Gian Luigi Liberti
Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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Gian Luigi Liberti is a leading figure in atmospheric aerosol research, specializing in the integration of ground-based remote sensing techniques to characterize aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties. His most significant contribution lies in advancing combined sun-photometer and lidar inversion methodologies, a critical approach for disentangling complex aerosol mixtures in the atmosphere. He played a pivotal role in the EARLINET/ACTRIS COVID-19 campaign, a landmark European initiative that monitored atmospheric changes during the unprecedented 2020 lockdowns. This work, his most cited paper (5 citations), demonstrated how reduced anthropogenic emissions altered aerosol loads and vertical distributions, providing unique insights into background atmospheric states. Liberti’s expertise in harmonizing multi-instrument data has been essential for ACTRIS, the pan-European research infrastructure for aerosols, clouds, and trace gases. His research directly supports climate and air quality modeling by delivering high-quality, validated aerosol extinction and backscatter profiles. Through his leadership in intensive field campaigns and inversion algorithm development, Liberti has strengthened the observational backbone needed to understand aerosol-cloud interactions and assess the environmental impacts of policy interventions.
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