Following up on last week’s post for us non-experts…some more details about the SENTINEL satellite missions that AURORA deals with. Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 will be carried on meteorological satellites. They will help us to monitor the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. Why is this [...]
For those of us that are not experts in Earth Observation, the European Space Agency (ESA) has produced lots of material to help us understand their programmes and missions, and the impact they can have on our daily lives. Let’s start with the missions funded by the Copernicus global monitoring [...]
From the 7 – 13 June a series of events are taking place within the Summer Science Event 2016 at the Sesto Fiorentino Campus, Florence. The Summer Science Event is about spreading science to the public, including families and children, The Event has a range of activities for all ages: [...]
An interesting article concerning the quality of life and the economic impact related to air quality. “Air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year and costs up to 9% of EU GDP. Stalling on improving air quality is both dangerous and economically foolish, writes [...]
From May 9th to May 13th there has been the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016, a great event organized in Prague (Czech Republic) by the European Space Agency (ESA). The first worldwide UV dosimeter dedicated to healthy sunbathing has been presented to the scientific world: the HappySun App. [...]
The day 2 of the AURORA kick off meeting was in Livorno (Italy). The AURORA’s team was guest of Flyby. The meeting took place in the elegant rooms of the Hotel Universal, lulled by the quiet of the sea. It was an opportunity also to visit Flyby’s headquarters and the radiometric measurements [...]
AURORA project is introduced on EPSILON’s home page. Visit the [...]
The on-line journal ‘Almanacco della Scienza‘ cited the AURORA project and ReDSHIFT project. Both projects are funded by the H2020 EU Research and Innovation programme and are coordinated by the Institute of Applied Physics ‘Nello [...]
The abstract ‘The AURORA H2020 project: Advanced Ultraviolet Radiation and Ozone Retrieval for Applications‘ has been accepted as a poster presentation at the Living Planet Symposium 2016. The 2016 ESA (European Space Agency) Living Planet Symposium will be held in Prague, Czech [...]
After a week from the start of the project, the local press reported about the AURORA event and the AURORA kick off. You can read the complete text of these articles on gonews.it, on Il Tirreno and on [...]
On 30 January 2016, Ugo Cortesi and Alessandro Rossi from CNR-IFAC, were inteviewed by Radio Moka about the AURORA and ReDSHIFT projects, both funded by H2020. The radio broadcast was organised by the Caffè – Scienza Cultural Association in collaboration with Novaradio. Click here to download [...]
AURORA, along with ReDSHIFT another project funded by H2020 and coordinated by CNR-IFAC, will be presented during the event: “Successful Horizon 2020 projects / space and NEREUS network: Perspectives and opportunities for research, business and the territory”, to be held in Florence on [...]
AURORA project officially starts on the 1st of February 2016. The web site and social media pages will provide you with continuous updates on the project progress and results. Do you remember what the project is about? Aurora is a space research project funded by H2020, whose overall objective is [...]