1. Babes-Bolyai University, RO - General and scientific background -
Babeş-Bolyai University
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering
Babes-Bolyai University, RO - General and scientific background -
Nicolae Ajtai, PhD
SAMIRA KoM, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, IT
May 20th 2016

2. Who we are?
Babes-Bolyai University (UBB) – largest Romanian University
Located in Cluj-Napoca, Est. 1581
students – BSc, MSc and PhD levels
Programs in Romanian, Hungarian, German and English
21 Faculties
~ permanent staff (research & academia)
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering
Est. 2002
Offers programs on all 3 levels for Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering:
2 BSc programs
4 MSc programs
1 PhD program

3. Who we are?
Atmospheric remote sensing laboratory within the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering
Established in 2008 with support from national (ROLINET) and international (RADO) funding and further supported by UBB and national funding (MADECIP)
Staff: 1 assoc. prof., 2 assist. prof., 2 researcher III, 2 PhD stud.
Main objectives:
investigate the composition of the lower atmosphere (aerosols and gases).
investigate atmospheric processes such as gas and aerosol dynamics, radiative effects, effects on climate, cloud formation etc.
integrate remote sensing data into risk and impact assessment studies (modelling)

4. The RADO Project Romanian Atmospheric 3D Observatory
The beginning …
The RADO Project Romanian Atmospheric 3D Observatory
3 major components:
Observation Network: ROLINET (ROmanian LIdar NETwork) +implementation of new instruments and modeling tools
Data Center: data collection, storage, processing and analysis
Science Center:education,information, training, publicity, dialog
Why 3D?
Vertical profiles (LIDAR and sunphotometer)
Ground-based monitoring (point-monitors)
Satellite imagery data

5. RADO stations

6. Remote sensing instrumentation
Multi-wavelength Raman and Depolarization LIDAR (in EARLINET)
3β (355nm, 532 nm, 1064 nm) + 2α (387nm, 607 nm) + 1δ (532 nm)
Applications:
Presence of aerosol layers (up to 15 km)
Dynamics of lofted aerosol layers
Aerosol optical and microphysical properties

7. Remote sensing instrumentation
CIMEL 318 CE Sun tracking photometer (in NASA AERONET)
Retrieval of:
AOD (aerosol optical depth)
water vapor column
Angstrom exponent
fine/coarse aerosol fractions
inversion products

8. In situ instrumentation
DUSTTRAK™ DRX Aerosol Monitor Model 8533
simultaneous measurements of size segregated mass fraction concentrations (PM1, PM2.5, Respirable/PM4, PM10/Thoracic, and TPM) over a wide concentration range (0.001–150 mg/m3) in real time.

9. Computational and software capabilities
1 HPC with computation power up to 60 Tflops (Rpeak)
Computation nodes 50 (each with 2 proc. X 10 cores);
Computation nodes 12 (each with 2 proc. X 10 cores + GPU );
Computation nodes 12 (each with 2 proc. X 10 cores + Xeon Phi coprocessor)
Connectivity: InfiniBand FDR (54Gbps)
Common storage component: 72TB raw
Software:
WRF Chem (to be installed on the HPC within SAMIRA)
Local dispersion model: ISC-AERMOD (up to 50 km)
Gaussian plume dispersion model
Predicts air concentrations around point or area sources using emission rates (flux), topography data and meteorological conditions

10. Networking activities
NASA AERONET
EARLINET
ACTRIS-2 H2020 project
ESFRI Environment 2016 Roadmap

11. National stakeholders
Collaborations with:
Romanian Ministry of Environment
National Environmental Protection Agency
General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations
National Romanian Environmental Guard
Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
Romanian Environmental Association
Industry – more than 20 contracts with major industrial entities

12. Contacts: Babes-Bolyai University – www.ubbcluj.ro
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering – enviro.ubbcluj.ro
Remote Sensing Laboratory -
Personnel:
Nicolae Ajtai –
Horatiu Stefanie –
Torok Zoltan –
Camelia Botezan –