Primary activity: Optical remote sensing of aerosols and clouds by means of LIDAR. Development and use in field campaigns of in-situ aerosol instruments. Aerosol light scattering simulations (T-matrix). Conduction of automatic LIDAR stations in Sesto Fiorentino and Antarctica

Main experiences acquired: Development and use in field campaigns of atmospheric LIDARs. Development of optical instruments for aerosol measurements. Development of analog and microcontroller-based electronics for aerosol instruments. Development of simulation and analysis software for LIDAR and aerosol instruments

Scientific manager for INO of Funded Projects:
PREcipitation REtrieval at Concordia
Propriet� ottiche di polveri eoliche in Antartide

Research Groups:
Spectroscopy and PHotonics for Environmental Research and Earth Studies

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 47
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 43
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 1
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 12
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 8
  –   Abstract, are: 6

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2025-06-08
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 70
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 7.929
  –   H-INDEX: 15   G-INDEX: 25   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 8 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor