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    • The Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD) is one of three Institutes of the National Observatory of Athens, the first Research Centre in Greece and the Balkans. Initially named as Meteorological Institute (MI), it was established in 1846 while the first meteorological observations began in 1858. IERSD holds the longest and most complete climatological records in Greece, spanning a 150-yrs period. It constituted the first official Meteorological Service of Greece, operating almost all meteorological stations of the existing network until 1931, when the National Meteorological Service was founded.

    • Details

    • First NameEvangelos
    • Last NameGerasopoulos
    • TitleMr
    • PositionResearch Director
    • Email 1egera@noa.gr
    • Phone 130 210 8109124
    • Organisation NameNational Observatory of Athens
    • DepartmentInstitute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development
    • TypeResearch & Academic
    • Thematic AreaClimate change
    • Website(s)http://www.meteo.noa.gr/
    • Street NameMetaxa & Vas. Pavlou
    • Street No-
    • Postal Code15236
    • TownP. Penteli
    • CountryGreece

      • Activity Focus

      • 1. Which of these statements best describe your Organisation’s role in the value chain?Raw data/providerValue-adder(data process-modelling)GIS/mapping service provider
      • 2. What are the main thematic areas of activity of your Organisation?Climate change (e.g. climatology- meteorology atmospheric composition- air quality- radiation)Food security (including agriculture and water extremes i.e. floods and droughts)Energy (including renewables such as solar / wind energy - etc.)Other
      • Other Thematic AreasForest Fires Tourism
      • 3. Has your organisation participated in EO-related projects?Yes
      • Please provide links where applicable (e.g. FP& BEYOND – website URL), or any other information that you find usefulFP7 BEYOND http://www.beyond-eocenter.eu/ ACTRIS http://www.actris.eu/ GEO-CRADLE www.geocradle.eu ERA-PLANET http://www.era-planet.eu/
      • 4. Has your Organisation participated in any Copernicus service provision, Copernicus User requirements definition or Copernicus Research & Innovation action?No
      • 5. Has your Organisation participated in any GEO/GEOSS SBA Tasks, community activities or initiatives?No
      • 6. How would you rate your Organisation’s level of collaboration with other EO actors in your country or abroad?
      • A. In your CountryLow(1-4 actors)
      • Please expand on the collaboration if appropriate, indicating if possible the contact details of these EO actors.

        e.g.
        Navarino Environmental Observatory, http://www.navarinoneo.gr/
        Interbalkan Environment Center, http://www.i-bec.org/
        Environmental and Chemistry Processes Lab, University of Crete, http://ecpl.chemistry.uoc.gr/

      • B. AbroadLow(1-4 Actors)
      • Please expand on the collaboration if appropriate, indicating if possible the contact details of these EO actors.

        e.g.
        Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/
        Cyprus Institute, http://www.cyi.ac.cy/

      • Capacities

      • From the list below, please choose all the domains in which your organisation has capacities. 2) Ground-based/In-situ monitoring networks/facilities (of active or passive remote sensors- meteo/atmospheric/water sensors- etc)3) Modelling and computing processing capacities4) EO data exploitation for the provision of value-adding services and products

        • Ground-based/In-situ monitoring networks/facilities

      • 1. What type of ground-based/in-situ networks or facilities do you operate?Meteorological/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/ProfilingEnergy/Radiation

        • Meteorological/Climatic

      • Number of stations250 fully automated meteorological stations (national network) 1 weather Radar (mobile) 6 long-range lightning detection systems (european network )
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?NationalRegional
      • In which region?BalkansOther
      • Other regionEurope
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?No

        • Atmospheric Composition/Profiling

      • Number of stations1 urban aerosol super site (Athens) 1 Atmospheric Chemistry Lab 1 mobile AQ and noise monitoring Unit
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes
      • Please specify, including web link if possible

        PANACEA

        • Energy/Radiation

      • Number of stations2 automatic actinometric stations (Athens-Penteli)
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes
      • Please specify, including web link if possible

        AERONET

      • 2. From the list below, please choose all the networks for which you systematically collect and store data. Meteorologic/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/ProfilingEnergy/Radiation

        • Meteorologic/Climatic

      • Which are the measured attributes (e.g. temperature, humidity, precipitation, etc)? Please specify below

        temperature, RH, precipitation, wind speed and direction, pressure, total radiation (selected)

      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        www.meteo.gr

      • Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)

        Lagouvardos C., lagouvar@noa.gr

      • Start Year2006
      • End YearOn going
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition? You can choose more than oneOther
      • Other Temporal Resolution10 min
      • Data availability/access:Upon Request
      • What is the main data policy applied?Other
      • Please specifyProvided upon request. Some are shown on meteo.gr

        • Atmospheric Composition/Profiling

      • Which are the measured attributes (e.g. aerosols, clouds, atmospheric pollutants, etc)? Please specify below.

        aerosol chemical composition, aerosol optical properties (scattering and absorption), aerosol size distribution, basic gaseous air pollutants, volatile organic compounds, reactive oxygen species.
        Several more parameters are available on campaign basis

      • Are METADATA available?N/A
      • Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)

        Mihalopoulos Nikolaos, nmihalo@noa.gr
        Gerasopoulos Evangelos, egera@noa.gr
        Liakakou Eleni, liakakou@noa.gr

      • Start Year2012
      • End YearOn going
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition?DailyOther
      • Other Temporal Resolution1-5 min
      • Data availability/access: (You can choose more than one)Upon Request
      • What is the main data policy applied?Other
      • Please specifyUpon request

        • Energy/Radiation

      • Which are the measured attributes (e.g. radiation, etc)? Please specify below.

        several spectral radiation quantities, ceilometer for the measurement of cloud height, MFR-Pandora-PSR sunphotometry

      • Are METADATA available?N/A
      • Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)

        Kazadzis Stylianos, kazadzis@noa.gr

      • Start Year1970
      • End YearOn going
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisitionOther
      • Other Temporal Resolution1 minute
      • Data availability/access: (You can choose more than one)Upon RequestAccess to Past Archives
      • What is the main data policy applied?Other
      • Please specifyUpon request

        • Modelling and Computing Processing Capacities

      • Model/Algorithm1

        COSMO-ART

      • Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? Meteorologic/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/Profiling
      • Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.Geospatial data (e.g.DTM)
      • Please list the providers of input data for the model

        German Weather Service; EMPA

      • What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?LocalNationalRegional
      • In which region?Other
      • Other regionEurope
      • Are METADATA available?N/A
      • Does your Organisation have sufficient available computing resources for the processing and exploitation of EO data and the models running?Server Clusters

        • EO data exploitation for the provision of value-adding services and products

      • Do you deliver services / products that are based on the exploitation of EO data? Yes
      • Which of the following areas do your products/services cover? You can choose more than one Ecosystems(desertification-environmental impact- pollution)Urban AreasForestClimateFiresAgriculture (farming-crops-yield-etc)
      • Do you provide these products/services freely or on a commercial basis?All are provided freely
      • Are you using open EO data sources (e.g. EOSAT, USGS, NASA, ESA) for providing services and which?

        yes

      • Which are your main customers / end-users?

        Stakeholders (private-public),general public, NGOs, CSOs

      • If applicable, please provide a link(s) where these products/services can be accessed.

        http://www.meteo.noa.gr/oikoskopio/index.php?lng=en-US
        http://treasure.climpacts.gr/
        http://www.meteo.gr/meteomaps/forest_cfwi.cfm

      • National Activities

      • 1. Is there funding for EO activities available in your country? Yes
      • If yes, specify the case(s).Yes-for infrastructure development
      • Please specify

        PANACEA project has been included in the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure

      • 2. Is there a National Space Policy/Strategy? N/A
      • 3. Is there a Space Agency in your country? No
      • 4. Which of the following best describes the level of coordination of EO activities in your country? Scarce
      • Please provide examples of collaboration between research and private sector entities in your country.

        Examples provided in Corallia sci-cluster (http://www.si-cluster.gr/en/)

      • 5. Which of the following best describes the level of interaction between the EO community and decision makers in your country?In specific thematic areas
      • Please provide examples of EO-based services and/or products in your country which are operationally used by public sector bodies.

        FireHub, FloodHub etc.

      • 6. Can you give examples of high impact EO dedicated workshops organized in your country in the last decade?

        1. 2nd South Eastern Europe GEO Workshop on Integrating Earth Observation Data and Services for Monitoring the Environment and protecting the Citizens, 20 and 21 October 2014
        2. International Conference “Adaptation Strategies to Global Environmental Change in the Mediterranean City and the Role of Global Earth Observations”, 10 & 11 June, 2014.
        3. 4th GEO European Projects Workshop, 29-30 April 2010, Athens , Greece
        4. 8-10 June 2009, Athens, Greece: GEO South-Eastern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Symposium on “Earth Observation Services for Monitoring the Environment and Protecting the Citizens”.
        5. 27-28 April 2009, Athens, Greece: The Greek GEO Office hosted the 9th Capacity Building Committee Meeting.
        6. 13 June, 2007, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece: Informative Meeting “The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the potential involvement of Greek Scientific Society”.

      • Engagement in GEO-CRADLE

      • 1. Would your Organisation be interested in contributing with its capacities to a regional initiative of GEO and/or Copernicus, addressing regional needs in the domains of Climate Change, Access to Raw Materials, Energy, Food Security and Water? Yes
      • 2. Would you be interested in providing feedback to the GEO-CRADLE consortium for establishing a roadmap for the implementation of GEO and Copernicus in North Africa, Middle East and the Balkans? Yes
      • 3. Would your organisation be interested in receiving our quarterly newsletter and/or participating in future networking events? Yes to both

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