SPU Lidar station

In 2000 the Center for Lasers and Applications (CLA) belonging to the Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research - IPEN, opened his activities in the atmospheric science field by establishing the Laser Environmental Applications Laboratory (LEAL). From that time, LEAL started the activities in the study of the aerosol and clouds vertical distribution, investigating their optical and physical properties and the role of air pollution in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo-Brazil. LEAL is part of The Latin America Lidar Network (LALINET) since 2001, when LALINET was created during the First Workshop on Lidar Measurements in Latin America (WLMLA) in March 2001. In November 2013 LALINET was recognized as a contributing network for the World Meteorological Organization Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (WMO/GAW), and LEAL was considered a WMO/GAW contributing aerosol observation station called SPU Lidar Station.