Oggetto del presente Contratto è la collaborazione in attività di ricerca  scientifica atte a mettere a fattor comune il sistema delle informazioni, dei dati e delle competenze utili alla conoscenza nel campo del vento, della struttura termica dell'atmosfera, delle grandezze micrometeorologiche con obiettivo finale la ricostruzione del contributo alla qualità dell'aria del Comprensorio di Civitavecchia dovuto al funzionamento della centrale termoelettrica, Enel di Torrevaldaliga Nord a Civitavecchia

The project aims at advancing the work done in the framework of the QA4EO CCN5,  improving aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ångström exponent (AE) retrievals based on a correction using synchronous NO2 data.  Development of this method is based on the fact that currently satellite climatological NO2 values are used for correcting the AOD retrievals for NO2 related optical depth. However, NO2 has high spatiotemporal variability and, hence, these values are rarely representative of the actual atmospheric conditions. Recently developed Pandonia Ground Network offers reliable, high measurement frequency ground-based data for NO2 column, alongside with current generation of satellites (S5P/TROPOMI) which provide a high NO2 spatial detail. These data will be used to evaluate the current uncertainty of AOD and AE retrievals and integrated procedures will be developed. Spatiotemporal AOD/NO2 characteristics using two (urban and suburban) neighbouring ground based stations (including AERONET, PGN and EUROSKYRAD related instrumentation) and satellite sensors will be analysed towards demonstrating the NO2 impact on AOD for such validation activities and ways to correct for it.

Molti materiale da costruzione del settore occidentale della Sardegna provengono dalle formazioni carbonatiche mioceniche affioranti. Questi materiali sono stati estesamente sfruttati nell'edilizia storica e monumentale per la loro facile estrazione e lavorabilità. Si tratta comunque di materiali estremamente vulnerabili ai processi di weathering, con notevoli perdite materiche. Questa ricerca è finalizzata ad indagare propedeuticamente la composizione mieno-petrografica dei materiali in opera nella facciata dell chiesa di Santa Lucia, comprese anche le malte originarie di allettamento dei conci lapidei, in modo da fornire risposte adeguate sullo stato di conservazione dei materiali, passo imprescindibile per gli interventi conservativi e di restauro da eseguirsi su detto monumento.

The proposed project puts together archaeologists, satellite image analysts and climate/environmental scientists from CNR-ISAC and UNEW, and the Iraqi academic community, to develop an approach combining satellite and on-the-ground observation to investigate anthropogenic and climate change-related processes impacting ancient buildings, tells and water systems.
The area of interest encompasses the sites and hinterlands of Eridu and Basra, recorded as part of a pilot study by Drs Rayne and Jotheri (UNEW team) using remote sensing and fieldwork. It also covers an area including Wasit governorate, where Drs Cigna and Tapete (CNR-ISAC team) conducted pilot satellite studies.
Iraq is a dense heritage landscape of monuments, mounds (‘tells’), ancient roads and canals, and other remains dating back to different ages that are spread across the country. Archaeological datasets including the Endangered Archaeology database provide case studies for analysis of changes. Much shorter may be the time scale by when these sites - and those yet to be inventoried - could disappear. As increasingly being witnessed by international consortia and the academic community of Iraq, heritage is threatened by urbanisation, agriculture, looting, land use/change of destination and conflict-related cascading hazards (e.g. destruction, fires, pollution), as well as by climate change-related problems. Documentation achieved in this project will have the impact of providing the local stakeholders with a set of digital thematic maps that can be used to expedite, in a context of limited resources, the survey and identification of threatened areas and inform the design of mitigation measures.