Summary:
ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure Network) is a European Project aiming at integrating European ground-based stations equipped with advanced atmospheric probing instrumentation for aerosols, clouds, and short-lived gas-phase species. ACTRIS will have the essential role to support building of new knowledge as well as policy issues on climate change, air quality, and long-range transport of pollutants. As part of the transnational access (TNA) activity, ACTRIS offers opportunities to researchers or research teams to access research facilities with an excellent combination of advanced instruments and expertise, using state-of-the-art equipment for measurement campaigns and instrument testing. ACTRIS supports training of new scientists in order to conduct high-quality research and contributes the scientific community to exchange knowledge and experience and to work towards future common projects and objectives.
Consortium:
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- MORE THAN 25 PARTNERS
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (Associate Partner, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
Summary:
There are approximately 20,000 natural lakes across China, 2,800 of which measure at least one square kilometer. Most of these Lakes are undergoing eutrophication or other severe environmental nuisances owing to natural and/or anthropogenic processes. In order to prevent or to minimize such damaging impacts, and to ascertain a proper quality management of the lake water and the associated fish resources, it is required to have access to up-to-date, accurate, and relevant data and information on the aquatic ecosystem in a timely manner. To date, a number of technological tools can be used to acquire data in a timely and cost effective way, including multi-source remote sensing data, ground truth data collected real time by means of wireless sensor network, and other supporting data. The proposed project focusing on Xin’an river watershed and Qiandao Lake as well as on important wetlands and aquatic ecosystems on Chongming Island investigates the impact of water quality and land cover/use change on the spatio-temporal distribution of the fishing grounds in Qiandao Lake.
Consortium:
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- INSTITUTE FOR MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES – FOUNDATION OF RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
- SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
- SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
- ZHEJIANG CAS APPLICATION CENTER FOR GEOINFORMATICS
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Partner from Europe, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
Summary:
The target of the ArchaeoLandscapes project is to address existing imbalances in the use of modern surveying and remote sensing techniques and to create conditions for the regular use of these strikingly successful techniques across the Continent as a whole. It aims to create a self-sustaining network to support the use throughout Europe of aerial survey and ‘remote sensing’ to promote understanding, conservation and public enjoyment of the shared landscape and archaeological heritage of the countries of the European Union.
The project represents the culmination of a growing European cooperation from the mid-1990s onwards. Now federating 68 prestigious institutions in the field of archaeology and heritage protection (1 Coordinator, 26 Co-organisers and more than 30 Associated Partners) from 26 separate countries, it will bring that process to a sustainable and self-supporting future as the long-term legacy of this and earlier EU-assisted initiatives.
Consortium:
- ROMAN-GERMANIC COMMISSION OF THE GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
- MORE THAN 65 PARTNERS
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (Associate Partner, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
Summary:
The Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union (EU), argues that the development of maritime economic activities, can be reconciled with the protection of the marine environment, provided that adequate tools and horizontal governance mechanisms. Maritime Spatial Planning is one of the main horizontal tools. Within this context, the European Commission adopted, in November 2008 , a roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning, which defines 10 basic principles that should govern MSP of Member States (MS). In more recent announcement of the December 2010, the SC has updated this charter and announced further action on MSP. Therefore the SC in March 2013 presented a proposal for a directive on MSP and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). This project aims to establish a framework for MSP and ICZM within which MS should develop. The main aim of the project is the joint development methodology, process and suitable implementation framework for Marine Spatial Planning. This methodology will be determined and then pilot projects in selected areas of both countries (Cyprus and Greece) will be selected. Remote Sensing and GIS will be used to manage and apply the proposed methodology.
Consortium:
- DEPARTMENT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING (Coordinators)
- DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
- UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN
- MINISTRY OF MARINE AND AEGEAN
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
- OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Summary:
The main aim of Anagennisis is to develop innovative solutions to reuse all tyre components in high value innovative concrete applications with reduced environmental impact. Thus, the project activities will comprise RTD as well as demonstration activities.
Consortium:
- UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (COORDINATORS)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE
- Twincon Ltd (UK)
- Gumiimpex -GRP Ltd (CROATIA)
- Arkada Ltd (CROATIA)
- Gradmont Ltd (BOSNIA)
- Zebra General Constructions Ltd (CY)
- Adriatica Riciclaggio e Ambiente Abruzzo s.r.l.
- European Tyre Recycling Association
- University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Technical University ‘Gheorghe Asachi’ of Iasi
- ZYP Ingeniería Geomática, S.L. (SPAIN)
- FhecorIngenierosConsultores, S.L (SPAIN)
- COMSA, S.A.U. (SPAIN)
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (PI: D.G. HADJIMITSIS)
Summary:
The core idea of BACCHUS is to quantify key processes controlling clouds and climate and their feedbacks by i) contrasting the processes occurring in climate-relevant environments such as tropical areas and the Arctic and ii) by combining advanced measurements of cloud and aerosol properties with state-of-the-art numerical modelling. Specifically we aim to characterize the importance of biogenic versus anthropogenic emissions for cloud formation and climate in regions that are key regulators of climate (tropical rain forests) as well as in regions experiencing the most profound climatic changes, and which may be prone to irreversible transitions, e.g., the Arctic.
Consortium:
- ETH ZURICH (COORDINATORS)
- UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
- PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE
- MAX PLANCK SOCIETY
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
- UNIVERSITY OF OSLO
- FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
- LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH
- J.-W. GOETHE UNIVERSITÄT FRANKFURT
- UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE -ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE DELL’ATMOSFERA E DEL CLIMA
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY
- INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
- THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES – MÉTÉO FRANCE
- KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY
- CYPRUS INSTITUTECYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (Partner, PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
Summary:
The Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union (EU), argues that the development of maritime economic activities, can be reconciled with the protection of the marine environment, provided that adequate tools and horizontal governance mechanisms. Maritime Spatial Planning is one of the main horizontal tools. Within this context, the European Commission adopted, in November 2008 , a roadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning, which defines 10 basic principles that should govern MSP of Member States (MS). In more recent announcement of the December 2010, the SC has updated this charter and announced further action on MSP. Therefore the SC in March 2013 presented a proposal for a directive on MSP and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). This project aims to establish a framework for MSP and ICZM within which MS should develop. The main aim of the project is the joint development methodology, process and suitable implementation framework for Marine Spatial Planning. This methodology will be determined and then pilot projects in selected areas of both countries (Cyprus and Greece) will be selected. Remote Sensing and GIS will be used to manage and apply the proposed methodology.
Consortium:
- DEPARTMENT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING (Coordinators)
- DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS
- UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN
- MINISTRY OF MARINE AND AEGEAN
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY (PI: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
- OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Summary:
The main objective of this project is the monitoring of coastal waters with emphasis on areas where desalination plants, ports and other point sources of pollution using Remote Sensing Techniques (Satellite Remote Sensing). Furthermore a sampling station network will be designed for the areas where water samples will collected in order to correlate some of the water quality parameters mentioned below with corresponding reflectance values acquired both by satellite and ground-based means. In situ physicochemical measurements of water quality parameters (water temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, electrical conductivity) and laboratory analysis of qualitative parameters – nutrients (total phosphorus, dissolved reactive phosphorus, total nitrogen, nitrate and nitrite, ammonia, chlorophyll-a, BOD, COD) will be carried out as defined by the Directive 2000/60/EC. The combination of field campaign measurements provides accurate measurement of the required parameters. The correlation of satellite observations and ground-truth measurements will focus only on the parameters of temperature, turbidity, suspended particulate matter and chlorophyll-a.
It is therefore imperative to design and implement a new integrated system of synoptic coverage and continuous monitoring of coastal waters to detect at any time any pollution event achieving in the immediate and sustainable management of water resources in Cyprus. Final goal is to cover both the current water needs, ours and the environment, and to ensure the existence of adequate “good status” water quantities for future generations.
Consortium:
- CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Coordinator: D.G.Hadjimitsis)
- NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
- NTUA
- DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES & MARINE RESEARCH