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Troodos station delivered

The laboratory container for Troodos station was delivered and secured on Friday the 13th of November 2020. State of the art atmospheric composition measuring instruments will soon follow!

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Mobile measurement of carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Cyprus

PhD student Yunsong Liu and technical research specialist Pierre-Yves Quehe have been measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) concentrations all over Cyprus using a high-end PICARRO instrument, onboard the institute’s car, to better assess regional and local GHG fluxes.

Vertical ozone profiles onboard UAVs

CAO and USRL have worked together to integrate ozonesondes, usually tethered to stratospheric balloons, into UAVs for vertical and horizontal mapping of ozone concentrations. Early tests have shown the ability to follow the morning boundary layer shift as well as detecting stratospheric ozone intrusions.

Prof Spyros Pandis presents seminar “Atmospheric Nanoparticles, Air Quality and Climate Change” at the Cyprus Institute

Renowned co-author of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change (Wiley edition), Prof Spyros Pandis visited The Cyprus Institute and gave a seminar entitled “Atmospheric Nanoparticles, Air Quality and Climate Change”. Prof Pandis had supervised several of CAO’s team members at the University of Patras, Greece.