Integrated Studies of Tropospheric Aerosol at the Institute of Atmospheric Optics (Development Stages)

In the work dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAO SB RAS), experimental studies are reviewed in a certain chronology that have been milestones in the development of an integrated study of aerosol life in the atmosphere. We discuss briefly the main results from the series of expedition studies of the optical and microphysical properties of aerosol of marine coastal hazes, arid zones, and different geographic regions of the World Ocean. The modern set of methods and instrumentation that we use to measure the aerosol characteristics in the monitoring mode at the network of IAO SB RAS stations is described. The results of multiyear studies of tropospheric aerosol using aircraft laboratories are presented.