Contacts: | Doina Nicolae (CARS leader) | Philippe Goloub (CARS deputy leader)
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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 |
| Physical / remote (registration through event’s page) |
| Technical webinars |
| Remote (registration to community mailing list) |
| Consultancy for new/upgraded facilities |
| Physical / remote (request through SAMU) |
| Access to guidelines, standard operation procedures (SOP), standard quality assurance procedures (SQAP) |
| Virtual (access through CARS website) |
| Access to quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) tools, incl. training and support for implementation |
| Virtual (access through CARS website) |
| Calibration of field photometers |
| Remote (request through SAMU) |
| Laboratory characterization of instruments and blocks |
| Remote (request through SAMU) |
| Quality control of the photometer measurements |
| Remote (request through SAMU) |
| Quality control of the photometer data |
| Remote (request through SAMU) |
