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Our Partners

EARLINET

The European Aerosol Research Lidar NETwork (http://www.earlinet.org), is a continental-scale ground based lidar network, which provides quality assured optical profiles on a large temporal and spatial scale (Pappalardo G. et al., 2014). Currently with 27 lidar stations in Europe, EARLINET data is relevant for climatology, but also for special events, with strong aerosol influence: Saharan dust outbreaks, forest-fire smoke plumes transported over large areas, photochemical smog and volcano eruptions (e.g. Mona L. et al., 2012; Nicolae D. et al., 2013, Tesche M et al. 2009, 2011).

AERONET

The Aerosol Robotic Network (http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/) is a program involving over 300 passive remote sensing stations across the world producing routinely, in real time and publicly available, high-quality aerosol column integrated properties such as AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth), optical and microphysical properties and many others derived radiative properties widely used by academic and industrial actors involved in climate and air-quality fields. It is strongly contributing, at the European level, to several relevant integration/synergetic activities with lidar, in situ observation, satellite and modelling (Dubovik O et.al 2002). AERONET-Europe, the European branch of AERONET, is providing, in the framework of ACTRIS, calibration, technical supports for maintenance of sun and lunar photometer including data quality control.

E-PROFILE

The EUMETNET Profiling Programme is part of the EUMETNET Composite Observing System, EUCOS, managing the European networks of radar wind profilers (RWP) and automatic lidars and ceilometers (ALC) for the monitoring of vertical profiles of wind and aerosols including volcanic ash.

Our Users

CARS is providing services to users on demand. Requests should be addressed through SAMU. Services available:

Service

Instrument

Modality of access

Training at CARS workshops

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

  • automatic low-power lidars and ceilometers

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photomete

Physical / remote

(registration through event’s page)

Technical webinars

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

Remote

(registration to community mailing list)

Consultancy for new/upgraded facilities

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

  • automatic low-power lidars and ceilometers

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Physical / remote

(request through SAMU)

Access to guidelines, standard operation procedures (SOP), standard quality assurance procedures (SQAP)

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

  • automatic low-power lidars and ceilometers

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Virtual

(access through CARS website)

Access to quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) tools, incl. training and support for implementation

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

  • automatic low-power lidars and ceilometers

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Virtual

(access through CARS website)

Calibration of field photometers

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Remote

(request through SAMU)

Laboratory characterization of instruments and blocks

  • aerosol high-power aerosol lidars

  • automatic low-power lidars and ceilometers

Remote

(request through SAMU)

Quality control of the photometer measurements

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Remote

(request through SAMU)

Quality control of the photometer data

  • automatic sun/sky/polarized/lunar photometer

Remote

(request through SAMU)