PROfiling the atmospheric Boundary layer at European scale (PROBE) (CA18235)

Trumpas projekto aprašas (anglų. k.):

The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is the layer closest to the Earth’s surface within which most human activities take place. The vertical profile of atmospheric thermodynamic parameters in the ABL impacts weather, air quality, and climate. Surface sensor networks and satellite observations do not provide sufficient information on the high temporal variability and strong vertical gradients experienced in the ABL. Thus, despite its importance, ABL remains the single most important under-sampled part of the atmosphere. This observational gap currently hampers our ability to improve weather forecasts, air quality prediction, and climate model parameterization. However, this gap is mainly due to the lack of S&T networking and coordination. In fact, state-of-the-art ground-based remote sensing instruments able to provide ABL profiles (such as temperature, humidity, wind, aerosol, cloud) are currently deployed at numerous sites in Europe, but the harmonization of data and procedures is missing, limiting the effective use and societal benefits of the existing ABL profiling data. This Action aims to fill this gap, bridging user needs and the S&T expertise residing in industry and academia. This will be achieved through:

• Capacity building of instrument operators to improve the use of state-of-the-art ABL profiling instruments
• Fostering coordination between operational agencies and academia to tailor measurement networks for well identified applications
• Enhancing pan-European research coordination to develop new products and tools for data assimilation and long time series reanalysis
• Identifying knowledge brokers enabling rapid exchange between academia, operational agencies, industry and end-users to ensure full exploitation for societal benefit.

Raktažodžiai:

atmosferos ribinis sluoksnis, termodinaminis ir vėjo profiliavimas, aerozolių ir debesų profiliavimas, nuotolinis stebėjimas

Partneriai:

Institut of GeoSciences Energy Water and Environment, Albanija;
ZAMG-Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austrija;
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgija;
Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CAWRI-BAS), Bulgarija;
Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Kroatija;
Drzavni Hidrometeoroloski Zavod, Kroatija;
The Cyprus Institute, Kipras;
Institute of Thermomechanics, CAS, Čekijos Respublika;
Department of Wind Energy, Danija;
University of Tartu, Estija;
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estija;
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Suomija;
Ecole Polytechnique, Prancūzija;
Météo France, Prancūzija;
Am Observatorium 12, Vokietija;
Universität zu Köln, Vokietija;
University of Patras, Graikija;
Technical University of Crete, Graikija;
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Vengrija;
The Icelandic Meteorological Office, Islandija;
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Airija;
Leosphere, Airija;
IIBR, Izraelis;
Istituto di metodologie per l’analisi ambientale (IMAA) – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italija;
Agenzia Regionale della Protezione dell’Ambiente – Valle d’Aosta, Italija;
Lietuvos energetikos institutas, Lietuva;
Kauno kolegija, Lietuva;
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Insitute (KNMI), Nyderlandai;
University of Warsaw, Lenkija;
University of Evora, Portugalija;
Babes-Bolyai University, Rumunija;
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics, Rumunija;
Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbija;
Faculty of Sciences – University of Novi Sad, Serbija;
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovakija;
Slovenian Environment AgencyRemote sensing division, Slovėnija
Universidad de Granada, Ispanija;
Centre for meteorological measurement technology Payerne, Šveicarija;
Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin, Šveicarija;
İstanbul Aydın University, Turkija;
Karadeniz Technical University, Turkija;
University of Reading, Jungtinė Karalystė;
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Jungtinė Karalystė.