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Raymetrics - Remote Dust Monitoring systems
Given the uncertainty regarding future dust emissions and their potential large impact in human lives and the economy, the importance of deploying alert mechanisms for dust storms is imperative. These should include advanced observation systems and forecasting, tightly integrated in effective early warning systems, that will improve preparedness and emergency response.
- Finest Detection Capabilities
- Environment
- Early Warning System
- Identify problems
- Engage Citizens
- Planning and forecasting
- Assessing results
Accurate detection and quantification of dust aerosol, from the ground up to 20 km altitude
Vertical profiling for dust can be used as a bridge between in situ and satellite observations
Remotely detects incoming dust and indicates time of arrival, helping forecasters for early warning scenarios
Remote sensing observations with Raymetrics systems based in LIDAR technique provide:
- near real time monitoring
- model data, verification/validation
- model data assimilation
- regional aerosol characterization
Distinguish dust from other aerosol types (e.g. urban pollution, smoke), based on state-of-the-art aerosol depolarization measurements
Helps local Authorities to conform to AQD Directive (EC,2008)
Dust aerosols impact the climate system by influencing the radiation budget, cloud processes, and various biogeochemical cycles
Due to numerous impacts of dust on health, environment and climate, there is high societal and research interest to:
- Better understand the atmospheric dust process
- Prevent its unwanted impacts
- Predict dust transport events
Innovative techniques and methodologies contribute to better understanding all related processes to any such event
Remote Dust Monitoring systems for higher efficiency in observations
Unlike any other sensors, Raymetrics products are the only systems to provide, scientific-grade dust measurements up to 20Km
Measurement
- of particulate pollutants with advanced LIDAR remote sensing system
- of gaseous pollutants by Max-DOAS remote sensing system
- of gas and particulate pollutants by on-site methods and sampling (In situ meters)
Modelling
Modelling the dispersion of pollutants into the atmosphere. The simulation of emissions is done by combining the WRF-ARW atmospheric model to provide high-resolution grid data and the FLEXPART dispersion model to simulate the dispersion of pollutants. Considering the lifetime of each pollutant in the atmosphere, it is possible to relate the emissions to that source
- Intelligent remote sensing advantages
- It works day and night as it is based on its own source of radiation
- It gives near real-time results, since no sampling and time-consuming chemical analyses are required
- Fully automated-remotely controlled
Since 2002 Raymetrics has been designing and manufacturing atmospheric remote sensing systems for meteorological and other similar applications. Today we are the world leader in the rising wave of remote sensing technology in operational and commercial sectors such as Meteorology, Aviation, Environmental Protection, Mining, Oil & Gas and Heavy Industry