Project instruments

The research is based on coordinated SSI and atmospheric composition measurements from a variety of high-quality ground-based instruments which are operating in Athens, Greece, at two separate stations.

PSR

The Precision SpectroRadiometer (PSR) is a prototype spectroradiometer, developed and calibrated in the World Radiation Center (WRC, Davos, Switzerla…

PI: Dr. S. Kazadzis, Dr. P. Raptis

Pandora

Pandora is the state-of-the-art spectroradiometer that retrieve total column NO2, and TOC from ground-based locations. PANDORA is used around the glo…

PI: Dr. P. Raptis

CIMEL

The CIMEL sun-photometer provides measurements of the optical properties of the atmosphere, retrieves aerosol optical properties and water vapor in d…

PI: Dr. P. Raptis

BREWER MKIV

The Brewer spectrophotometer is able to measure total ozone column (TOC) as well as the aerosol optical depth (AOD) in the visible range and is the s…

PI: Associate Prof. K. Eleftheratos

Infrared Sounders

Measurements: Satellite observations Parameter retrieved: Cloud properties and water vapor Resolution: daily

PI: Dr. K. Gierens

Cloud camera

Auxiliary to this equipment cloud camera systems can automatically calculate the percentage of the sky that is cloud covered and used to filter cloud…

PI: Prof. A. Kazantzidis

Actinometric Platform

The Actinometric Platform includes a number of broadband instruments. Two Pyranometers to measure the total global solar irradiance and total diffuse…

PI: Dr. V. Amiridis (Panacea), Dr. B. Psiloglou (Actinometric station PI)

MAX-DOAS

Multi Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Instrument. Measurements: High resolution UV-VIS sky spectra (scattered solar light), spec…

PI: Dr. A. Richter

Meteorological Data

Long term historical climatic data for Athens are available to Public Organizations, Universities, Research Institutes and individuals. The duration …

PI: Dr. D. Founda