Research project
AEROPAN Synergetic aerosol remote sensing of Pandora within ACTRIS
| dr hab. Iwona S. Stachlewska | Project leader |
| dr Rayonil Gomes Carneiro | Principal investigator |
| dr Camilla Kassar Borges | Principal investigator |
| dr Łucja Janicka | Task leader |
| dr Dominika Szczepanik | Task leader |
| mgr Afwan Hafiz | Fellow |
| mgr Emeka Ugboma | Fellow |
The aim of the AeroPan project is twofold. Firstly, a more technical work will deal with the extension of the measurement scope of the Pandora spectrometer from current trace gases to aerosol remote sensing capabilities. Secondly, by combining the adapted Pandora spectrometer, with sun photometer, lidar and a set of cameras, new insight and research on the vertical and horizontal distribution of aerosol properties, such as aerosol optical depth, Angstrom exponent or single scattering albedo will be gained in an Alpine environment as well as in the Mazovian Lowland environment.
The first objective of the project is the novel retrieval of aerosol optical and microphysical properties with the Pandora spectrometer, using sky radiance measurements as an input for well-established operational algorithms within the existing aerosol network. The second objective is the investigation of the aerosol extent and properties with respect to the boundary layer and the free troposphere.
Abstract of the project on the NCN website.
https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/weave-unisono
AeroPan is implemented in the framework of Austrian-Polish cooperation by the Medical University of Innsbruck and the University of Warsaw and is financed by FWF (Austria) and NCN (Poland).
- Gomes Carneiro, Rayonil; Stachlewska, Iwona, 2025, Dataset for AQUE TNA of ATMO-ACCESS: Large eddy simulations of chemical species with PALM model in urban environment, Warsaw, Poland, RepOD ICM UW, vol. V1, doi.org/10.18150/X2QS1C
- Ugboma E.A., Stachlewska I.S., Schneider P. and Stebel K., 2023, Satellite observations showed a negligible reduction in NO2 pollution due to COVID-19 lockdown over Poland, Frontiers in Environmental Science, vol. 11, art. 1172753, 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1172753
- Ugboma, Emeka; Stachlewska, Iwona, 2022, NO2 dataset over Poland and main Polish cities based on OMI observations (2010-2020), TROPOMI observations (2018 - 2021) and CAMS service (2018 - 2021), RepOD ICM UW, vol. V1, doi.org/10.18150/ZTD7FB
Field Campaigns:
- Innsbruck 2024 Measurement Campaign
Field campaign from 11 to 26 March 2024; partners from Austria and Poland participated; measurements were performed using a high-power lidar (UW); these were the first such synergistic lidar/pandora/photometer measurements in Austria).
- Warsaw 2025 Measurement Campaign
Field campaign from 17 to 31 March 2025; partners from Austria and Poland participated; research results were discussed in the context of measurement synergies)
Project Meetings:
- AeroPan Bi-Lateral meeting 23 - 27 October 2023
(physical meeting within the project, partners from Austria and Poland), Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw)
- AeroPan Bi-Lateral meeting 10 January 2024
(online meeting within the project, partners from Austria and Poland)
- AeroPan Bi-Lateral reporting meeting 9 April 2024
(online meeting within the project, partners from Austria and Poland)
Science workshops:
- 1st AEROPAN Science Workshop, 14 march 2024, Innsbruck
In person meeting where scientists involved in AEROPAN could share their thoughts regarding observations, experts and students form MUI (Axel, Jochen, Marie), UW (Iwona, Emeka, Afwan, Zuzanna i Maciej) were present.
- 2nd AEROPAN Science Workshop, 25-26 march 2025,Warsaw,
In person meeting where scientists involved in AEROPAN could share in form of oral presentations their results, ideas for choosing the best approaches based on already performed work were discussed, agreements on how to proceed to get better, more consise results were elavorated; experts and students from MUI (Axel, Jochen, Marie, Alma and Regina) and UW (Iwona, Afwan, Lucja, Dominika, Maciej, Igor, Wojciech) were presenting at the meeting.