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Center for aerosol Remote Sensing (CARS ACTRIS)

Platform

Description

Our platform ensures the scientific and technical management of the solar/lunar photometers, located in France, Europe and Africa, within the framework of the AERONET network. The platform is integrated in a National Observation Service of INSU and is a constituent unit of the Central Facility CARS (Center for Aerosol Remote Sensing) of the European infrastructure ACTRIS. Our activity allows generation and documentation in real time of descriptive variables of atmospheric aerosols, which play a key role in the Earth's climate and air quality. Our activity is also essential for the approval of space missions for earth and atmosphere observation. In 2019, lidar observation has been integrated into the platform's activities.

Contacts

  • Philippe Goloub
    Contact
  • Luc BLAREL
    Technical manager
  • Thierry Podvin
    Technical manager

Informations

Bâtiment P5, Avenue Paul Langevin
Campus cité scientifique, Université de Lille
59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ

https://www.actris.fr/

Center for aerosol Remote Sensing

Chiffres clés

• Management of 80 sites in Europe, Africa and Asia
• 60 users/partners outside France
• 30 users/partners in France
• Calibration capacity / year = 100 photometers

Effectif

Effectif total : 14

Expertises

Skills

• Aerosol optical measurements by solar/lunar photometric technology (network approach)
• Aerosol optical measurements using Mie-Polarized-Raman-Fluorescence lidar technology (network approach)
• Optical aerosol measurements using mobile systems (car, plane, boat)
• Network management of instruments in Europe and Africa
• Instrumental, methodological and algorithmic development
• Field measurement campaigns (regional, national, international)

Services offers

Applications sectors

  • Aeronautics / Aerospace
  • Science / Research

Services provided

• Production of aerosol descriptive variables in near-real time
• Public availability of these data in quasi-real time (between +15 min and +1 hour)
• Quality control and quality assurance
• Monitoring of the instrumentation, quality control
• Annual maintenance and calibration of instruments (for the photometric part)
• Improvement of measurement, characterization and calibration protocols (optical, electronic, mechanical, algorithmic)
• Instrumental development (photometry and lidar) and TRL increase, in connection with the industry.
• Algorithmic development (photometry and lidar) and the mutualization of its application via the AERIS/ICARE data and service center
• Loan of instruments for scientific campaigns
• Organization of measurement campaigns

Training offers

Annual training courses for AERONET and IR ACTRIS users

Consulting services

We provide consulting services related to all our areas of expertise.

Equipments

We possess a range of equipment:
• Solar photometers, automatic lunar Cimel CE318T in the AERONET/ACTRIS network
• LiDAR Aerosol/Cloud/Water Vapor Research (LILAS), European network EARLINET/ACTRIS
• Three photometric calibration platforms (Lille, Haute-Provence and Hawaii (USA))
• Mobile Aerosol Measurement System (MAMS), 3D aerosol variability measurement
• Integrating spheres (photometric calibration)
• Automatic micro-lidar (METIS, CE376), for vertical aerosol profiling

Equipments

Nom Modèle Marque
Calibration and functional test line
Reference photometers CE318T/ CIMEL
Radiometric and polarimetric calibration line
Reference LiDAR (LILAS) semi automatic
Automatic LiDAR (METIS) CE376/ CIMEL

Ecosystem

Affiliated institutions / organisations

CNRS

Unit(s) of attachment

Groups/Networks/Federations

AERONET
IR française ACTRIS-FR
IR européenne ACTRIS-RI
EARLINET

Labellisations

Regional strategic areas of activity

  • Energy and Environment
    • Observation, monitoring and management of the environment
  • Transport and Mobility
    • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption

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  • Energy and Environment
    • Observation, monitoring and management of the environment
  • Transport and Mobility
    • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption
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Center for aerosol Remote Sensing
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Plateforme de services
Description

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Our platform ensures the scientific and technical management of the solar/lunar photometers, located in France, Europe and Africa, within the framework of the AERONET network. The platform is integrated in a National Observation Service of INSU and is a constituent unit of the Central Facility CARS (Center for Aerosol Remote Sensing) of the European infrastructure ACTRIS. Our activity allows generation and documentation in real time of descriptive variables of atmospheric aerosols, which play a key role in the Earth's climate and air quality. Our activity is also essential for the approval of space missions for earth and atmosphere observation. In 2019, lidar observation has been integrated into the platform's activities.
Contact informations
Contact

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Contact name Email phone number
GOLOUB Philippe philippe.goloub@univ-lille.fr (+33) 3 20 43 67 08
BLAREL Luc luc.blarel@univ-lille.fr (+33) 3 20 43 40 63
PODVIN Thierry thierry.podvin@univ-lille.fr (+33) 3 20 43 66 45
URL

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https://www.actris.fr/

Address

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Bâtiment P5, Avenue Paul Langevin
Campus cité scientifique, Université de Lille
59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ
Keywords

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aerosols, radiation, climate, photometer, AERONET, Lidar, EARLINET, ACTRIS, air quality, Cal/Val satellite
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Skills

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• Aerosol optical measurements by solar/lunar photometric technology (network approach) • Aerosol optical measurements using Mie-Polarized-Raman-Fluorescence lidar technology (network approach) • Optical aerosol measurements using mobile systems (car, plane, boat) • Network management of instruments in Europe and Africa • Instrumental, methodological and algorithmic development • Field measurement campaigns (regional, national, international)
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• Management of 80 sites in Europe, Africa and Asia • 60 users/partners outside France • 30 users/partners in France • Calibration capacity / year = 100 photometers
Workforce

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Effectif total : 14
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Services offers
Training offers

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Annual training courses for AERONET and IR ACTRIS users
Services offers

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• Production of aerosol descriptive variables in near-real time • Public availability of these data in quasi-real time (between +15 min and +1 hour) • Quality control and quality assurance • Monitoring of the instrumentation, quality control • Annual maintenance and calibration of instruments (for the photometric part) • Improvement of measurement, characterization and calibration protocols (optical, electronic, mechanical, algorithmic) • Instrumental development (photometry and lidar) and TRL increase, in connection with the industry. • Algorithmic development (photometry and lidar) and the mutualization of its application via the AERIS/ICARE data and service center • Loan of instruments for scientific campaigns • Organization of measurement campaigns
Consulting services

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We provide consulting services related to all our areas of expertise.
Equipments
Equipements spécifiques

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  • Calibration and functional test line
  • Reference photometers
    CE318T/ CIMEL
  • Radiometric and polarimetric calibration line
  • Reference LiDAR (LILAS) semi automatic
  • Automatic LiDAR (METIS)
    CE376/ CIMEL
Ecosystem
Affiliated institutions / organisations

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  • University of Lille
  • CNRS
Établissement(s) partenaire(s)

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Unit(s) of attachment

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  • Atmospheric optics laboratory
Groups/Networks/Federations

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AERONET IR française ACTRIS-FR IR européenne ACTRIS-RI EARLINET
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Regional strategic areas of activity

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  • Energy and Environment
  • Observation, monitoring and management of the environment
  • Transport and Mobility
  • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption
Labelling

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