Lidar Observations in South America. Part I - Mesosphere and Stratosphere
Creators: name: Landulfo, Eduardo
name: Cacheffo, Alexandre
name: Yoshida, Alexandre Calzavara
name: Gomes, Antonio Arleques
name: Lopes, Fábio Juliano Da Silva
name: Moreira, Gregori De Arruda
name: Silva, Jonatan João Da
name: Andrioli, Vania
name: Pimenta, Alexandre
name: Wang, Chi
name: Xu, Jiyao
name: Martins, Maria Paulete Pereira
name: Batista, Paulo
name: Barbosa, H. M. J.
name: Gouveia, Diego Alves
name: González, Boris Barja
name: Zamorano, Felix
name: Quel, Eduardo
name: Pereira, Clodomyra
name: Wolfram, Elian
name: Casasola, Facundo Ismael
name: Orte, Facundo
name: Salvador, Jacobo Omar
name: Pallotta, Juan Vicente
name: Otero, Lidia Ana
name: Prieto, Maria
name: Ristori, Pablo Roberto
name: Brusca, Silvina
name: Estupiñan, John Henry Reina
name: Barrera, Estiven Sanchez
name: Antuña-Marrero, Juan Carlos
name: Forno, Ricardo
name: Andrade, Marcos
name: Hoelzemann, Judith Johanna
name: Guedes, Anderson Guimarães
name: Sousa, Cristina Tobler
name: Oliveira, Daniel Camilo Fortunato Dos Santos
name: Duarte, Ediclê De Souza Fernandes
name: Silva, Marcos Paulo Araújo Da
name: Santos, Renata Sammara Da Silva
name: Landulfo, Eduardo
name: Cacheffo, Alexandre
name: Yoshida, Alexandre Calzavara
name: Gomes, Antonio Arleques
name: Lopes, Fábio Juliano Da Silva
name: Moreira, Gregori De Arruda
name: Silva, Jonatan João Da
name: Andrioli, Vania
name: Pimenta, Alexandre
name: Wang, Chi
name: Xu, Jiyao
name: Martins, Maria Paulete Pereira
name: Batista, Paulo
name: Barbosa, Henrique De Melo Jorge
name: Gouveia, Diego Alves
name: González, Boris Barja
name: Zamorano, Felix
name: Quel, Eduardo
name: Pereira, Clodomyra
name: Wolfram, Elian
name: Casasola, Facundo Ismael
name: Orte, Facundo
name: Salvador, Jacobo Omar
name: Pallotta, Juan Vicente
name: Otero, Lidia Ana
name: Prieto, Maria
name: Ristori, Pablo Roberto
name: Brusca, Silvina
name: Estupiñan, John Henry Reina
name: Barrera, Estiven Sanchez
name: Antuña-Marrero, Juan Carlos
name: Forno, Ricardo
name: Andrade, Marcos
name: Hoelzemann, Judith Johanna
name: Guedes, Anderson Guimarães
name: Sousa, Cristina Tobler
name: Oliveira, Daniel Camilo Fortunato Dos Santos
name: Duarte, Ediclê De Souza Fernandes
name: Silva, Marcos Paulo Araújo Da
name: Santos, Renata Sammara Da Silva
Publisher: name: IntechOpen
Year: 2020

description: South America covers a large area of the globe and plays a fundamental function in its climate change, geographical features, and natural resources. However, it still is a developing area, and natural resource management and energy production are far from a sustainable framework, impacting the air quality of the area and needs much improvement in monitoring. There are significant activities regarding laser remote sensing of the atmosphere at different levels for different purposes. Among these activities, we can mention the mesospheric probing of sodium measurements and stratospheric monitoring of ozone, and the study of wind and gravity waves. Some of these activities are long-lasting and count on the support from the Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET). We intend to pinpoint the most significant scientific achievements and show the potential of carrying out remote sensing activities in the continent and show its correlations with other earth science connections and synergies. In Part I of this chapter, we will present an overview and significant results of lidar observations in the mesosphere and stratosphere. Part II will be dedicated to tropospheric observations.