centRe of Excellence in AerosoL remote rensIng technology and Science in The Indian oCean

Project Information

REALISTIC

Grant agreement ID: 101086690

DOI

10.3030/101086690

EC signature date 7 November 2022

Start date 1 December 2022

End date 30 November 2027

Funded under

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Total cost

€ 2 494 375,00

EU contribution

€ 2 494 375,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DE LA REUNION
France

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Launch of REALISTIC website

Documents, reports (6)

Report defining the profiles of each member of the team and posting of job opportunities
REALISTIC Strategic Research Programme and Education Plan
Training plan for the REALISTIC team
Minutes of kick-off meeting and report about board constitution
Minutes of the trans-disciplinary workshop with OSU-R labs
Plan for the dissemination and exploitation including communication activities

REALISTIC plan for the dissemination and exploitation including communication activities

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

Other (1)

UPC→UR seminar about Data management

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Dust Aerosol Radiative Effects During a Dust Event and Heatwave in Summer 2019 Simulated with a Regional Climate Atmospheric Model over the Iberian Peninsula

Author(s): Cristina Gil-Díaz, Michäel Sicard, Pierre Nabat, Marc Mallet, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Adolfo Comerón, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS17111817

An explicit formulation for the retrieval of the overlap function in an elastic and Raman aerosol lidar

Author(s): Comerón, A., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Sicard, M., Dios, F., Gil-Díaz, C., dos Santos Oliveira, D. C. F., and Rocadenbosch, F.
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 16, 3015–3025, 2023, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-16-3015-2023

Evidence of a dual African and Australian biomass burning influence on the vertical distribution of aerosol and carbon monoxide over the southwest Indian Ocean basin in early 2020

Author(s): Bègue, N., Baron, A., Krysztofiak, G., Berthet, G., Kloss, C., Jégou, F., Khaykin, S., Ranaivombola, M., Millet, T., Portafaix, T., Duflot, V., Keckhut, P., Vérèmes, H., Payen, G., Sha, M. K., Coheur, P.-F., Clerbaux, C., Sicard, M., Sakai, T., Querel, R.
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 24, 8031-8048, 2024, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-24-8031-2024

Fine and coarse dust radiative impact during an intense Saharan dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula – short-wave direct radiative effect

Author(s): María-Ángeles López-Cayuela, Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero, Michaël Sicard, Jesús Abril-Gago, Vanda Salgueiro, Adolfo Comerón, María José Granados-Muñoz, Maria João Costa, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Daniele Bortoli, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-25-3213-2025

Aerosol Forcing from Ground-Based Synergies over a Decade in Barcelona, Spain

Author(s): Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira, Michaël Sicard, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Adolfo Comerón, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Cristina Gil-Díaz, Oleg Dubovik, Yevgeny Derimian, Masahiro Momoi, Anton Lopatin
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS17081439

Fresh volcanic aerosols injected in the atmosphere during the volcano eruptive activity at the Cumbre Vieja area (La Palma, Canary Islands): Temporal evolution and vertical impact

Author(s): Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero, Michaël Sicard, África Barreto, Carlos Toledano, María Ángeles López-Cayuela, Cristina Gil-Díaz, Omaira García, Clara Violeta Carvajal-Pérez, Adolfo Comerón, Ramón Ramos, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez
Published in: Atmospheric Environment, Issue Volume 300, 119667, 2023, ISSN 1352-2310
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/J.ATMOSENV.2023.119667

Evidence of a transient ozone depletion event in the early Hunga plume above the Indian Ocean

Author(s): Millet, T., Bencherif, H., Portafaix, T., Bègue, N., Baron, A., Duflot, V., Clerbaux, C., Coheur, P.-F., Pazmiño, A., Sicard, M., Boynard, A., Metzger, J.-M., Payen, G., Marquestaut, N., and Godin-Beekmann, S.
Published in: Atmos. Chem. Phys., Issue 25, 10887–10905, 2025, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-25-10887-2025

Climatological assessment of the vertically resolved optical and microphysical aerosol properties by lidar measurements, sun photometer, and in situ observations over 17 years at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Barcelona

Author(s): Lolli, S., Sicard, M., Amato, F., Comeron, A., Gíl-Diaz, C., Landi, T. C., Munoz-Porcar, C., Oliveira, D., Dios Otin, F., Rocadenbosch, F., Rodriguez-Gomez, A., Alastuey, A., Querol, X., and Reche, C.
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 23, 12887–12906, 2023, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-23-12887-2023

MAP-IO: an atmospheric and marine observatory program on board Marion Dufresne over the Southern Ocean

Author(s): Tulet, P., Van Baelen, J., Bosser, P., Brioude, J., Colomb, A., Goloub, P., Pazmino, A., Portafaix, T., Ramonet, M., Sellegri, K., Thyssen, M., Gest, L., Marquestaut, N., Mékiès, D., Metzger, J.-M., Athier, G., Blarel, L., Delmotte, M., Desprairies, G., D
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 16, 3821–3849, 2024, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/ESSD-16-3821-2024

Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Aerosol Optical and Microphysical Retrievals by the GRASP Algorithm from Combined Measurements of a Polarized Sun-Sky-Lunar Photometer and a Three-Wavelength Elastic Lidar

Author(s): Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira, Michaël Sicard, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Adolfo Comerón, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Cristina Gil-Díaz, Simone Lolli, Oleg Dubovik, Anton Lopatin, Milagros Estefanía Herrera and Marcos Herreras-Giralda
Published in: Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Issue 15, 5010, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/RS15205010

Impact of the 2021 La Palma volcanic eruption on air quality: Insights from a multidisciplinary approach

Author(s): Celia Milford, Carlos Torres, Jon Vilches, Ann-Kathrin Gossman, Frederik Weis, David Suárez-Molina, Omaira E. García, Natalia Prats, África Barreto, Rosa D. García, Juan J. Bustos, Carlos L. Marrero, Ramón Ramos, Nayra Chinea, Thomas Boulesteix, Noémie Ta
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, Issue Volume 869, 161652, 2023, ISSN 1879-1026
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2023.161652

Combined sun-photometer–lidar inversion: lessons learned during the EARLINET/ACTRIS COVID-19 campaign

Author(s): Alexandra Tsekeri, Anna Gialitaki, Marco Di Paolantonio, Davide Dionisi, Gian Luigi Liberti, Alnilam Fernandes, Artur Szkop, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Daniel Pérez-Ramírez, Maria J. Granados Muñoz, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Diego Be
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue Volume 16, issue 24, 2023, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-16-6025-2023

Study of optical scattering properties and direct radiative effects of high-altitude cirrus clouds in Barcelona, Spain, with 4 years of lidar measurements

Author(s): Gil-Díaz, C., Sicard, M., Sourdeval, O., Saiprakash, A., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Comerón, A., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., and Oliveira, D. C. F. D. S.
Published in: Atmos. Chem. Phys., Issue 25, 3445–3464, 2025, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-25-3445-2025

Monitoring biomass burning aerosol transport using CALIOP observations and reanalysis models: a Canadian wildfire event in 2019

Author(s): Xiaoxia Shang, Antti Lipponen, Maria Filioglou, Anu-Maija Sundström, Mark Parrington, Virginie Buchard, Anton S. Darmenov, Ellsworth J. Welton, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Michael Sicard, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Mika Komppula, and Tero Mielonen
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 24, 1329–1344, 2024, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Göttingen Copernicus Publ.
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-24-1329-2024

Geometrical and optical properties of cirrus clouds in Barcelona, Spain: analysis with the two-way transmittance method of 4 years of lidar measurements

Author(s): Gil-Díaz, C., Sicard, M., Comerón, A., dos Santos Oliveira, D. C. F., Muñoz-Porcar, C., Rodríguez-Gómez, A., Lewis, J. R., Welton, E. J., and Lolli, S.
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2024, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-17-1197-2024

On the temperature stability requirements of free-running Nd:YAG lasers for atmospheric temperature profiling through the rotational Raman technique

Author(s): José Alex Zenteno-Hernández, Adolfo Comerón, Federico Dios, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Michaël Sicard, Noemi Franco, Andreas Behrendt, and Paolo Di Girolamo
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 17, 4687-4694, 2024, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-17-4687-2024

Characterization of Tajogaite volcanic plumes detected over the Iberian Peninsula from a set of satellite and ground-based remote sensing instrumentation

Author(s): V. Salgueiro, J.L. Guerrero-Rascado, M.J. Costa, R. Román, A. Cazorla, A. Serrano, F. Molero, M. Sicard, C. Córdoba-Jabonero, D. Bortoli, A. Comerón, F.T. Couto, M.Á. López-Cayuela, D. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Potes, J.A. Muñiz-Rosado, M.A. Obregón, R. Barragán,
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 295, 113684, 2023, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSE.2023.113684

Multiwavelength aerosol lidars at the Maïdo supersite, Réunion Island, France: instrument description, data processing chain, and quality assessment

Author(s): Dominique Gantois, Guillaume Payen, Michaël Sicard, Valentin Duflot, Nelson Bègue, Nicolas Marquestaut, Thierry Portafaix, Sophie Godin-Beekmann, Patrick Hernandez, Eric Golubic
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 16, 2024, ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ESSD-16-4137-2024

Radiative impact of the Hunga stratospheric volcanic plume: role of aerosols and water vapor over Réunion Island (21° S, 55° E)

Author(s): Michaël Sicard, Alexandre Baron, Marion Ranaivombola, Dominique Gantois, Tristan Millet, Pasquale Sellitto, Nelson Bègue, Hassan Bencherif, Guillaume Payen, Nicolas Marquestaut, Valentin Duflot
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-25-367-2025

Vertical characterization of fine and coarse dust particles during an intense Saharan dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula in springtime 2021

Author(s): María Ángeles López-Cayuela, Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero, Diego Bermejo-Pantaleón, Michaël Sicard, Vanda Salgueiro, Francisco Molero, Clara Violeta Carvajal-Pérez, María José Granados-Muñoz, Adolfo Comerón, Flavio T. Couto, Rubén Barragán, María-Paz Zorzano,
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 23, 143–161, 2023, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union (Germany)
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-23-143-2023