Syllabus
Methods and instruments in environmental measurements – Data analysis
- In situ meteorological measurements (laboratory experiment)
- In situ measurements of air quality (laboratory experiment)
- Atmospheric remote sensing using laser techniques (4 hours): lidar technique, Klett method, Raman method, description of lidar instrument, advanced lidar applications, satellite-based lidar
- Radar measurements (laboratory experiment)
- Tropospheric and stratospheric ozone measurements (laboratory experiment)
- Specialized field experiments
Selection and implementation of 2 laboratory experiments:
- Exercise 1: Atmospheric Boundary Layer top height lidar measurements (4 hours)
- Exercise 2: Vertival aerosol profiles at Athens (4 hours)
- Exercise 3: Aerosol optical properties with the use of ground based and satellite based lidar measurements (4 hours)
- Exercise 4: Sensitivity analysis of Klett method (4 hours)
- Exercise 5: Experimental determination of overlap function (4 hours)