This is a self-contained, concise, book introducing the reader to the basics and applications of the lidar and radiometer sounding of the atmospheric aerosols and other pre-cursors. The author is a reputed researcher in the field of active and passive remote sensing of atmosphere. Different sections contain findings of the study where the author emphasized on the long-term trend and wave-like features (e.g., annual oscillation, quasi-biennial oscillation, etc.) present in the time series of aerosol columnar content over an urban site (Pune) in India. This book also discussed the potential...