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Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) Center of Environmental Health and Biophysics Atmospheric Environment Division (AED) http://www.bioacademy.gr Director: Professor Christos Zerefos, Academician Presenter: Kostas Eleftheratos (PhD) [email protected] AIM AND ACTIVITIES The Atmospheric Environment Division (AED) of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) focuses on continuous monitoring of the dangerous solar ultraviolet radiation, daily total ozone and sulphur dioxide columns as well as of gaseous species and meteorological parameters, all of which are related to environment and health. Measurements at AED are performed on a daily basis at the roof of BRFAA by a spectroradiometer, two pyranometers and a meteorological station. AED collaborates closely with the Department of the Northern Hemisphere Ozone Mapping Centre of the World Meteorological Organisation of the United Nations and has participated at the national project of GSRT entitled “National Network for the Measurement of Ultraviolet Solar Radiation” (Coordinator AUTH, 2003–2006, www.uvnet.gr). AIM AND ACTIVITIES (cont’d) AED has participated in a number of national and international activities, among which was the free offer of the erythemal doses of solar UV radiation to the Olympic athletes of ATHENS 2004, through the website www.uvnet.gr. Since the beginning of its operation, scientists working at AED have participated in a number of competitive European research projects (CANDIDOZ, QUOBI, SCOUT-O3, QUANTIFY, GEMS, CIRCE, GEOMON, AMFIC and MACC). Scientists working in AED have published papers in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and participated in the WMO/UNEP and IPCC assessments. AED has participated in the organization of three important international meetings: a) in October 2003 in cooperation with the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), b) in June 2004 at Kos Island, where about 500 scientists from all over the world participated in the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2004 and c) in Athens, in September 2007, AED participated in the organization of the Symposium on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol entitled “Ozone depletion: from its discovery to Envisat and Aura”. AIM AND ACTIVITIES (cont’d) In December 2009, a unique Greek-Swedish research cooperation between industry and academia on environment and climate in the Mediterranean was signed in Stockholm. The Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University, the Centre of Environmental Health and Biophysics of BRFAA and TEMES S.A., a Greek private company, signed a trilateral agreement for the establishment of the “Navarino Environmental Observatory (N.E.O.)” in Greece, in the region of Messinia in the southwest Peloponnese. N.E.O., which started operating during 2010, is dedicated to the study of climate change and its impacts on the natural environment and human activities in the Mediterranean region. Equipment • One Brewer MK IV monochromator measuring columnar amounts of ozone, SO2 and NO2. It is also operating as a spectroradiometer, measuring irradiances in the UV-B part of the spectrum at 0.5 nm intervals. • Two Yankee UV-B instruments measuring solar erythemal doses. • A multi-channel NILU radiometer measuring solar radiation in the UV-B and UV-A parts of the spectrum as well as photo-synthetically active radiation (PAR). • A multi-filter rotating shadow band radiometer (MFR-7) providing aerosol optical depths at five wavelengths (415, 501, 615, 675, 867 nm). • Other radiometric instruments, central computer facility • One complete meteorological station providing measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, wind speed and wind direction. • Library Northern Hemisphere Ozone Mapping Centre of the WMO National network for the measurement of ultraviolet solar radiation UV radiation measurements at Nicosia National network for the measurement of ultraviolet solar radiation Forecast of UV index http://www.greekgeo.noa.gr/en.index.html Contact Details National Delegate: Prof. Christos Zerefos Supervisor: Prof. Vassileios Tritakis Scientific Collaborator: Mrs Eleni Christia Contact persons in GEO Dr. Robert Koopman, Climate, Architecture, Data (GCI) Support to the Architecture and Data Committee Dr. Michael Williams External Relations Manager RESEARCH PROJECTS EC ENVIRONMENT Project “Chemical and Dynamical Influences on Decadal Ozone Change (CANDIDOZ)”, (Coordinator E. Kyro), 2002-2005. EC ENVIRONMENT Project “Quantitive Understanding of Ozone Losses by Bipolar Investigations (QUOBI)”, (Coordinator P. von der Gathen), 2002-2005. EC FP6 Integrated Project ”Stratosphere-Climate Links with Emphasis On The UTLS (SCOUT O3)”, (Coordinator N. Harris), 2004-2009. National project “Greek national network for UV-Monitoring (UVNET)”, (Coordinator A. Bais), 2003-2006. EC FP6 Integrated Project “Quantifying the climate impact of global and European Transport Systems (QUANTIFY)” (Coordinator R. Sausen), 2005-2010. EC FP6 Integrated Project “Global and regional Earth-system Monitoring using Satellite and in-situ data (GEMS)”, (Coordinator T. Hollingsworth), 2005-2010. EC FP6 Integrated Project “Climate Change and Impact Research: The Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE)”, (Coordinator A. Navara), 2007-2011. EC FP6 Integrated project “Global Earth Observation and Monitoring (GEOmon)”, (Coordinator P. Ciais), 2007-2011. EC FP6 Project “Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting in China (AMFIC)”, (Coordinator R. Van der A), 2007-2009. EC FP7 Project “Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC)”, (Coordinator A. Simmons), 2009-2011. ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES • Symposium “20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol”, Athens Concert Hall, Greece, 23-26 September 2007. • Colloquium entitled: “Climate Change”, IGBP-Global Change and MariolopoulosKanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences, Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, 15 June 2006. • Workshop on Implementation of IGACO-Ozone, Athens, Greece, 15-17 May 2006. • XX Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, QOS2004, Kos Island, Greece, 1-8 June 2004. • Colloquium entitled: “Environment and Health”, Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, 22 October 2003. COLLABORATIONS LAB MEMBERS CONTACT 1. Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece A. Bais, Professor Visiting Scientist Atmospheric Environment Division Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens 2. National Observatory of Athens, Greece A. Kazantzidis, Assistant Professor Visiting Scientist 3. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece C. Meleti, Assistant Professor Visiting Scientist 4. Department of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway 5. Department of Dynamics of the Atmosphere, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, D.L.R., Germany 6. Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University, Sweden P. Nastos, Associate Professor Visiting Scientist E. Gerasopoulos, Research Director Visiting Scientist S. Kazadzis, Associate Researcher Visiting Scientist V. Amiridis, Associate Researcher Visiting Scientist K. Eleftheratos, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Ken Lamb Technician 4 Soranou Ephessiou 11527 Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 8832048 +30 210 6597216 +30 210 7274133 (University) Fax: +30 210 8842098 e-mail: [email protected]