google.com/site/sandnowlsce/home
Google Scholar Page:
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Email: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
2004 –2008: Graduate student, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Magna cum laude certified by Faculty of Natural Sciences.
2002-2004: Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Atmospheric Physics, University of Pune, India. Master thesis
project at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM, India)
2000-2002: M.Sc. Physics with specialization in Electronics, Department of Physics, University of Kalyani, India.
1997-2000: B.Sc. with Honors in Physics, St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, University of Calcutta, India.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Feb 2013 – Present: Research Associate, Atmospheric Science Group, Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Feb 2012– Jan 2013: Research Associate, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), Ecole Polytechnique,
Paris, France.
Nov 2010 – Jan 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement (LSCE),
(LSCE, CNRS-CEA-UVSQ), Paris, France.
Nov 2008 – Apr 2010: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany.
RESEARCH INTEREST AND EXPERTISE
Boundary layer meteorology and mountain meteorology, Development and application of lidar and radar remote
sensing technology, Spatio-temporal variability in different state variables with remote sensing techniques from
different platforms, Aerosol emission and transport processes, Techniques for studying optical properties of aerosol
particles, Field studies of boundary layer structure (complex terrain, urban and rural boundary layer, coherent
structure), Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange: Carbon cycle (e.g., CO2 distribution over the megacities, CO2 fluxes by
various methods like EC, ABL budget method, 222Rn method, etc.), Turbulence study and fluxes, Meteorological
process studies (e.g., convection initiation), Spatio-temporal variability of ABL depth and its effect on pollutants and
trace gases, Wave activity, Urban heat island effect, Multi-instruments strategy to advance boundary layer process
studies, New Methods (e.g., lidar signal inversion, turbulence structure retrievals).
MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS
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Young Scientist Award in 7th COPS workshop, Strassbourg, France, 2008, awarded by COPS International
Scientific Steering Committee (ISSC of COPS)
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Best Poster Award in DACH conference, Hamburg, Germany, 2007, organized by German Meteorological
Society (DMG)
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ILRC Travel Grant Award, Nara, Japan, 2006, awarded by International Coordination-group for Laser
Atmospheric Studies (ICLAS) of the International Radiation Commission, International Association of
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
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Visiting Scientist Medal, Pune, India, 2010, awarded by Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical
Meteorology, India.
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Certificate for attending UGC (University Grant Commission, India) sponsored seminar (Renewable
Energy) in St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, University of Calcutta, India, awarded by Dr. M. K.
Chakravorty.
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Funding awarded to pursue PhD, Stuttgart, Germany, 2004, by University of Hohenheim and the Ministry
of Environment and Transport of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Certificate for an excellent oral presentation in PRL, Ahmedabad, India, 2003, received from the organizing
committee of the 4th Planex workshop, Physical Research Laboratory, India.
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National Scholarship, India, 1995, by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Course EVSC: Spring 2014: Boundary layer mixing and turbulence: a lidar perspective
Course EVSC 4320 / EVAT7320: Mountain Meteorology in fall 2013. Topics: Diurnal mountain winds,
conducting field experiments, Air pollution in mountains, Climate change in mountainous regions.
Course EVAT 5500 Boundary Layer Meteorology in spring 2014: Mean boundary layer characteristics,
Governing equations for turbulent flow, Turbulent variances, Turbulence closure, Similarity theory,
Convective boundary layer, Stable boundary layer
Course EVSC: Spring 2013. Topic: On the contribution of lidar remote sensing technique for atmospheric
boundary layer observations.
STUDENT MENTORING
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Supervising graduate students in the department (University of Virginia): Temple Lee: Topics:
Atmospheric boundary layer, trace gas concentration, etc., Mark Sghiatti: Topics: CBL turbulence, aircraft
data, etc., Stephanie Phelps: Topics: Nocturnal wind regimes, quantitative evaluation of the wind roses,
etc., Reviewing their research reports, scientific papers, status-reports, conference abstracts, etc.
Guidance to scientific workers (M.Sc. level students) at University of Hohenheim, Germany; Role played
as Teaching Assistant.
Co-supervised M. Sc. Student during my stay in Paris: Lamia Ammoura at LSCE, France.
Scientific assistance to graduate students: T. Lee, S. Phelp, M. Sghiatti at the University of Virginia.
Supervising undergrad & grad students for their field research activities at the University of Virginia.
FUNDING/GRANTS RECEIVED
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Accepted: A project proposal submitted to the Director of Science Education and Public Outreach for
Science Outreach Internal Funding Opportunity at University of Virginia.
Project title: Understanding the influence of meteorological processes on the near-surface air pollution.
Role: Principal Investigator.
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MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT
1. Feb 2013 – Present: MATERHORN project: Boundary layer dynamics in complex mountainous region.
2. Feb 2013 – Present: Trace gas variability at a mountain site in Shenandoah National Park (Pinnacle ridge top).
3. Jul 2013 – Present: Aircraft measurements of convective boundary layer turbulence features over a mountainous
region near Utah, US.
4. Feb 2013 – Present: Representivity of tower-based nocturnal wind measurements and dispersion of pollutants
near a planned mining site near Chatham in Virginia.
5. Feb 2012 – Jan 2013: ICOS-France (Integrated Carbon Observing System) project: Development of a semiautonomous data analysis tool for the retrieval of atmospheric boundary layer top height with the
ground-based single wavelength aerosol lidar and ceilometer measurements and near-surface
meteorological observations..
6. Nov 2010 – Jan 2012: CO2-MEGAPARIS project. Quantification of the emission of the CO2 over the region
Ile-de-France with center Paris region.
7. Nov 2008 – Apr 2010: Priority Program SPP 1167 of the German Science Foundation (DFG): Quantitative
Precipitation Forecast. Title of the project: Exploiting the synergy of COPS remote sensing data
to analyze convection initiation (CI) processes.
8. Mar 2004 – Oct 2007: BW-PLUS (Baden-Württemberg Programm Lebensgrundlage Umwelt und ihre
Sicherung) Project: Aerosol emission from livestock farming, funded by the Ministry of
Environment and Transport of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Details: By a novel
approach, the physical and chemical aerosol properties are determined by means of spatially and
temporally high resolution lidar measurements in combination with numerical simulations of
aerosol optical properties with a high-resolution microphysics-chemistry-transport model
9. Mar 2007- Apr 2010: Development and application of a scanning water vapor DIAL (DIfferential Absorption
Lidar) reference system funded by German Science Foundation (DFG). Key contribution:
Software development for the analyses of DIAL data sets collected during two different field
campaigns; consequently interpretation of the data to publish in conferences and in peer-reviewed
articles.
10. Aug 2009 - Apr 2010: Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 32 (TR32). Theme: Patterns in SoilVegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling and Data Assimilation. Major
contribution: Participation in the field campaign. Collection and analyses of University of
Hohenheim scanning DIAL data.
11. Mar 2005 – Mar 2007: Convective Storms Virtual Institute (COSI TRACKS). COSITRACKS is a contribution
to TRACKS (Transport and Chemical Conversion in Convective Systems) – an initiative of six
Helmholtz-CentersStart of the project. Key contribution: Development of scanning rotational
Raman lidar system.
12. Mar 2009 – Dec 2009: Integrated DFG Project "Regional Climate Change": High-resolution probabilistic
regional climate projections with emphasis on the interaction between farmland and atmosphere.
Key activity: Development of software tools in IDL to analyze the Eddy Covariance data sets.
Collaborator Dr. H. D. Wizemann.
INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS
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Ground-based vertically-pointing Ozone differential absorption lidar (DIAL)
Mobile eye-safe scanning aerosol lidar for the determination optical properties of aerosols
Scanning rotational Raman lidar for tropospheric temperature field
Scanning water vapor DIAL
Ground based and airborne Doppler lidar for wind measurements
Numerous compact lidar systems designed by Leosphere (ALS 450, ALS300, Doppler lidar)
Ceilometers (CT12K, CL31)
Particle counter (Model 212 Profiler)
X-Band radar for measuring precipitation, snow, melting layers
Eddy Covariance system for fluxes
MICROTOPS (TCO, PWC and AOD at different wavelengths).
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Viasala meteorological sensors
PICARRO cavity ring down spectrometer (CRDS) for CO2, CO, H2O.
Meteorological instruments (tower based)
Tethersonde measurements of state variables
SOFTWARE SKILLS
 Development of data acquisition codes for operation of an eye-safe scanning aerosol lidar system in
Labview 7.1. This full software controls the scanner movement in three-dimension, ADC card (Gage
14100), synchronization with GPS, and lidar data display and storage with high speed and accuracy.
 Development of data acquisition code in Labview 7.1 for a scanning rotational Raman lidar system for
atmospheric temperature measurement.
 Experience in operation of X-Band radar system (with built in Labview 7.1 programmes). This includes
only handling of the X-band radar and working with associated routines for data analysis and visualization.
 Development of several IDL codes for data analysis and visualization
 Development and application of FORTRAN tools during my master thesis.
 Development of advanced tools in IDL for the analyses of eddy covariance data
 R codes for analyses of in-situ data sets
FIELD EXPERIENCES
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Chatham Field Campaign: Nocturnal boundary layer wind measurements (Chatham, Virginia, USA)
MATERHORN-X2 (May 2013, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, USA)
BLAMEX (April 2013, Innisfree, Crozet, Virginia, USA)
CO2-MEGAPARIS 2011 (March 2011, Paris, France)
FLUXPAT 2009 (September 2009, Dueren, Germany)
COPS-2007: (June-August, 2007, Black Forest mountain, Germany)
PRINCE 2006: (June-July 2006, Black Forest mountain, Germany)
BW-PLUS Field campaign 2005 (September, 2005, Northern Germany)
Highlights of Physics 2004 (June 2004, Stuttgart, Germany)
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND SELECTED SERVICE COMMITMENTS
Peer Reviewer of the International Journals:
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Atmospheric Environment (AE)
Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)
Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR Atmospheres)
Annals of Geophysics (AG)
Atmospheric Pollution Research (APR)
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (JTECH)
Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Journal of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO)
Active Professional Membership:
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Meteorological Society (Associate member, AMS)
International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)
Other Community & Departmental Service
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Member of the University of Virginia Postdoc Association lead by the Office of the Vice President for
Research: Multi-disciplinary research oriented activities (e.g., Chalk-Talk, Post-doctoral day, Review panel
in New Horizons Travel Grants).
Reviewer and Judge: The 13th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition, University of Virginia, VA
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Reviewer and judge: Enviro-Day: Annual Research Symposium, Department of Environmental Sciences
at the University of Virginia, USA
Scientific networking via: ResearchGate, AGU Blogosphere, Copernicus Office (EGU-EMS), GoogleScholar
Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPA) program for AGU Fall Meeting
Participation in numerous working group meeting, project investigator meetings.
Member of the National Postdoctoral Association, USA.
Outreach activities
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Active participation in Science Fair mentorship program by University of Virginia Faculty initiated by
Vice President for Research
Demonstration of radiosounding system to school students. Western Albemarle High School students,
Location: Innisfree site, Virginia.
Science fair mentoring to K12 students: Campaign planned: Air Pollution in a narrow valley
AGU’s Expert Outreach Network (AEON)
Complete List of Publications
Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications
Citation matrix: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=II_juUkAAAAJ
Papers in preparation
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Pal et al., 2014. Exploring spatial variability in the features of LCL, CBH, CBL top height and their
relationship with the near-surface humidity over a mountainous region using a network of four ceilometers.
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Pal, S., S.F.J. De Wekker, G.D. Emmitt et al, 2014: Spatial Variability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Heights over a Low Mountain Region: Selected Cases from MATERHORN-2012 Field Experiment, to be
Submitted, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Final iteration with co-authors.
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Pal, S., Lee, T.R., De Wekker, S.F.J., 2014. Impact of near-surface thermodynamics and boundary layer
depths on diurnal variability of particle concentrations at a valley site: a case study. Boundary Layer
Meteorology.
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Lee, T.R., Pal, S., De Wekker, S.F.J. et al., 2014. Impact of meteorological conditions on the diurnal cycles
of CO at a low mountaintop site, Atmospheric Environment.
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De Wekker, S. F.J., S. Pal, G. D. Emmitt., 2014. An overview of the Twin-Otter measurements during the
MATERHORN-2012 field experiment. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, AMS Special
Collection.
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Papers under review
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Pal, S., Lopez, M., Schmidt, M., Ramonet, M., Xueref-Remy, I., Ciais, P., 2014. Investigation of the
atmospheric boundary layer height variability and its impact on the
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Rn concentration over a rural
background site in France, in review.
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Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Radlach, M., Wulfmeyer, V. 2014. Characterization of turbulent temperature
fluctuations and their vertical organization in the convective boundary layer with rotational Raman lidar, in
review, Meteorological Zeitschrift.
Papers published/ in press
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Cimini, N., Angelini, F., Dupont, J.-C., Pal, S., Haeffelin, M. 2013. Microwave radiometer measurements
of mixing layer height, Atmospheric Measurement Technology, 6, 2941–2951, 2013, www.atmos-meastech.net/6/2941/2013/, doi:10.5194/amt-6-2941-2013.
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Lac C., R. P. Donnelly, V. Masson, S. Pal, S. Riette, S. Donier, S. Queguiner, G. Tanguy, L. Ammoura,
and I. Xueref-Remy, 2013. CO2 Dispersion modelling over Paris region within the CO2-MEGAPARIS
project, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 4941–4961,www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/4941/2013/,
doi:10.5194/acp-13-4941-2013.
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Pal, S., Haeffelin, M., and Batchvarova, E., 2013. Exploring a geophysical process-based attribution
technique for the determination of the atmospheric boundary layer depth using aerosol lidar and near
surface meteorological measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 118, 1–19,
doi:10.1002/jgrd.50710, 2013.
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Pal, S., Xueref-Remy, I., Ammoura, L., Chazette, P., Gibert, F., Royer, P., Dieudonné, E., Dupont, J.C.,
Haeffelin, M., Lac, C., Lopez, M., Morille, Y., Ravetta, F., 2012. Spatio-temporal variability of the
atmospheric boundary layer depth over the Paris agglomeration: An assessment of the impact of the urban
heat island intensity, Atmospheric Environment, 63, 261–275.
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Pal, S., Devara P.C.S., 2012. A wavelet-based spectral analysis of long-term time series of optical
properties of aerosols obtained by lidar and radiometer measurements over an urban station in Western
India, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics 84, 75-87.
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Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., 2010: Elastic-backscatter-lidar-based characterization of the
convective boundary layer and investigation of related statistics, Annales Geophysicae 28 825-847.
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Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Bauer, H., Radlach, M., Riede, A., Schiller, M., Wagner, G., Wulfmeyer, V., 2008: 3
-dimensional observations of atmospheric variables during the field campaign COPS, IOP: Earth and
Environmental Sciences, 1 012031, ISSN 1755-1307 (Print),ISSN 1755-1315 (Online).
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Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Aoshima, F., Bender, M., Blyth, A., Corsmeier, U., Cuesta, J., Dick, G., Di Girolamo,
P., Dorninger, M., Flamant, C., Huang, Y., Gorgas, T., Kalthoff, N., Khodayar, S., Wulfmeyer, V., 2011:
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Observation of Convection Initiation Processes with a Suite of State-of-the-Art Research Instruments
during COPS IOP8b, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society 137 81-100.
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Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Wulfmeyer, V., Valdebenito, A. M., Lammel, G., 2011: A novel approach for the
characterisation of transport and optical properties of aerosol particles near sources Part I: Measurement of
particle backscatter coefficient maps with a scanning UV lidar, Atmospheric Environment 45 27952802.Atmos Env 45 2795-2802.
10. Valdebenito, A. M., Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Lammel, G., 2011: A novel approach for the
characterisation of transport and optical properties of aerosol particles near sources - Part II: Highresolution chemistry transport model and its assessment using lidar measurements, Atmospheric
Environment 45 2981-2990.
11. Wulfmeyer, V., Pal, S., Turner, D. D., Wagner, E., 2010 Can the water vapor Raman lidar resolve profiles
of turbulent variables in the convective boundary layer? Boundary Layer Meteorology 136 253-284.
12. Bhawar, R., Di Girolamo, P., Summa, D., Flamant, C., Althausen, D., Behrendt, A., Kiemle, C., Bosser, P.,
Cacciani, M., Champollion, C., Di Iorio, T., Herold, C., Mueller, D., Pal, S., Riede, A., Wirth, M.,
Wulfmeyer, V.,
2011 Water Vapour Intercomparison Effort in the Frame of the Convective and
Orographically-Induced Precipitation Study: Airborne-to-Ground-based and airborne-to-airborne Lidar
Systems. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society 137 325-348.
13. Wulfmeyer, V., Behrendt, A., Kottmeier, Ch., Corsmeier, U., Barthlott, C., Craig, G., Hagen, M., Adrian,
G., Althausen, D., Aoshima, F., Bauer, H. S., Baelen, J., Blyth, A., Brandau, C., Crewell, S., Dick, G.,
Dorninger, M., Dufournet, Y., Ehret, G., Engelmann, R., Flamant, C., Foken, T., Hauck, C., Girolamo, P.,
Graßl, H., Groenemeijer, P., Grzeschik, M., Handwerker, J., Hardesty, R. M., Hauck, C., Junkermann, W.,
Kalthoff, N., Kiemle, C., Krauss, L., Long, C., Madonna, F., Miller, F., Mobbs, S., Neininger, B., Pal, S.,
Peters, G., Radlach, M., Richard, E., Rotach, M., Russchenberg, H., Schlüssel, P., Schumann, U., Simmer,
C., Steinacker, R., Turner, D. D., Vogt, S., Volkert, H., Weckwerth, T., Wernli, H., Wieser, A., Wunram,
C., 2011: The Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study (COPS): An overview of the
field phase and first highlights. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society 137 3-30.
14. Groenemeijer, P., Barthlott, C., Behrendt, A., Corsmeier, U., Handwerker, J., Kohler, M., Kottmeier, C.,
Mahlke, H., Pal, S., Radlach, M., Trentmann, J., Wieser, A., Wulfmeyer, V., 2008: Observations of
kinematics and thermodynamic structure surrounding a convective storm cluster over a low mountain
range. Monthly Weather Review 137 585-602.
15. Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Riede, A., Wagner, G., Pal, S., Bauer, H., Radlach, M., Späth, F., 2009: 3Dimensional observations of atmospheric humidity with a scanning differential absorption lidar Proc. SPIE
7475, 74750L (2009); doi:10.1117/12.835143, ISBN: 9780819477804. ISBN: 9780819477804.
16. Behrendt, A., Wagner, G., Petrova, A., Shiler, M., Pal, S., Schaberl, T., Wulfmeyer, V., 2005: Modular
lidar systems for high-resolution 4-dimensional measurements of water vapor, temperature, and aerosols,
Proc. SPIE 5653, 220, doi:10.1117/12.579139.
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Relevant Discussion Papers/Other papers with DOI: Not Numbered
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Cimini, D., De Angelis, F., Dupont, J.-C., Pal, S., and Haeffelin, M.: Mixing layer height retrievals by
multichannel microwave radiometer observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 6, 4971-4998,
doi:10.5194/amtd-6-4971-2013, 2013.
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Lac, C., Donnelly, R. P., Masson, V., Pal, S., Donier, S., Queguiner, S., Tanguy, G., Ammoura, L., and
Xueref-Remy, I.: CO2 dispersion modelling over Paris region within the CO2-MEGAPARIS project,
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 28155-28193, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-28155-2012, 2012.
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Technical description of Water-vapor Differential Absorption Lidar of University of Hohenheim (2008)
Behrendt A, Wulfmeyer V, Pal S and Bauer H, online at World Data Center for Climate (WDCC).
DOI:10.1594/WDCC/cops_suph_wvdial.
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Profiles of temperature and particle backscatter coefficient at 355 nm measured with the Rotational Raman
Lidar of University of Hohenheim (UHOH RRL) during COPS 2007 (2008) Behrendt A, Radlach M, Pal S
and Wulfmeyer V, World Data Center for Climate. DOI:10.1594/WDCC/cops_suph_rlidar.
Thesis/Scientific & Technical Reports: 10
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A mobile, scanning eye-safe lidar for the study of atmospheric aerosol particles and transport processes in
the lower troposphere (2008) Pal S, Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Hohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany, Supervisor: Prof. Volker Wulfmeyer, Director, Institute of Physics and Meteorology,
University of Hohenheim, Germany. http://opus.ub.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2009/340/
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LIRAD (LIdar and RADiometer) Sounding of the Atmospheric Aerosols and Pre-cursor Gases over Pune
(2004) Master Thesis, University of Pune, India, conducted at Physical Meteorology and Aerology
Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), India. Supervisor: Dr. P. C. S. Devara, Scientist
G, IITM, Pune, India.
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Active and Passive Remote Sensing of the Atmospheric Aerosols (2003) Internship training report,
University of Pune, India conducted at Physical Meteorology and Aerology Division, Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology (IITM), India. Supervisor: Dr. P. C. S. Devara, Scientist G, IITM, Pune, India.
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Final Report: COST0702 EG-CLIMET (European Ground-based Observations of Essential Variables for
Climate and Operational Meteorology), Editors: A.J. Illingworth, D. Ruffieux, D. Cimini, U. Löhnert, M.
Haffelin, V. Lehmann., Contributors (in alphabetical order): F. Angelini, E. Batchvarova, C. Brandau, D.
Cimini, O. Cox, H. Czekala, A. Dabas, D. Donovan, J.C. Dupont, K. Ebell, J. Fernández-Gálvez, M. E.
Ferrario, C. Gaffard, G.P. Gobbi, U. Görsdorf, J. Güldner, A. Haefele, M. Haffelin, F. Hurter, A.J.
Illingworth, S. Kauczok, H. Klein Baltink, V. Lehmann, R. Lehtinen, D. Leuenberger, U. Löhnert, S. Lolli,
F. Madonna, O. Maier, G. Martucci, G. Maschwitz, I. Mattis, D. Nicolae, E. O’Connor, G. Pace, S. Pal, M.
Piringer, B. Pospichal, D. Ruffieux, L. Sauvage, B. Thies, L. Thobois, W. Thomas, M. Wiegner.
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Pal, S., 2012. Objective determination of the atmospheric boundary layer depth from routine lidar and
ceilometer measurements, Progress report of the research and development project performed by S. Pal in
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collaboration with M. Haeffelin at Ecole Polytechnique between February and May 2012, submitted to
LSCE, France.
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COPS Field Report (2008) Wulfmeyer V, Behrendt A, Kottmeier Ch, Corsmeier U, Barthlott C, Craig G,
Hagen M, Adrian G, Althausen D, Aoshima F, Bauer HS, Baelen J, Blyth A, Brandau C, Crewell S, Dick
G, Dorninger M, Dufournet Y, Ehret G, Engelmann R, Flamant C, Foken T, Hauck C, Girolamo P, Graßl
H, Groenemeijer P, Grzeschik M, Handwerker J, Hardesty RM, Hauck C, Junkermann W, Kalthoff N,
Kiemle C, Krauss L, Long C, Madonna F, Miller F, Mobbs S, Neininger B, Pal S, Peters G, Radlach M,
Richard E, Rotach M, Russchenberg H, Schlüssel P, Schumann U, Simmer C, Steinacker R, Turner DD,
Vogt S, Volkert H, Weckwerth T, Wernli H, Wieser A, Wunram in Eds: (Wulfmeyer V and Behrendt A)
available at https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/spp-iop/
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Field Report: TR32 2007-2010, Description of field measurements performed in the Ellebach catchment
(2010) Graf A, Herbst M, Korres W, Koyama C, Crewell S, Rascher U, Schickling A, Schween J, Selbach
C, Steinke S, Hoffmeister D, Kollet S, Lennefer M, Lengfeld K, Ament F, Wulmeyer V, Behrendt A, Pal S,
Heinemann G, Drüe C.
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Aerosole aus der Nutztierhaltung (Aerosols in Livestock Farming, 2007), Förderkennzeichen:
ZO3K23005 and ZO3K23007 Lammel G, Wulfmeyer V, Pal S, Valdebenito AM, Behrendt A, Müller
F, Radlach M, available at http://bwplus.fzk.de/berichte/SBer/ (in German).
9.
Aerosole aus der Nutztierhaltung (Aerosols in Livestock Farming, 2006), Förderkennzeichen:
ZO3K23005 and ZO3K23007 Lammel G, Wulfmeyer V, Pal S, Valdebenito AM, Behrendt A, Müller
F, Radlach M, available at http://bwplus.fzk.de/berichte/SBer/ (in German).
10. Aerosole aus der Nutztierhaltung (Aerosols in Livestock Farming, 2005), Förderkennzeichen:
ZO3K23005 and ZO3K23007 Lammel G, Wulfmeyer V, Pal S, Valdebenito AM, Behrendt A, Müller
F, Radlach M, available at http://bwplus.fzk.de/berichte/SBer/ (in German).
Non-peer reviewed (extended abstracts) articles published in proceedings: 25
1.
Behrendt, A., Radlach, M., Pal, S., Wulfmeyer, V., 2012: Investigation of the temperature variance profile
in the convective boundary layer with rotational Raman temperature lidar, In: Alexandros Papayannis,
Dimitrios Balis, and Vassilis Amiridis (editors), Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 26th
International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2012), 25-29 June 2012, Porto Heli, Greece, paper S7P09, p. 881-884.
2.
Behrendt, A., V. Wulfmeyer, A. Riede, G. Wagner, S. Pal, H. Bauer, F. Späth, 2010: Scanning differential
absorption lidar for 3D observations of the atmospheric humidity field. Reviewed and Revised Papers
Presented at the 25th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2010), 5–9 July 2010, St.Petersburg, Russia, Publishing House of IAO SB RAS, 2010. ISBN 978-5-94458-109-9. Vol. 2, 1187 1190.
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Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Pal, S., Wieser, A., Radlach, M., Riede, A., Schiller, M., Träumner, K.,
Wagner, G., Fix, A., 2008: Synergetic measurements with three collocated scanning lidars: water vapor
DIAL, rotational Raman lidar, and Doppler lidar Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 24th
International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2008), Boulder, CO, USA, ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4,
1025 - 1028.
4.
Radlach, M., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Riede, A., Wulfmeyer, V., 2008: State-of-the-art daytime scanning
temperature measurements by rotational Raman lidar, Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the
24th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2008), Boulder, CO, USA, ISBN 978-0-615-214894, 1056 - 1059.
5.
Bhawar, R., Girolamo, P., Althausen, D., Behrendt, A., Blyth, A., Bock, O., Bosser, P., Brooks, J.,
Cacciani, M., Crewell, S., Champoll, C., Davies, F., Di Iorio, T., Ehret, G., Engelmann, R., Flamant, C.,
Kiemle, C., Mattis, I., Mobbs, S., Mueller, D., Pal, S., Radlach, M., Riede, A., Seifert, P., Shiler, M.,
Smith, V., Summa, D., Wirth, M., Wulfmeyer, V., 2008: Water vapor intercomparison effort in the frame of
the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented
at the 24th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2008), Boulder, CO, USA, ISBN 978-0-61521489-4, 1017 - 1020.
6.
Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Radlach, M., Schaberl, T., Wulfmeyer, V., 2006: Eye safe scanning aerosol lidar at
355- nm Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 23rd International Laser Radar Conference
(ILRC 2006), In: C. Nagasawa, N. Sugimoto (Eds.) 797 – 800 Nara, Japan.
7.
Radlach, M., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Schaberl, T., Wulfmeyer, V., 2006: Scanning rotational Raman lidar at
355 nm for the measurement of tropospheric temperature fields Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented
at the 23rd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 2006), In: C. Nagasawa, N. Sugimoto (Eds.)
699 – 702 Nara, Japan.
8.
Devara, P. C. S., Pal, S., 2004: Wavelet analysis of 14 years’ aerosol lidar observations over Pune, India
Reviewed and Revised Papers Presented at the 22nd International Laser Radar Conference, In: G.
Pappalardo, A. Amadeo (Eds.), Reviewed and Revised Papers of the 22nd International Laser Radar
Conference (ILRC 2004), 12 - 16 July 2004, Matera, Italy (ESA SP-561, June 2004), 2004.
9.
Pal, S., T. Lee, S. Phelps, S F.J. De Wekker, Evidence for a positive feedback cycle between atmospheric
boundary layer depth and aerosol concentration: an empirical study using simultaneous lidar and particle
counter measurements, 17th Annual George Mason University Conference on Atmospheric Transport
and Dispersion Modeling, June 25-27, 2013, Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
10. Haeffelin, M., Angelini, F., Cimini, D., Pal, S., Ramonet, M., 2012. Automated Retrieval of Convective
and Stable Mixing Layer Depth using Lidar, Microwave Radiometer and Ancillary Surface Data.
Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling (ISTP 2012), ISBN/EAN:
978-90-815839-4-7, Published by the ESA Conference Bureau.
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11. Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Traeumner, K., Radlach, M., Wieser, A., Wulfmeyer, V., 2009: Profiling of sensible
and latent heat fluxes with a combination of water vapor DIAL, rotational Raman lidar, and Doppler lidar
Proceedings of International Symposium for Tropospheric Profiling (ISTP), The Netherlands.
12. Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Radlach, M., Riede, A., Schiller, M., Wagner, G., Wulfmeyer, V., 2009: 2D to 3D
Measurements of the moisture distribution in the atmospheric boundary layer and lower free troposphere
with scanning water vapor DIAL Proceedings of International Symposium for Tropospheric Profiling
(ISTP), Delft, The Netherlands.
13. Behrendt, A., Radlach, M., Pal, S., Wulfmeyer, V., 2009: Buoyancy profiling with lidar: Results of the
COPS campaign Proceedings of International Symposium for Tropospheric Profiling (ISTP), Delft,
The Netherlands.
14. Radlach, M., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Wulfmeyer, V., 2009: Scanning temperature, particle backscatter
coefficient, and particle extinction coefficient measurements on top of a mountain with rotational Raman
lidar, Proceedings of International Symposium for Tropospheric Profiling (ISTP), Delft, The
Netherlands.
15. 3-dimensional observations of atmospheric variables during the field campaign COPS (2008) Pal S,
Behrendt A, Bauer H, Radlach M, Riede A, Schiller M, Wagner G and Wulfmeyer V, 14th International
Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS-2008), Risø National
Laboratory, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark, (invited contribution).
16. Turner, D. D., Wagner, E., Wulfmeyer, V., Pal, S., Berg, L., 2010: Lidar observations of water vapor
mixing ratio turbulence profiles in the convective boundary layer 15th International symposium for the
advancement of boundary layer remote sensing (ISARS-2010), Paris, France (invited contribution).
17. Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Kiemle, C., Ehret, G., Reitebuch, O., Flamant, C., Radlach, M., Pal, S.,
Schiller, M., Riede, A., Wieser, A., Di Girolamo, P., Davies, F., Althausen, D., 2007: Lidar measurements
within the world weather research project COPS, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for
Atmospheric Remote Sensing, SPIE International Symposium on Remote Sensing, 17-21 September
2007, Florence, Italy.
18. Radlach, M., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Riede, A., Wulfmeyer, V., 2007: Scanning temperature measurement in
the lower troposphere by rotational measurement In proceedings of SPIE Conference, Florence, Italy,
Paper 6750-25.
19. Schiller, M., Wulfmeyer, V., Riede, A., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Bauer, H., Wagner, G., Wandinger, U.,
Althausen, D., Fix, A., Wirth, M., Ehret, G., 2007: Scanning water vapor DIAL based on a high-power Ti:
sapphire laser: first experimental results In proceedings of SPIE Conference, Florence, Italy Paper 675057.
20. Pal, S., Behrendt, A., Radlach, M., Wulfmeyer, V., 2007: Aerosol measurements with a scanning rotational
Raman lidar at Hornisgrinde during COPS Proceedings of DACH Conference FE: Fernerkundung
(Remote sensing), ID-NR: DACH2007-A-00420. [Best Poster Award]
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21. Pal, S., Riede, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Behrendt, A., Radlach, M., Högl, D., 2007: Investigation of precipitation
with a vertically pointing X-band radar at Hornisgrinde during COPS Proceedings of DACH Conference
FE: Fernerkundung (Remote sensing), ID-NR: DACH2007-A-00417.
22. Radlach, M., Behrendt, A., Pal, S., Wulfmeyer, V., 2007: Scanning temperature measurements with
rotational Raman lidar at Hornisgrinde during COPS Proceedings of DACH Conference FE:
Fernerkundung (Remote sensing) ID-NR: DACH2007-A-00419.
23. Behrendt, A., Wulfmeyer, V., Schiller, M., Riede, A., Bauer, H., Wagner, G., Pal, S., 2007: Water vapor
differential absorption lidar measurements at Hornisgrinde during COPS Proceedings of DACH
Conference FE: Fernerkundung (Remote sensing) ID-NR: DACH2007-A-00420.
24. Valdebenito, A. M., Pal, S., Lammel, G., Wulfmeyer, V., Behrendt, A., Müller, F., Petrova, A., Schaberl,
T., Feichter, H., 2005: Close to Source Dynamics and Evolution of Aerosols Emitted from a Livestock
Farm, Proceedings of ACCENT Symposium, Urbino, Italy.
25. Pal, S., Devara, P. C. S., 2004: LIRAD (LIdar and RADiometer) sounding of the atmospheric aerosol over
Pune, India, Proceedings of Raman Memorial Conference, Department of Physics, University of Pune,
India.
Contributions in the conference/symposium/workshop (short abstracts): 42
1.
U. Karstens, P. Bergamaschi, I. Levin, A. Manning, M. Saunois, A.T. Vermeulen, E. Koffi, R. Locatelli, M.
Schmidt, R. Fisher, J. Hatakka, H.A.J. Meijer, J. Moncrieff, C. Schlosser, S. Pal and M. Ramonet, 2014.
Validation of atmospheric transport models through comparisons with
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Radon and boundary layer mixing
height observations, Seventh International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG7),
November 5-7, 2014 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2.
Sghiatti, M.D., S. Pal, G.D. Emmitt, and S.F.J. De Wekker, Turbulence structure in the daytime boundary
layer around an isolated mountain from in-situ airborne measurements, AMS annual meeting, February
2014.
3.
Stephanie Phelps, T. Lee, Z. Vecenaj, S. Pal, M. Sghiatti, and S. F. J. De Wekker, 2014, on the
representativeness of wind- and stability measurements in hilly terrain. A case study in southern Virginia,
AMS annual meeting, February 2014.
4.
Lee, T.R., De Wekker, S., and Pal, S., 2014. On the impact of near-surface meteorological conditions on
the diurnal cycle of CO mixing ratio at a ridge top site in the Appalachian Mountains. Enviro-day-2014:
Annual Research Symposium, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, USA.
5.
Sghiatti, M., Pal, S., Emmitt, G.D., De Wekker, S.F.J., 2014. Turbulence structure in the daytime boundary
layer around an isolated mountain from in-situ airborne measurements, Enviro-Day: Annual Research
Symposium, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, USA. [Best Poster
Award]
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Phelps, S., De Wekker, S.F.J., Pal, S., Sghiatti, M., and Lee, T.R., 2014. Preliminary Results from a
Representativeness Study of Wind Measurements in Hilly Terrain, Enviro-Day: Annual Research
Symposium, Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, USA.
7.
Pal, S., De Wekker, S.F.J., Emmitt, G.D., 2013. Investigation of the spatio-temporal variability of
atmospheric boundary layer depths over mountainous terrain observed with a suite of ground-based and
airborne instruments during the MATERHORN field experiment, AGU Fall meeting 2013, San
Francisco, Session A058: Research on Improving Weather Prediction for Mountain Terrain.
8.
De Wekker, S.F.J., Yubao, L., Jason, C. Knievel, S. Pal, Emmitt, G.D., 2013. Observations and simulations
of the wind structure in the boundary layer around an isolated mountain during the MATERHORN field
experiment. AGU Fall meeting 2013, San Francisco, Session A058: Research on Improving Weather
Prediction for Mountain Terrain. A14D-05.
9.
S. Pal, MA. Drouin, M. Haeffelin, 2013. Restitution de la hauteur de couche limite au SIRTA : l'algorithme
STRAT+, SIRTA Science Team Meeting 2013, 18 Juin 2013, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaisea, France.
10. S.F.J. De Wekker, S. Pal, T. Lee, S. Phelps, M. Sghiatti, Boundary Layer Meteorology in Complex Terrain,
The Environmental Sciences Fall 2013 Research Fair, October 23, 2013, Clark Hall Mural Room,
University of Virginia, VA.
11. De Wekker, S.F.J., G.D. Emmitt, S. Greco. K. Godwin, R. Foster, S. Pal, and H.J. Fernando, 2013: Wind
and turbulence structure in and above the boundary layer around an isolated mountain: first results from
airborne measurements during the MATERHORN field study, Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere
Assembly DACA-13 in Switzerland in July 2013.
12. De Wekker, S.F.J., J. Knievel, Y. Liu, G.D. Emmitt, S. Pal, B. Balsley, D. Lawrence, S. Hoch, Y. Wang,
and H.J. Fernando, 2013: Observations and simulations of multi-scale flows and atmospheric boundary
layer dynamics during early morning transition period: a case study from the MATERHORN field phase,
Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly DACA-13 in Switzerland in July 2013.
13. I. Xueref-remy, E Dieudonné, L Ammoura, P Cellier, F Gibert, C Lac, T. Lauvaux, M. Lopez, S. Pal, C.
Ampe, V. Puygrenier, M. Ramonet, M. Schmidt, B. Thiruchittampallam, C. Vuillemin, 2013, GC43C-03Measuring the Carbon Emissions of Megacities, Meeting of the Americas, May 2013, Cancun, Mexico.
14. Xueref-Remy, I., Dieudonné, E., Lopez, M., Vuillemin, C., Pal, S., Schmidt, M., Ampe, C., 2012.
Assessing Paris megacity CO2 urban dome: analysis of 1 year of data from the CO2-Megaparis project
(Aug.2010-Jul.2011), GC53B-1272. AGU Fall meeting 2012, San Francisco, USA.
15. Haeffelin, M., J.C. Dupont, S. Pal, N. Cimini, F. Angelini, 2012. Automated Retrieval of convective and
stable mixing Layer Depth using Lidar, microwave Radiometer and ancillary surface Data, CALIPSO,
CloudSat, EarthCARE Joint Workshop, The Role of Clouds and Aerosols in Weather and Climate, 18-22
June 2012, Paris, France.
16. Pal, S., Haeffelin, M., Batchvarova, E., Ramonet, M. 2012, On the application of higher-order statistics to
facilitate the near-real time determination of the instantaneous atmospheric boundary layer depth using
routine lidar and ceilometer measurements, SIRTA Science Team Meeting, Paris, France.
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17. M. Haeffelin, JC. Dupont, S. Pal, N. Cimini, F.Angelini, 2012. Structure de la couche de mélange
convective et stable observée par synergies de mesures lidar, radiométrie micro-onde, et anémométrie
sonique, SIRTA Science team meeting, Paris, France.
18. Xueref-Remy I, Pal S, Donnelly R, Lac C, Ammoura L, Masson V, Ampe C, Marfaing H., 2011. CO2MEGAPARIS: Quantification of CO2 emissions from Paris megacity, GEO-Carbon conference: Carbon
in a changing world, 24-26 October 2011, Rome, Italy.
19. Xueref-Remy, I., S. Pal, M. Lopez, M. Schmidt, E. Dieudonné, C. Vuillemin, M. Darding, and B. Wastine.
2012, Atmospheric investigation of the role of the different emission sectors in the total CO2 emission
plume from the Paris megacity, Geophysical Research Abstracts (GRA, EGU), Vol. 14, eISSN: 16077962 , EGU2012-13419, EGU General Assembly 2012. Presentation Type: Oral.
20. Xueref-remy, I., Pal S., Donnelly R., Ammoura L., Dieudonné E., Royer P., Lopez M., Lac Ch., Masson
V., Chazette P., Ravetta F., Haeffelin M., Morille Y., Ampe C., Marfaing H., Schmidt M., Gibert F. (2011)
The CO2-MEGAPARIS project: assessing the anthropogenic CO2 emission plume coming out of Paris
megacity, its dilution factor, and the role of the different emission sectors, SESSION: GC13. Regional
Climate Impacts 4. Towards a Global Greenhouse Gas Information System: A Focus on Urban Domes,
AGU, San Francisco, USA.
21. Wulfmeyer V, Crewell S, Behrendt A, Loehnert U, Scween J, Pal S. (2010) Synergetische Untersuchung
von Grenzschichtprozessen mit abtastenden DIAL- und MWR-Systemen DACH Meteorologentagung
Conference Bonn, Germany.
22. Xueref-Remy I, Vuillemin C, Ampe C, Marfaing H, Lopez M, Schmidt M, Pal S and Kaiser C. (2010)
CO2-MEGAPARIS (2009-2012): Quantifying CO2 emissions from Paris megacity: first observations, AGU
meeting, San Francisco, USA.
23. Turner D, Berg L, Wagner E, Wulfmeyer V and Pal S. (2010) Raman Lidar Observations of Water Vapor
Mixing Ratio Turbulence Profiles in the Convective Boundary Layer, ASR Fall Cloud Lifecycle Working
Group Meeting, Boulder Colorado, USA.
24. Pal S, Gibert F, Xueref-Remy I. (2011) CO2-MEGAPARIS: Lidar and first CO2 flux results (2011) In:
Workshop Monitoring CO2 in megacities Paris-LA, Paris, France.
25. Behrendt A, Pal S, Aoshima F, Bender M, Blyth A, Corsmeier U, Cuesta J, Dick G, Dorninger M, Flamant
C, Di Girolamo P, Gorgas T, Huang Y, Kalthoff N, Khodayar S, Mannstein H, Träumner K, Wieser A and
Wulfmeyer V. (2010) Observation of Convection Initiation Processes with a Suite of State-of-the-Art
Research Instruments during COPS IOP8b 14th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Olympic Valley,
CA, USA, P2.30.
26. Behrendt A, Wulfmeyer V and Pal S. (2010) First 3D Water-vapor Measurements with Differential
Absorption Lidar (2010) ARM Science Team Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
27. Behrendt A, Pal S, Radlach M, Aoshima F and Wulfmeyer V. (2009) Analysis of Convection Initiation
Processes in Complex Terrain with the Synergy of COPS Remote Sensing Data International Conference
on Alpine Meteorology (ICAM), Rastatt, Germany.
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28. Pal S, Behrendt A, Riede A, Schiler M and Wulfmeyer V. (2009) High resolution measurements of water
vapor and aerosol fields with UHOH scanning DIAL system at Hornisgrinde International Conference on
Alpine Meteorology (ICAM), Rastatt, Germany.
29. Weckwerth TM, Wulfmeyer V, Behrendt A, Pal S and Aoshima F. (2009) Water Vapor DIAL and DOW
Observations and Comparisons with Mesoscale Models in COPS International Conference on Alpine
Meteorology (ICAM), Rastatt, Germany.
30. Radlach M, Behrendt A, Pal S and Wulfmeyer V. (2009) Measurement of temperature and aerosol fields
with rotational Raman lidar during the field campaign COPS at Hornisgrinde on 20 th July 2007
International Conference on Alpine Meteorology (ICAM), Rastatt, Germany.
31. Wulfmeyer V, Pal S, Behrendt A, Weckwerth TM. (2009) Studies or Shallow and Organized Convection
with Water Vapor DIAL and DOW and Comparisons with Mesoscale Models during COPS 19th
Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Science Team Meeting, USA.
32. Behrendt A, Radlach M, Pal S and Wulfmeyer V. (2009) Buoyancy profiling with lidars (2009) Fourth
Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, American Meteorological Society (AMS) 89th
Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
33. Schiller M, Riede A, Pal S, Behrendt A and Wulfmeyer V. (2008) High-resolution measurements of water
vapor and aerosol fields with UHOH scanning DIAL system at Hornisgrinde, 7th COPS Workshop,
Strasbourg, France.
34. Radlach M, Behrendt A, Pal S and Wulfmeyer V. (2008) Measurement highlights of temperature and
aerosol fields with rotational Raman lidar at Hornisgrinde, 7th COPS Workshop, Strasbourg, France.
35. Pal S, Behrendt A, Radlach M, Riede A, Wulfmeyer V and Högl D. (2008) Investigation of precipitation
events with vertically pointing UHOH X-band radar at Hornisgrinde during COPS 7th COPS`Workshop,
Strasbourg, France. [Young Scientists Award]
36. Weckwerth TM, Wulfmeyer V, Behrendt A and Pal S. (2008) COPS water vapor DIAL and DOW
observations and comparisons with numerical models American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapmann
Conference, USA.
37. Pal S, Behrendt A, Wulfmeyer V, Schiller M, Riede A, Wagner G, Bauer H and Radlach M. (2008) Water
Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar Measurements at Hornisgrinde during COPS
in 6th COPS
Workshop, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
38. Riede A, Behrendt A, Pal S, Wulfmeyer V and Hoegl D. (2008) Measurements with the IPM-UHOH Xband precipitation radar during COPS in 6th COPS Workshop, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart,
Germany.
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39. Pal S, Behrendt A, Wulfmeyer V, Schiller M, Riede A, Wagner G, Bauer H and Radlach M. (2008) Water
vapor differential absorption lidar measurements at Hornisgrinde during COPS 6th COPS Workshop,
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, German
40. Girolamo P, Bhawar R, Althausen D, Behrendt A, Blyth A, Bock O, Bosser P, Brooks J, Cacciani M,
Crewell S, Champoll C, Davies F, Di Iorio T, Ehret G, Engelmann R, Flamant C, Kiemle C, Mattis I,
Mobbs S, Mueller D, Pal S, Radlach M, Riede A, Seifert P, Shiler M, Smith V, Summa D, Wirth M and
Wulfmeyer V. (2008) Water vapor intercomparison effort in the frame of the Convective and
Orographically-induced Precipitation Study, 6th COPS Workshop, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart,
Germany.
41. Wulfmeyer V, Behrendt A, Schiler M, Pal S, Riede A, Bauer H, Wagner G, Fix A, Wirth M, Ehret G,
Wandinger U and Althausen D. (2008) High-resolution water-vapor measurement using a ground-based,
mobile differential absorption lidar system in American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Oreland,
USA.
42. Groenemeijer P, Barthlott Ch, Behrendt A, Corsmeier U, Handwerker J, Kohler M, Kottmeier Ch, Mahlke
H, Pal S, Radlach M, Trentmann J, Wieser A and Wulfmeyer V. (2007) Multi-sensor measurements of a
convective storm cluster over a low mountain range: Adaptive observations during PRINCE in 4th
European Conference on Severe Storm (ECSS), Trieste, Italy.
Scientific visits/ invited presentation/ Workshops/others
1.
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S. Pal et al., 2013, Characterization of the Spatio-Temoral Variability of the ABL Depths Observed During
MATERHORN-X1, MATERHORN Investigator Meeting – III, University of Notre Dame, Indiana,
September 6, 2013.
2.
De Wekker, S.F.J., Pal, S., Sghiatti, M., 2013. Observations in complex terrain, MATERHORN
Investigator Meeting – III, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, September 6, 2013.
3.
Pal, S., Lopez, M., Schmidt, M., Ramonet, M., Xueref-Remy, I., Ciais, P., 2013. Investigation of the
atmospheric boundary layer depth variability and its impact on the 222Rn concentration at a rural site in
France: Evaluation of a year-long measurement, Atmospheric Science Seminar, Department of
Environmental Sciences, April 2013.
4.
Haeffelin, M. and S. Pal., 2012. Working group meeting, Instrument synergy to study Mixing Height in
Stable conditions, Rome, 16-17 April 2012, ISAC-CNR.
5.
Application of scanning lidar systems for 3-d measurements of, wind, aerosol and moisture distributions in
the lower troposphere, Thrust area: Wind energy (2010) Pal S, invited presentation at the UGC-sponsored
two-day National Conference on Non-conventional Energy Resources and Sustainable Development:
Current Perspective, St. Paul’s C. M. College, Kolkata, India.
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6.
Application of ground-based, mobile scanning lidar systems for 3-d measurements of aerosol, temperature
and moisture distributions in the atmospheric boundary layer and lower free troposphere (2010) Pal S,
invited talk at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India.
7.
Development and application of ground-based, mobile scanning lidar systems for 3-d measurements of
aerosol, temperature and moisture distributions in the atmospheric boundary layer and lower free
troposphere (2010) Pal S, invited talk during three days scientific visit at National Atmospheric Research
Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, India.
8.
Application of scanning lidar systems for the high resolution description of the thermodynamic variables in
the lower troposphere (2010) Pal S, invited talk at the Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences,
University of Pune, India.
9.
Lidar application towards high resolution description of the thermodynamic variables in the lower
troposphere (2010) Pal S, invited talk at the Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
(CORAL), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), India.
10. Lidar probing of atmospheric variables (2010) Pal S, Seminar at the Department of Applied Mathematics,
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India.
11. Analysis of the lidar data obtained above central Stuttgart in June 2004 (2004) Pal S Workshop in Max
Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany.
12. Laser atmosphere interaction (2003) Pal S in 4
th
Planex workshop on the topic Remote Sensing of the
Planetary Atmosphere, Physical Research Laboratory, India.
13. Participation in the workshop of Green House Gas emission in Europe, Heidelberg, Germany, November
2010.
14. Participation in several working group meetings for science and operation plan for three different national
and international field campaigns.
15. Participation in 3rd ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) Atmospheric Station Workshop
November 30th – December 1st 2010, LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.