Description: Das Projekt "Beyond Europe - X-panda: Improving global air quality measurements: Extending the Pandonia network to Argentina" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von LuftBlick OG durchgeführt. Global networks of ground based measurements of trace gases and aerosols are essential for monitoring atmospheric changes and the validation of satellite observations. These data are the key for improving the scientific understanding of the earth's atmosphere with respect to climate change and air quality. The goal of this project is the establishment of a scalable infrastructure for an innovative worldwide measurement network for atmospheric constituents. The new network is based on the existing small scale Pandonia network consisting of six Pandora instruments. The Pandora is a next generation type diode array spectroradiometer for solar irradiance and sky radiance measurements in a broad spectral range which allows the combined retrieval of multiple trace gases and aerosols. The necessary infrastructure for scalability of Pandonia includes calibration, data management and visualization routines. So within this project a mobile calibration system will be designed, characterized and incorporated into a homogeneous calibration procedure to ensure a longer term radiometric stability of network instruments. Furthermore, the data management will be improved and streamlined for all instruments. This implies that the calibration procedure, data analysis and quality control are performed in a homogeneous way. The users will be able to easily access and visualize the data from a single source, in near real time. Two Pandora instruments will then be set up at new locations in Argentina. These two instruments will be calibrated and integrated into the Pandonia network and will show case the scalability of the network. The successful project will then allow the incorporation of existing Pandora instruments at worldwide locations and create an incentive for new instruments to be ordered from the scientific community and national institutions. The Austrian company LuftBlick Earth Observation Technology will be able to expand its relationships beyond Europe and benefit not only from the larger market for Pandora instruments but also from the long term commitment in the global measurement network operation and maintenance. This will firmly establish them on the international level and constitute a sustainable business basis for the future.
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Messgerät ? Atmosphärisches Aerosol ? Kalibrierung ? Messstellennetz ? Spurengas ? Argentinien ? Österreich ? Luftqualitätsüberwachung ? Aerosol ? Radiometrie ? Qualitätsmanagement ? Erdbeobachtung ? Daten ? Luftqualität ? Statistische Analyse ? Europa ? Satellitenfernerkundung ? Atmosphäre ? Infrastruktur ? Klimawandel ? Solarstrahlung ? Umwelt ? Globale Aspekte ? Energie ? Änderung ? Netz ? Pandora; air quality ? Projektstandort ? Spektrum ? spectral radiance ? spectroradiometer ? trace gases ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2017-10-01 - 2019-03-31
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