The overarching goal of REALISTIC is to develop a Centre of Excellence in aerosol remote sensing technology and science in the Indian Ocean, through the creation of a Chair, with La Réunion, a European Outermost region, as a strategic pivot point of the European Research Area.
REALISTIC aims at attracting and maintaining a high-profile researcher (ERA Chair holder, Michaël Sicard) to lead a high profile supporting team with excellent research and technical capabilities in the aerosol remote sensing domain. In particular, specific applications and research endeavours will be conducted in the area of quantifying the impact of wildfire and volcanic emissions on the tropical atmosphere composition and on the Earth-Atmosphere radiative balance.
REALISTIC is designed to catalyse and maximise the impact of the ERA Chair in order to raise the research, technical and innovation excellence of the Laboratory of Atmosphere and Cyclones (LACy), the Observatory of Atmospheric Physics of La Réunion (OPAR), the Observatory of the Universe Sciences of La Réunion (OSU-R), and the University of La Réunion (UR) to a level that makes them unique and essential references in the local R&I ecosystem, at the Indian Ocean-level as well as to the overall international community, and thus filling the R&I gap on atmospheric systems.
REALISTIC will contribute to better integrate UR within the European Research Area, and better align with European standards and priorities.
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Latest news
New publication available on the role of aerosols and water vapor over Réunion Island of the Hunga stratospheric volcanic plume!
Joint session with TwInSolar project during Maïdo Observatory Summer School
On Tuesday 19th of November 2024, during the Maïdo Observatory Summer School organised in the framework of REALISTIC, a joint session is held with another european project: TwInSolar. This Horizon Europe project is also coordinated by University of la Réunion…
Maïdo Observatory Summer School (18-22/11/2024)
The MOSS-24 is a summer school on Aerosols and trace gases in the troposphere and stratosphere: dynamics, long-term evolution of atmospheric composition, and climate change, with a focus on aerosol lidar technics organized by Reunion University
Visit of Monica Altimira and Irene Jorge, our UPC partners
New publication available on the multiwavelength aerosol lidars at the Maïdo supersite (D. Gantois)
A new article has been published by the first PhD of our REALISTIC team, Dominique Gantois on the multiwavelength aerosol lidars at the Maïdo Observatory.
REALISTIC Kick-Off meeting
A formal Kick-off meeting was organized online on 21st March 2023 with all members involved in the project.