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The interest in the use of ceilometers for optical\udaerosol characterization has increased in the last few years.\udThey operate continuously almost unattended and are also\udmuch less expensive than lidars; hence, they can be distributed in dense networks over large areas. However, due to the low signal-to-noise ratio it is not always possible to obtain particle backscatter coefficient profiles, and the vast number of data generated require an automated and unsupervised method that ensures the quality of the profiles inversions. In this work we describe a method that uses aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements from the AERONET Network that it is applied for the calibration and automated Quality assurance of inversion of ceilometer profiles. The method is compared with independent inversions obtained by colocated multiwavelength lidar measurements. A difference smaller than 15% in backscatter is found between both instruments. This method is continuously and automatically applied to the Iberian Ceilometer Network (ICENET) and a case example during an unusually intense dust outbreak affecting the Iberian Peninsula between 20 and 24 February 2016 is shown. Results reveal that it is possible to obtain quantitative optical aerosol properties (particle backscatter\udcoefficient) and discriminate the quality of these retrievals\udwith ceilometers over large areas. This information has a\udgreat potential for alert systems and model assimilation and\udevaluation

Near-real-time processing of a ceilometer network assisted with sun-photometer data: monitoring a dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula