Proprietà Radiative del vapore Acqueo e delle nubi in Antartide

PRANA

Funded by: Ministero dell’Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (MIUR)  
Calls: PNRA – PROGRAMMA NAZIONALE RICERCHE in ANTARTIDE 2009
Start date: 2012-05-30  End date: 2014-05-29
Total Budget: EUR 70.000,00  INO share of the total budget: EUR 37.320,00
Scientific manager: Palchetti Luca   and for INO is: Palchetti Luca

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Organization/Institution/Company main assignee: Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”, IFAC-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (FI)

other Organization/Institution/Company involved:
Dipartimento di Fisica – Università di Bologna
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente – Università della Basilicata

other INO’s people involved:

Bianchini Giovanni
Di Natale Gianluca


Abstract: The PRANA research programme foresees the monitoring and the spectral characterisation of the downwelling longwave radiation from 100 to 1400 cm-1 emitted by the atmosphere in different sky conditions. This measurement will allow to improve the knowledge in the under-explored far infrared (FIR) spectral region of the emission spectrum. In particular, the modelling of the pure rotational water vapour band and the radiative properties of high altitude ice clouds, such as cirrus and polar stratospheric clouds (PSC), will be s tudied in depth. As the modelling capabilities is validated, the measurement can be used for the estimation of the total precipitable water vapour content (PWV) and the PSC coverage.

INO’s Experiments/Theoretical Study correlated:
Atmospheric Radition Explorer in the Far InfraRed

The Scientific Results:
1) Analysis of cirrus cloud spectral signatures in the far infrared
2) Characterization of optical and micro-physical properties of cirrus clouds using a wideband thermal infrared spectrometer
3) Validation of H2O continuum absorption models in the wave number range 180–600 cm−1 with atmospheric emitted spectral radiance measured at the Antarctica Dome-C site
4) Far infrared spectral measurements of the atmospheric thermal radiation
5) Caratterizzazione ottica e microfisica delle nubi di ghiaccio di alta quota tramite misure spettroscopiche remote nell’infrarosso termico
6) Thermal infrared remote sensing of cirrus clouds micro-physics
7) Remote sensing of micro-physical properties of cirrus clouds using wideband infrared spectral measurements
8) Optical instrumentation in Antarctica: Experiments and perspectives

9) Radiometric calibration of the Radiation Explorer in the Far InfraRed prototype
10) A Fourier Transform Spectroradiometer for the Remote Sensing of the Atmospheric Emission from Ground Bases in Extreme Environments
11) Spettroradiometria dell’emissione atmosferica verso terra nell’intervallo da 5 a 100 micron
12) Caratterizzazione ottica e microfisica delle nubi sottili antartiche tramite la combinazione di misure lidar e spettroscopiche nell’infrarosso termico
13) Far infrared radiative properties of water vapor and clouds in Antarctica
14) Ground-based high spectral resolution observations of the entire terrestrial spectrum under extremely dry conditions