Lidar observation of volcanic aerosol layers in the stratosphere over Tomsk in 2008-2010

Marichev V. N.1, Samokhvalov I. V.2
  1. Institute of Atmospheric Optics of SB RAS
  2. Tomsk State University

The main results of lidar sensing of the vertical aerosol structure in the upper troposphere and stratospheric
over Tomsk in 2008-2009 are presented. The modernized lidar complex is described. Results of observations
over the background and volcanic aerosol with the modern lidar complex are discussed. Seasonal peculiarities
of the aerosol stratification in the upper troposphere and stratosphere over Tomsk, revealed previously, are
confirmed. Dynamics of transfer of the eruptive aerosol from volcanic eruptions on Aleutian and Kuril island
chains over western Siberia is traced.