Projects

HELENA – HERA LIDAR ENGINEERING MODEL ALTIMETER aimed to develop a lidar engineering model (EM) altimeter for current and future ESA AIM missions. The project was primarily focused on the development of an altimeter for the HERA mission. The HELENA design was based on a Laser Landing Altimeter Engineering Model developed by EFACEC, Portugal, within […]

The PROBE Cost Action’s goal was to bridge the observational gap in observing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), the layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth’s surface where we all live. The first step to achieving such a goal was defined as providing ABL profile observations of temperature, humidity, wind, aerosol, and clouds from various

This project, titled “QA4EO Atmospheric Composition Uncertainty Field Studies”, was designed to gather comprehensive datasets through a series of field campaigns in order to assess the uncertainty of satellite-based atmospheric composition products, in accordance with QA4EO guidelines. The primary objective was to provide high-quality, correlated data to validate products from missions such as the Sentinel-5

FRM4RADAR – 94 GHz Miniature Network for EarthCARE Reference Measurements was a project that aimed to deploy, operate, and utilize cloud radar data at two new sites — one in Sweden and one in Romania — in order to extend the geographical coverage of cloud observations in Europe towards the North and East. The project

One of the most critical issues of urban air quality in Europe, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, is the frequent incidence of high levels of particulate matter (PM₁₀/PM₂.₅). Direct links exist between exposure to high concentrations of particulate matter and cardiovascular and respiratory premature deaths, as well as increased sickness, such as childhood respiratory

The CONTUR project, an acronym for “Emerging technologies for counteracting the effects induced by turbulent flows of fluid media”, was a collaborative Romanian research initiative focused on tackling the challenges of turbulence. The project’s main goal was to develop innovative technologies for both detecting and mitigating the adverse effects of turbulent flows, with a strong

DIVA – Demonstration of an Integrated approach for the Validation and exploitation of Atmospheric missions is setting-up of a pilot hub to collect, handle, archive, and exploit in a synergetic way observational data, as provided by the future integrated atmospheric composition ground-based network infrastructure, for the validation of ESA and Copernicus missions. Current advances in atmospheric

The proposed project “Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations” (RINGO) aimed to further develop ICOS RI and ICOS ERIC and to foster its sustainability. The challenges were to advance the readiness of ICOS RI along five principal objectives: Scientific readiness: To support the further consolidation of observational networks and enhance their quality.

ACTRIS-PPP (Preparatory Phase Project) represented the strategic step toward establishing ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure) as a fully operational, centrally coordinated pan-European Research Infrastructure. Following the inclusion of ACTRIS in the ESFRI Roadmap in 2016, the Preparatory Phase was launched to enable the transition from a project-based network to a sustainable, legally

RAMOS – Technical Assistance For A Romanian Atmospheric Observation System was an ESA-ESTEC project (ESA/4000118115/16/NL/FF/gp) which aimed to develop and integrate a facility based on a combination of ground-based and airborne remote sensing capabilities to retrieve several atmospheric species (greenhouse gases, air pollutants, aerosols) in the context of current and future space-borne Earth observation missions.