Stavros Solomos

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Stavros Solomos is a leading atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on aerosol remote sensing, lidar technology, and the radiative effects of atmospheric particles. His work is central to understanding how smoke and dust aerosols influence climate and air quality. Solomos made a significant contribution with his 2020 study, “Is the near-spherical shape the ‘new black’ for smoke?” (48 citations), which challenged conventional assumptions by demonstrating that near-spherical particles can accurately reproduce the depolarization and lidar ratios observed in stratospheric smoke from Canadian wildfires. This finding has profound implications for aerosol typing in satellite retrievals. He further advanced the field by assessing the impact of lidar ratio assumptions on CALIPSO retrievals (2024, 6 citations), quantifying how these choices affect estimates of shortwave radiative effects across North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Solomos also contributed to the ACTRIS-2 campaign in Athens (2016, 3 citations), pioneering the synergy of lidar, sunphotometry, and in-situ measurements for vertical aerosol profiling. His work is instrumental in refining satellite-based aerosol characterization and improving climate models.

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1. 1
   Is the near-spherical shape the “new black” for smoke?

   48 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Assessing Lidar Ratio Impact on CALIPSO Retrievals Utilized for the Estimation of Aerosol SW Radiative Effects across North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe

   6 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Aerosol Vertical Profiling Utilizing the Synergy of Lidar, Sunphotometry and In-Situ Measurements in the Framework of the ACTRIS-2 Campaign in Athens

   3 citations · 2016

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