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Project full title: " Demonstration Network Of ground-based Remote Sensing Observations in support of the GMES Atmospheric Service ". http://nors.aeronomie.be. Principal Objective ; connection to MACC-II.
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Project full title: " Demonstration Network Of ground-based Remote Sensing Observations in support of the GMES Atmospheric Service " http://nors.aeronomie.be
Principal Objective ;connection to MACC-II • To improve the quality and validation of the products delivered by the GMES Atmospheric Service (GAS), in casuMACC-II, using independent ground-based remote sensing data from the international Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC). This requires research and developments to optimize the NDACC data delivery and data products for the purpose of supporting the quality assessments of the future GAS (MACC-II as the prototype). NOTE: • Apart fromsome MAXDOAS data, none of the NORS data are alreadyincluded in MACC-II VAL. • So NORS is complementarytovalidationincluded in MACC-II • NORS willaim at consistencywithvalidation protocols and procedures defined in MACC-II (at management level and in VAL subproject) • Validationreportsgenerated in NORS willbeconnectedto MACC-II Val • Coordinationwith MACCII OBS/in-situ and EEA GISC project
NORS/NDACC targets Lidar, Microwave radiometer, FTIR, (MAX)DOAS, Dobson/Brewer, UV spectrometer O3, NO2, HCHO, CO, CH4, aerosol extinction http://www.ndacc.org
Expected impacts • Standard validationreports of MACC-II productsusing NORS data available on a regular basis via a Web server • NORS is a demonstratorpreparing the future NORS connectstopotential new NDACC stations outside Europe itwillbe set up such as toexpandtowhole NDACC (all stations, allproducts relevant for GAS) NDACC, next toits research vocation, willachieve a role as a service provider forvalidation of GAS products • New methodologiesto combine data from different sensors into new productswillbedevelopedanddemonstrated(e.g., ozoneprofilescovering the totalaltitude range fromgroundtomesopause)