The Space Tech Expo 2022

The Space Tech Expo 2022, was held from 15 to 17 November 2022 in Bremen, during which Greek companies – members of the Hellenic Association of Space Industry (https://www.hellenic-asi.org/en/) had the opportunity through their participation as exhibitors at the Hellenic-asi booth to showcase their products, network with representatives of the global space industry and learn …

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The second collocated eVe-Aeolus measurement in Cape Verde during ASKOS 2021 operations

Vertical aerosol profiles from eVe lidar where successfully retrieved from the targeted eVe measurement during the second closest Aeolus overpass over Mindelo, Cape Verde on 09/07/21 during the ASKOS 2021 operations. The boundary layer is visible below 1km where the lidar data indicate a marine sea salt dominant aerosol component. On top of that, an …

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First measurements with eVe lidar in Cape Verde (ASKOS 2021 campaign)

First measurements with eVe lidarĀ in Cape Verde in the framework of the ASKOS 2021 campaign for the validation of the Aeolus products! According to the quicklook plot of the volume linear depolarization ratio from derived using the eVe lidar measurements, a Saharan dust layer visible at 3-6km and a thin depolarising layer at 1km. To …

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eVe is up and running at OSCM, Mindelo

After the installation of the eVe lidar at the Ocean Science Center Mindelo (OSCM), Mindelo, Cape Verde and performing all the neccessary tests on the performance of the lidar after a long transportation, the system is ready for the ASKOS operations! To follow the ASKOS campaign: https://askos.space.noa.gr/ https://www.facebook.com/ASKOS.Aeolus/ https://twitter.com/ASKOS_Aeolus

eVe on the way to Cape Verde!

Today, 22/04/2021, NOA-ReACT team received on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) the eVe lidar system from Raymetrics. eVe was shipped to Cape Verde in order to participate to the tropical campaign ASKOS at Mindelo, Sao Vicente. eVe will support the Aeolus satellite mission from ground, providing unprecedented collocated reference measurements of aerosols and …

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aeolus overpass

First Collocated Measurements of the ground-based mobile eVe reference lidar with Aeolus.At 6:00am on 01/07/2020, ReACT Team of experts from the National Observatory of Athens and Raymetrics S.A., performed the first collocated measurements of the ground-based mobile eVe reference lidar with Aeolus. The custom lidar was developed to compliment ALADIN measurements.