National Observatory of Athens
Website: http://www.astro.noa.gr/
The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) is one of the three institutes of the National Observatory of Athens, the oldest research institution in Greece. The main activities of the Institute involve basic and applied research in a number of topics in astrophysics, from distant galaxies to the solar neighborhood, as well as ground based and space-born remote sensing, earth observation and signal processing. The institute is also committed to outreach and science dissemination for the general public and operates a very popular visitor center in Penteli.
Contributing instruments
| Instrument | PI |
|---|---|
| EMORAL mobile lidar | Vassilis Amiridis |
| CIMEL sunphotometer | Vassilis Amiridis |
| Microtops II aerosol and water vapor sun-photometer | Stelios Kazadzis |
| Weather Research and Forecasting - WRF | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| FLEXPART | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| MSG-SEVIRI fire detection and FLEXPART smoke dispersion | Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes |
| MISR | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
| MODIS | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
| CALIPSO | Fragkiski Ioanna Sofiou |
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.