Name ALANIS: Aerosols
Title Atmosphere-Land Interactions Study: Aerosols
Thematic Area Land Surface
Cost 100 - 200 K
Action Line International Scientific Cooperation
Status Completed in 2011
Missions ENVISAT, AURA, ERS-2, METOP
Sensors MERIS, AATSR, SCIAMACHY, ATSR-2, OMI, IASI
Objectives The main objective of the project is to investigate (according with the specific scientific requirements of the iLEAPS community) the feasibility of discriminating (maximizing the use of ESA data) with existing EO-based products long-range transported anthropogenic aerosols from natural aerosols emitted by boreal Eurasian forests. In this framework, the following priority activities will be carried out: To investigate, develop and validate novel algorithms solely exploiting as input currently available EO-based products for discriminating natural from anthropogenic aerosols in boreal Eurasia; To investigate, develop and validate novel strategies for assimilating already existing EO-based products (e.g., derived from AATSR, ATSR-2, MERIS, and SCIAMACHY and other satellite based instruments) into chemical transport models (CTMs) currently available to the ALANIS-Aerosols consortium to discriminate natural from anthropogenic aerosols in boreal Eurasia (e.g., by identifying the source regions from the analysis of model back-trajectories); To investigate at least three case studies referring to as many sites with different characteristics located in boreal Eurasia for quantitatively and qualitatively evaluating, as well as cross-comparing the performances of both the aforementioned approaches
Project Partners UHEL : University of Helsinki(Prime contractor)FMI : Finnish Meteorological Institute(Subcontractor)LU : Lund University(Subcontractor)
Project Manager Prof. Gerrit de Leeuw University of Helsinki Department of Physics P.O.Box 48 FI-00014 Finland Tel: +358 50 919 5458 Fax: +358 (0)9 1929 3146 email: gerrit.leeuw@fmi.fi
Technical Officer Simon Pinnock
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