Projects

CEO-TERRA (Center for Environmental Research and Earth Observation) was a project co-financed by the European Fund for Regional Development, through the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020, POC-A.1-A.1.1.1-F-2015-152/2016. The aim of the project was to create a world-class infrastructure for observing and characterizing the environment through advanced optoelectronic methods. This infrastructure was relevant for the terrestrial segment […]

SAMIRA (SAtellite-based Monitoring Initiative for Regional Air quality) was implemented between 2016 and 2019 with funding from ESA/ESRIN. The project aimed to enhance regional and local air quality monitoring by combining data from existing and upcoming Earth observation satellites, in situ air quality networks, and outputs from chemical transport models. The project focused on improving

MULTIPLY – Development of a European HSRL airborne facility, is a ESA-ESTEC project which proposes the development of a novel multi-wavelength HSRL system (3b + 2a + 3d) for airborne operation, capable of retrieving the aerosol extinction, backscatter and depolarization profile distributions. The system will be designed to be especially compact and robust, both optically

ROMEO (ROmanian Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas) was a large measurement campaign aimed at investigating methane emissions from oil and gas production in Romania. The campaign was initiated by the European H2020 project MEMO2 and was funded through the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) international methane science studies, administered by the United Nations

ACTRIS-2 (2015–2019) was implemented under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme as the second phase of ACTRIS. It consolidated and further developed the services established during the FP7 ACTRIS project (2011–2015), continuing the integration of European ground-based stations equipped with advanced instrumentation for aerosols, clouds, and short-lived gas-phase species. The project aimed to maintain

ECARS (East European Centre for Atmospheric Remote Sensing) aimed to strengthen and advance atmospheric remote sensing research by building a pole of excellence at the National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics (INOE) in Romania and positioning it as a key player in Eastern Europe. Atmospheric remote sensing required multi-instrument, multi-platform, and multidisciplinary expertise to address

AROMAT (Airborne Romanian Measurements of Aerosols and Trace gases) was a research project designed to support the scientific objectives of several upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation missions and their user communities. The project addressed key challenges related to atmospheric composition monitoring from space, ensuring that satellite observations meet the required standards of accuracy,

LIRA (The combined use of Lidar and Radar for assessing phenomena associated with seeding clouds to prevent hail) was implemented between July 2014 and December 2016 and addressed the assessment of cloud seeding operations used in hail suppression programs. Hail events represent major natural hazards, particularly affecting agriculture, and anti-hail systems commonly rely on the

MOBBE (Computational Model for Prediction of the Biomass Burning Emissions and their Impact) was implemented between July 2014 and December 2016. The project aimed to quantify and predict the effects of aerosols from biomass burning on air quality, climate, and meteorology at local, regional, and global scales. MOBBE focused on understanding how emitted biomass burning

NATALI (Neural network Aerosol Typing Algorithm based on LIdar) was implemented between March 2014 and September 2016 with funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Romanian Industry Incentive Scheme and the ESA/SPPA QA4EO activities. The project aimed to advance atmospheric observations to improve the understanding of aerosol–cloud interactions, evaluate atmospheric model performance, and