Can Science Save the Earth?

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  In person

  CeSMA – Complesso Universitario San Giovanni - Corso Nicolangelo Protopisani IT - 80146 Napoli

   

  24 March 2025 09:00 -17:00,

  25 March 2025 09:30 - 18:00,

  26 March 2025 09:30 - 18:30,

  27 March 2025 09:30 - 18:00

  max participants 15

  

  Alcide di Sarra (ENEA); Guido Di Donfrancesco (ENEA); Xuang Wang (WHU)

  

  As science and supporting technologies collect more and better data about the world around us, the opportunities to study climatic forcings and to detect, monitor and address climate change effects are increasing. The course aims at illustrating the Earth's climate system discussing current methods exploited in atmospheric and environmental monitoring. Emphasis will be also given to the optical design of advanced instruments and the physical principles of their operational aspects with examples of applications and atmospheric parameters measured.

  Location: CeSMA – Complesso Universitario San Giovanni - Corso Nicolangelo Protopisani IT - 80146 Napoli
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  VIDEORECORDINGS

  • Select activity Zemax part 1

    

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• Select section Module N.1 - Atmospheric monitoring 1

  Module N.1 - Atmospheric monitoring 1

  Carbon cycle and climate: Role of greenhouse gases and CO2 in affecting climate; CO2 exchange between atmosphere, ocean, and vegetation; anthropic CO2 and its signature. Aerosol-radiation interactions; direct and indirect aerosol effects; introduction to the main active remote sensing techniques for atmospheric monitoring.

  • Select activity Radiation balance and climate

    

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  • Select activity Radiation interactions with matter

    

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  • Select activity TDLAS_technique

    

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  Module N.2 - Atmospheric monitoring 2

  Illustration of the main experimental systems with analysis of their constituents and description of their operation: mapping lidar; aerosol atmospheric lidar; DIAL atmospheric lidar; doppler wind lidar; lidar technology on satellites for aerosol and wind profiles from the outer space. Advanced optical systems for atmospheric monitoring: optical design and ray tracing methods; analysis of the optical components and their integration in a complex optical through ray tracing simulations; group exercises on specific systems

  • Select activity Can Science Save the Earth - (lidar)

    

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  • Select activity Optical sensing for fast acquisistion

    

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