Operation of the aerosol lidar located at the PANGEA station and the user’s own lidar instrument for testing and validation purposes while following the ACTRIS protocols for lidar measurements procedures and data quality assurance and quality control.

The service includes:

• Administrative support for the deployment and installation of the user’s instrument at the PANGEA premises

• Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment (e.g. power connections, remote access, storage, internet network).

• Operation of the PANGEA lidar and provision of lidar products for the comparison with the lidar to be tested/validated

• Scientific support for supervision and analysis of collected data (physical or remote)

TIME CONSTRAINTS: On-site lidar intercomparison in spring & summer