Research project:  

Project name:	Atmospheric physics and chemistry
Year:	2020
Title:	Atmospheric composition monitoring at ISSJ
Name of research institute or organization:	Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
Project leader:	Dr. Michel van Roozendael
Project team:	Martine De Mazière, Bart Dils, Caroline Fayt, Martina Friedrich, François Hendrick, Christian Hermans, Bavo Langerock, Gaia Pinardi, Corinne Vigouroux, Minqiang Zhou

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Activity report:   Atmospheric composition monitoring at ISSJ

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Key words:   atmospheric composition, long-term monitoring, optical remote sensing, vertical inversion methods, satellite and model validation

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Internet databases:  

• http://www.ndacc.org/
• https://evdc.esa.int

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Programs:  

• NDACC
• ACTRIS
• Sentinel-5 Precursor CalVal AO
• Validation Data Analysis Facility (VDAF)
• CAMS
• C3S
• AC SAF

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Collaborations:  

• University of Liège, Dr. E. Mahieu
• Univ. Leeds, M. Chipperfield and team
• LATMOS, France, Dr. A. Pazmino
• Université Libre de Bruxelles, Prof. P. Coheur
• NDACC (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change, previously NDSC, http://www.ndacc.org/)
• OMI, TROPOMI (S5P), and MetOp GOME-2 and IASI satellite communities
• KNMI and S&T
• CNR (Italy) and ECMWF
• ACTRIS – Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Network

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Address/contact:  

Address:	Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
	Ringlaan 3
	B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
Contact person:	Michel van Roozendael
Tel.:	+32 2 373 04 16
e-mail:	michelv@oma.be

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