AGORA Aerosol Training Course: Characterization of atmospheric aerosol using in-situ and remote sensing techniques

Dates: June 12-17, 2023

Venue: Andalusian Global ObseRvatory of the Atmosphere, Granada, Spain

ATMO-ACCESS project supports innovative training and education activities related to atmospheric research infrastructures. It is crucial for the future success of European atmospheric facilities to ensure that new generations of researchers acquire knowledge and skills to take advantage of all the essential tools for their research. This training at AGORA Aerosol Training School is the first of three innovative sessions to add the training dimension to Research Infrastructures using physical, remote, and virtual access.

Course contents & learning outcomes:

The lectures provide fundamental knowledge in novel, advanced techniques for measuring aerosol properties, covering in situ, remote sensing, and laboratory-based instruments. This hybrid training course will be held face-to-face at the Andalusian Global ObseRvatory of the Atmosphere (AGORA) in Granada (Spain), including a visit to the Sierra Nevada station and hands-on training for some novel aerosol instruments. It is combined with remote activities the week before (1.5 h per day, 2 days) and after the course (3 h per day, 5 days). Interactive face-to-face lectures are planned from Monday 12th to Friday 16th June (8:30 – 17:30). All participants will obtain a certificate for their participation.

Results from the selection process:

Applications are closed. List of accepted participants can be found below:

N.	Application ID	Final Decision
1	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000005	Accepted
2	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000006	Accepted
3	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000018	Accepted
4	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000021	Accepted
5	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000024	Accepted
6	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000027	Accepted
7	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000032	Accepted
8	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000040	Accepted
9	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000046	Accepted
10	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000049	Accepted
11	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000055	Accepted
12	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000056	Accepted
13	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000065	Accepted
14	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000066	Accepted
15	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000067	Accepted
16	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000073	Accepted
17	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000080	Accepted
18	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000086	Accepted
19	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000088	Accepted
20	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000089	Accepted
21	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000025	Waiting list
22	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000042	Waiting list
23	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000075	Waiting list
24	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000082	Waiting list
25	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000079	Waiting list
26	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000034	Waiting list
27	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000019	Rejected
28	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000035	Rejected
29	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000054	Rejected
30	ATMO-TNA-5–0000000077	Rejected

Course fee, accommodation & meals:

The training course fee is 475 € per participant, including the coffee break and lunch at the course premises (from Monday to Friday) and accommodation in double rooms with breakfast in the UGR guesthouse.

Lecturers:

Invited lecturers are top-level experts from the ACTRIS facilities for aerosol in-situ and remote sensing measurements. Confirmed Lecturers:

NAME	INSTITUTION
Dr. Lucas Alados-Arboledas	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Andrés Alastuey	IDAEA-CSIC (Spain)
Dr. Elisabeth Andrews	NOAA (United States)
Dr. Martine Collaud-Coen	MeteoSwiss (Switzerland)
Dr. Ana del Águila	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Oleg Dubovik	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Dr. Martin Gysel-Beer	Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland)
Dr. Stelios Kazadzis	World Radiation Center (Switzerland)
Dr. Rohaifa Khaldi	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Anton Lopatin	GRASP SAS (France)
Dr. Griša Močnik	University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
Dr. Francisco Navas-Guzmán	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Doina Nicolae	National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics INOE (Romania)
Dr. Gloria Titos	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Antonio Valenzuela	University of Granada (Spain)

Hands-on and scientific projects area going to be given by top-level researchers from the ACTRIS facilities for aerosol in-situ and remote sensing measurements. Confirmed researchers:

NAME	INSTITUTION
MSc. Jesús Abril-Gago	University of Granada (Spain)
MSc. Elena Bazo	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Alberto Cazorla	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Ana del Águila	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Luka Drinovec	University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
MSc. Sol Fernández-Carvelo	University of Granada (Spain)
MSc. Francisco José García-Izquierdo	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Yenny González Ramos	Cimel Electronique (France)
Dr. Francisco Navas-Guzmán	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Daniel Pérez-Ramírez	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Roberto Román	University of Valladolid (Spain)
Dr. Gloria Titos	University of Granada (Spain)
Dr. Antonio Valenzuela	University of Granada (Spain)

More detailed information and the final program will be available at the following link: https://atmosphere.ugr.es/en/about/presentation/agora_aerosol_training_course

Training course organizer:

The training course is organized by the ACTRIS Observational Facility AGORA-UGR. In case of any questions about the training course, please, contact Lucas Alados-Arboledas and Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado (rascado@ugr.es), Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research. University of Granada.

Preliminary program: