Aerosol climate parameters over the Mediterranean area from joint ground and satellite data

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: EV5V0260

Project closed

Start date 1 November 1993

End date 30 April 1996

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Italy

Objective

To contribute to the quantification of aerosol climate forcing in
the Mediterranean area, and to improve methods for the monitoring
of aerosol parameters from satellite observations.


Ground measurements will be performed at two sites on Sardinia.
Measurements of direct solar irradiance will be taken at selected
wavelengths in the visible and near infrared spectra by using a
multiwavelength sun-photometer, models Uvisir and Asp-15WL,
designed at the Fisbat Institute. This instrument is equipped
with 15 interference filters with narrow half-bandwidths,
distributed in the spectral range between 0.32 and 1.04 µm.
The global and diffuse solar radiation measurements will be taken
with the Kipp and Zonen solarimeters, models CM-11 and CM-12.

Measurements of the sky intensity will be taken in the solar
aureole region, with the auto-tracking aureolemeter model Finetec
Pom-1. This instrument operates at seven wavelengths, from 0.369
to 1.048 µm, in single mode and in serial mode. Sampling
of atmospheric aerosol will be taken by cascade impactors in the
size range from 0.06 mm up to 16 mm aerodynamic diameter, for
short term periods of 1 hour and for long term periods of 6
hours.

Studies of remote sensing data will include analyses of
AVHRR-2, Thematic Mapper, and Meteosat data.
The in situ measurements of the
atmospheric aerosol characteristics and advanced radiative
transfer models will be used to improve the
algoritms for the retrieval atmospheric aerosols and their
radiative effects.

Following the optimization of the aerosol retrieval procedures,
maps of atmospheric turbidity will be produced for the
Mediterranean area. Both the temporal and spatial characteristics
will be analysed.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › satellite technology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › solar radiation
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing

Programme(s)

• FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 0102 - Anthropogenic climate change

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Vittorio Bottego 7 ; 09125 Cagliari ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 101,Via Gobetti 101 ; 40129 Bologna
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CHRISTOU LADA STREET 6 ; 10561 ATHENS
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 ; 00133 ROMA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4,Strudlhofgasse 4 ; 1090 Wien
• Total cost: No data

University of the Aegean

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 17,Karadoni ; 81100 Mytilini
• Total cost: No data