Lidar Stations

Location Code Institute Coordinates Principal Investigator Key personnel
Andøya, Norway ARR ALOMAR/Andøya Space Center Link 69.2780 N, 16.0080 E, 380 m Martin Fluegge Kolbjørn Blix [Deputy],
Arild Danielsen,
Mathilde Carbonnel,
Kalliopi Voudouri
Antikythera, Greece AKY National Observatory of Athens - NOA 35.8600 N, 23.3100 E, 193 m Vassilis Amiridis Eleni Marinou [Deputy],
Dimitra Kouklaki,
Anna Gialitaki,
Peristera Paschou,
Ioanna Tsikoudi,
Kalliopi Voudouri,
Maria Tsichla,
Alexandra Tsekeri
Athens, Greece ATZ National Technical University of Athens, Physics Department Link 37.9600 N, 23.7800 E, 212 m Alexandros Papayannis Eleni Kralli,
Marilena Gidarakou
Barcelona, Spain BRC Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Link 41.3930 N, 2.1200 E, 115 m Constantino Muñoz-Porcar Alejandro Rodriguez [Deputy],
Cristina Gil-Díaz,
Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira,
Federico Dios,
Adolfo Comeron,
Francesc Rocadenbosch
Belgrade, Serbia BGD IPB – Institute of Physics Belgrade Link 44.8557 N, 20.3913 E, 89 m Zoran Mijic Maja Kuzmanoski [Deputy],
Luka Ilic [Deputy]
Belsk, Poland COG Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Link 51.8300 N, 20.7800 E, 180 m Aleksander Pietruczuk Ilya Bruchkouski [Deputy]
Bucharest, Romania INO National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics (INOE) Link 44.3480 N, 26.0290 E, 93 m Doina Nicolae Livio Belegante [Deputy],
Razvan Pirloaga,
Alexandru Dandocsi,
Victor Nicolae,
Camelia Talianu,
Stefan Nicolae,
Gabriela Ciocan
Cabauw, Netherlands CBW KNMI - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Link 51.9700 N, 4.9300 E, 0 m Arnoud Apituley Diego Gouveia,
Dave Donovan
Clermont-Ferrand, France PUY Observatoire de Physique du Globle (OPGC-LaMP) Link 45.7610 N, 3.1110 E, 420 m Patrick Freville Jean-Luc Baray [Deputy],
Nadege Montoux
Cluj-Napoca, Romania CLJ Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca Link 46.7682 N, 23.5509 E, 405 m Nicolae Ajtai Horatiu Stefanie [Deputy],
Andrei Radovici
Dushanbe, Tajikistan DUS Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 38.5594 N, 68.8561 E, 864 m Ronny Engelmann Holger Baars [Deputy],
Ulla Wandinger,
Julian Hofer
Evora, Portugal EVO Institute for Earth Sciences(ICT-Instituto de Ciencias da Terra) Link 38.5678 N, -7.9115 E, 293 m Daniele Bortoli Maria João Costa ,
Miguel Potes,
Vanda Salgueiro
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany GAR Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Link 47.4770 N, 11.0640 E, 730 m Hannes Vogelmann Thomas Trickl
Granada, Spain GRA Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, University of Granada(IISTA-CEAMA) Link 37.1640 N, -3.6050 E, 680 m Lucas Alados Arboledas Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado [Deputy],
María Soledad Fernández Carvelo,
Ana del Águila Pérez,
Jorge Muñiz Rosado,
Arlett Díaz Zurita,
Pablo Ortiz Amezcua,
Francisco Navas Guzman,
Juan Antonio Bravo Aranda,
Jesús Abril Gago,
María José Granados Muñoz,
Juana Andújar Maqueda
Ispra, Italy IPR Joint Research Centre - Directorate for Energy, Mobilty, and Climate, Ispra, Italy Link 45.8167 N, 8.6167 E, 209 m Jean-Philippe Putaud
Kuopio, Finland KUO Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Atmospheric Research Centre of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Link 62.7333 N, 27.5500 E, 190 m Mika Komppula Elina Giannakaki,
Maria Filioglou,
Xiaoxia Shang
L'Aquila, Italy LAQ Università degli Studi dell’Aquila - Dipartimento di Fisica - CETEMPS, L’Aquila Link 42.3440 N, 13.3270 E, 683 m Vincenzo Rizi Marco Iarlori [Deputy]
Lecce, Italy SAL University of Salento, Physics Department, Lecce Link 40.3330 N, 18.1000 E, 30 m Maria Rita Perrone Salvatore Romano [Deputy],
Lucio Calcagnile
Leipzig, Germany LEI Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 51.3500 N, 12.4330 E, 125 m Holger Baars Ronny Engelmann [Deputy],
Georg Müller,
Finja Baumer,
Dimitri Trapon,
Cristofer Jimenez,
Martin Radenz,
Annett Skupin,
Dietrich Althausen,
Julian Hofer,
Birgit Heese,
Ulla Wandinger,
Athena Floutsi
Lille, France LLE Lille 1 University - Science and Technology Link 50.6117 N, 3.1417 E, 60 m Philippe Goloub Thierry Podvin [Deputy],
Eric Bourrianne,
Gaël Dubois,
Qiaoyun Hu
Limassol, Cyprus CYC ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence and Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research Link 34.6771 N, 33.0376 E, 11 m Holger Baars, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri Argyro Nisantzi [Deputy],
Maria Poutli,
Athina Savva,
Ronny Engelmann
Limassol, Cyprus LIM ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence and Cyprus University of Technology Link 34.6771 N, 33.0376 E, 11 m Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri Argyro Nisantzi [Deputy],
Athina Savva,
Maria Poutli
Madrid, Spain MDR CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas), Madrid Link 40.4565 N, -3.7257 E, 669 m Manuel Pujadas Francisco Gómez Moreno [Deputy],
Francisco Molero Menéndez [Deputy],
Ruben Barragán
Minsk, Belarus MAS B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physiscs, Minsk Link 53.9170 N, 27.6050 E, 200 m Anatoly Chaikovsky
Naples, Italy NAP Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini" dell'Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II Link 40.8380 N, 14.1830 E, 118 m Salvatore Amoruso Antonella Boselli [Deputy],
Riccardo Damiano,
Alessia Sannino
Observatoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère de La Réunion (OPAR), Saint-Denis site, La Reunion, France RUN French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) - University of Reunion Island Link -20.9020 N, 55.4850 E, 84 m Michael Sicard Dominique Gantois,
Nelson Begue,
El Hassan Bencherif,
Guillaume Payen,
Mathilde Poirier
Observatory Hohenpeissenberg, Germany HPB DWD Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeissenberg Link 47.8019 N, 11.0119 E, 974 m Ina Mattis Frank Wagner [Deputy],
Werner Thomas
Palaiseau, France SIR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris Link 48.7130 N, 2.2080 E, 156 m Christophe Pietras Martial Haeffelin
Payerne, Switzerland PAY MeteoSwiss Aerological Station of Payerne - University of Bern, Switzerland Link 1 Link 2 46.8167 N, 6.9333 E, 491 m Giovanni Martucci, Renaud Matthey Martine Collaud,
Alexander Haefele
Potenza, Italy POT Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Potenza Link 40.6000 N, 15.7200 E, 760 m Aldo Amodeo Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos [Deputy],
Gelsomina Pappalardo,
Francesco Amato,
Aldo Giunta,
Giuseppe D'Amico,
Lucia Mona,
Claudio Dema,
Canio Colangelo,
Donato Summa,
Marco Rosoldi,
Christina Anna Papanikolaou,
Michele Volini,
Ermann Ripepi,
Michail Mytilinaios,
Pilar Gumà-Claramunt,
Benedetto de Rosa
Roma-Tor Vergata, Italy RME Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Marine Link 41.8330 N, 12.6500 E, 110 m Davide Dionisi Gian Luigi Liberti [Deputy],
Giovanni Giuliano,
Marco Di Paolantonio,
Lorenza Masi
Sofia, Bulgaria SOF Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Link 42.6500 N, 23.3800 E, 550 m Zahari Peshev Ivan Grigorov [Deputy],
Stefan Dosev,
Eleonora Toncheva,
Tsvetina Evgenieva,
Krum Shumanov,
Liliya Vulkova,
Tanja Dreischuh,
Lyubomir Popov
St. Petersburg, Russia SPL Research Park of Saint-Petersburg State University - Observatory of environmental safety Link 59.9427 N, 30.2730 E, 35 m Dmitry Samulenkov
Thessaloniki, Greece THE Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Link 40.6300 N, 22.9500 E, 50 m Dimitris Balis Kalliopi Voudouri [Deputy],
Georgia Peletidou,
Konstantinos Michailidis
Warsaw, Poland WAW University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics Link 52.2100 N, 20.9800 E, 112 m Iwona S. Stachlewska Dominika Szczepanik [Deputy],
Lucja Janicka

Not permanent stations

Location Code Institute Coordinates Principal Investigator Key personnel
Astrophysical Laboratory Catania, Italy CTN CNISM, INGV, INAF Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 37.5100 N, 15.0800 E, 190 m Simona Scollo Antonella Boselli [Deputy],
Salvo Consoli,
Giuseppe Leto
Melpitz, Germany MEL Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 51.5300 N, 12.9300 E, 84 m Birgit Heese Ronny Engelmann [Deputy],
Holger Baars,
Annett Skupin
Mindelo, Capo Verde CVO Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 16.8778 N, -24.9954 E, 30 m Skupin Annett Holger Baars [Deputy]
Mobile Station LACROS LAC Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 47.0800 N, 7.8500 E, 750 m Patric Seifert Holger Baars [Deputy],
Birgit Heese,
Julian Hofer,
Kevin Ohneiser,
Martin Radenz,
Moritz Haarig,
Annett Skupin,
Andi Klamt,
Dietrich Althausen,
Cristofer Jimenez
Mobile Station OCEANET ARI Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig Link 51.2100 N, 12.2600 E, 123 m Ronny Engelmann Holger Baars [Deputy],
Birgit Heese,
Julian Hofer,
Annett Skupin,
Martin Radenz,
Moritz Haarig,
Cristofer Jimenez,
Dietrich Althausen,
Kevin Ohneiser,
Andi Klamt
Nicolosi, Serra La Nave Observatory, Italy NCL CNISM, INAF, INGV Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 37.6900 N, 14.9700 E, 1740 m Giuseppe Leto Antonella Boselli [Deputy],
Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez,
Simona Scollo

Joining stations

Location Code Institute Coordinates Principal Investigator Key personnel
Burjassot, Spain BUJ Universitat de València Link 39.5000 N, -0.4200 E, 30 m José Luis Gómez Amo Pedro Catalán Valdelomar
Chilboton, United Kingdom CBN National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) Link 51.1450 N, -1.4390 E, 84 m Chris Walden Hugo Ricketts [Deputy]
Cyprus CAO Nicosia, Cyprus NCS The Cyprus Institute (Cyl) Link 35.1410 N, 33.3810 E, 180 m Franco Marenco Alkistis Papetta [Deputy]
Finokalia, Greece FIK National Observatory of Athens - NOA Link 35.3377 N, 25.6698 E, 238 m Vassilis Amiridis Eleni Marinou [Deputy],
Anna Gialitaki
Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze, Germany GAP Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Link 47.4167 N, 10.9797 E, 2675 m Hannes Vogelmann Thomas Trickl [Deputy]
Kosetice, Czechia NAK Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), Kosetice National Atmospheric Observatory Kosetice (NAOK), Czech Republic Link 49.5733 N, 15.0803 E, 534 m Adriana Šindelárová Adéla Holubová Smejkalova [Deputy]
Lampedusa, Italy LMP ENEA 35.5200 N, 12.6300 E, 45 m Tatiana Di Iorio Alcide Giorgio di Sarra [Deputy]
San Pietro Capofiume, Italy SPC Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC) 44.6538 N, 11.6228 E, 10 m Luca di Liberto Angelo Lupi [Deputy]
Sosnowiec, Poland SOS University of Silesia in Katowice Link 50.2998 N, 19.1341 E, 263 m Anna Abramowicz Mariola Jablonska [Deputy],
Miroslaw Szczyrba,
Aleksandra Rubin
Wroclaw, Poland WRC University of Wroclaw (Department of Climatology and Atmosphere Protection) 51.1053 N, 17.0889 E, 116 m Anetta Drzeniecka-Osiadacz Tymoteusz Sawinski [Deputy],
Aleksandra Walkowicz [Deputy]

Not active stations

Location Code Institute Coordinates
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom ABY UWA 51.8580 N, -4.2520 E, 15 m
Cork, Ireland UCC Phys. Dep. and Env. Res. Institute, University College Cork Link 51.8933 N, -8.4942 E, 75 m
Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany HBB Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie 53.4800 N, 10.2410 E, 40 m
Hamburg, Germany HBU Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie 53.5680 N, 9.9730 E, 25 m
Haute-Provence, France OHP Observatoire de Haute Provence, St Michel 43.9000 N, 5.7000 E, 680 m
Jungfraujoch, Switzerland JFJ EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) 46.5481 N, 7.9839 E, 3580 m
Kuehlungsborn, Germany KUH IAP 54.1200 N, 11.7700 E, 70 m
Linkoping, Sweden LKP Swedish Defence Research Agency 58.3920 N, 15.5750 E, 70 m
Lisbon, Portugal LIS IST - Técnico Lisboa 38.7200 N, -9.1500 E, 50 m
Maisach, Germany MUC Meteorologisches Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München Link 48.2090 N, 11.2580 E, 516 m
Munich, Germany MUN Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), LMU 48.1500 N, 11.5700 E, 539 m
Neuchatel, Switzerland NEU Observatory of Neuchatel 47.0017 N, 6.9546 E, 487 m
Last update: 01/04/2025