The 3rd Autumn School, organised by Center of Excellence for Climate and Atmosphere Research (CARE-C) of the Cyprus Institute, entitled “Drones and Sensors in Atmospheric Sciences”, which took place on 11 November to 15 November 2024, has been successfully concluded. The week- long course took place at the Cyprus Institute’s premises in Nicosia, Cyprus and it was attended by 14 students from 14 different countries including Lebanon, Finland, India, Greece, Portugal, Pakistan and other. The primary focus of the school was on the operation and scientific exploitation of UAV-sensor systems in atmospheric sciences.

The PostDoc researcher of LAP, Konstantinos Michailidis, from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, had the opportunity to visit the premises of CARE-C’s Cyprus Atmospheric Observatory in Cyprus, in the framework of TNA ATMO-ACCESS which enables researchers to access first-class atmospheric facilities in Europe. This TNA gave the opportunity to Konstantinos for the first time to participate in a field campaign with drone-based instrumentation and this knowledge will be transferred back to the LAP for conducting their own synergy studies with a perspective of future cooperation.

Details on: https://emme-care.cyi.ac.cy/the-2024-autumn-school-on-drones-and-sensors-in-atmospheric-sciences-has-been-successfully-concluded/

LAP-AUTh lidar team (Dr. Konstantinos Michailidis & Georgia Peletidou, PhD student) participated in the 31st International Laser Radar Conference, held in Landhsut, Bavaria, during 23-28 June. The scope of the conference covers all fields ranging from laser and detector technologies, to detection of substances, constituents and transport throughout all layers of the atmosphere, measurements of essential climate variables, and observations related to ocean properties and ecosystems.

Agenda details/info: https://ilrc-clrc-2024.welcome-manager.de/