A range of remote sensing instrumentation will be mobilized for CHARADMExp campaign and added to the existing in-situ instrumentation that operates at Finokalia station; in addition, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will perform measurements at selected altitudes over the measurement site. The campaign will also be supported by the output of atmospheric models operating at the National Observatory of Athens.
Ground-based instruments
| Instrument | Institute | PI | Operator | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PollyXT lidar | TROPOS | Ulla Wandinger | Ronny Engelmann |  |
| EMORAL mobile lidar | NOA | Vassilis Amiridis | Panos Kokkalis |  |
| HALO wind lidar | FMI | Mika Komppula | Ville Vakkari, Alexandra Tsekeri |  |
| Microwave Radiometer | TROPOS | Ulla Wandinger | Ronny Engelmann |  |
| Surface in-situ instrumentation | UoC | Nikos Mihalopoulos | Giorgos Kouvarakis, Nikos Kalivitis, Iason Stavroulas |  |
| UAV | Cyprus Institute | Mihalis Vrekoussis | Christos Keleshis, Stelios Ioannou, Marios Argyrides, Apostolos Apostolou, Mihalis Vrekoussis |  |
| CIMEL sunphotometer | NOA | Vassilis Amiridis | Panos Raptis |  |
| Microtops II aerosol and water vapor sun-photometer | NOA | Stelios Kazadzis | Myrto Gratsea, Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |  |
| UV-MFR radiometer | NOA | Stelios Kazadzis | Panos Raptis |  |
| PSR sunphotometer | NOA, PMOD | Julian Groebner, Stelios Kazadzis | Natalia Kouremeti, Panos Raptis, P. Kosmopoulos |  |
| CCN instrument | GT | Athanasios Nenes | Katerina Bougiatioti |  |
Satellite data
| Satellite | Institute | PI |
|---|---|---|
| MSG-SEVIRI dust product | UKMO | Yaswant Pradhan |
| MISR | NOA | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
| MODIS | NOA | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
| CALIPSO | NOA | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
Ancillary information
| Ancillary information | Institute | PI |
|---|---|---|
| Weather Research and Forecasting - WRF | NOA | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| FLEXPART | NOA | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| MSG-SEVIRI fire detection and FLEXPART smoke dispersion | NOA | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| NMMB/BSC-Dust Forecast | BSC | Jose Maria Baldasano |
| WRF-ARW | BSC | Robert Banks, Jose Maria Baldasano |
Recent activity
News
- ITaRS participation in CHARADMExp (Jul 10th)
- UAV measurements (video) (Jul 1st)
- Cyprus Institute UAVs are heading to Sitia's airport (Jun 26th)
- Saharan dust is approaching (Jun 24th)
- Getting prepared for UAV flights over Crete (Jun 23rd)
Uploaded data
- HALO realtime (Sep 9th)
- FLEXPART (Jul 31st)
- WRF WIND (Jul 31st)
- WRF WIND (Jul 31st)
- WRF WIND (Jul 31st)
CHARADMexp campaign is funded by the European Space Agency.
CHARADMexp is supported by the BEYOND Centre of Excellence, in the frame of the satellite cal/val activities performed by the Centre. LIVAS climatology as well as the smoke dispersion and dust services provided by BEYOND will be validated through the CHARADMexp campaign.
ACTRIS provides support to CHARADMexp participants by offering access to the Finokalia research facilities through the Transnational Access activity of the Network.