Browsing by Subject "Aerosols"
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A long Saharan dust event over the western Mediterrranean: Lidar, Sun photometer observations and regional dust modeling
(2006-08-31)
Article
Open AccessA long Saharan dust event affected the western Mediterranean in the period 12– 28 June 2002. Dust was present mainly between 1- and 5-km height affecting most parts of the Iberian Peninsula and reaching western/central ... -
A new code for spectrometric analysis for environmental radiological surveillance on monitors focused on gamma radioactivity on aerosols
(2016-06)
Article
Open AccessThis paper presents a new code for the analysis of gamma spectra generated by an equipment for continuous measurement of gamma radioactivity in aerosols with paper ¿lter. It is called pGamma and has been developed by the ... -
Aerosol stratification characterization of an astronomical site by means of a backscatter lidar at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
(2009)
Conference report
Open AccessThe Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, is home of many astronomical facilities. In the context of the Extremely Large Telescope Design Study, an intensive lidar ... -
Anàlisi i comparativa de proveïdors de dades ADS-B
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-09-15)
Bachelor thesis
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Análisis y ajuste de las variables de proceso para la fabricación de polvos de aleaciones base estaño mediante un atomizador centrífugo
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionEn el presente proyecto se ha realizado la puesta a punto de un prototipo para la atomización de polvo metálico mediante la técnica de atomización centrífuga, incluyendo los diferentes componentes que intervienen en el ... -
Atomization of liquids by a novel technique
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Technische Universität Graz, 2013)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThe usefulness of sprays in a wide range of industrial applications (combustion, coating, spray drying, etc.) makes the understanding of the atomization process very valuable, specially to choose the most suitable atomizer ... -
Climatology of the aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio from sun-photometric measurements
(IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-01-01)
Article
Open AccessThe elastic lidar equation contains two unknown atmospheric parameters, namely, the particulate optical extinction and backscatter coefficients, which are related through the lidar ratio (i.e., the particulate-extinct ... -
Cloud-aerosol-turbulence interactions: Science priorities and concepts for a large-scale laboratory facility
(2020-07-17)
Article
Open AccessClouds and aerosols, ubiquitously embedded in turbulent flows, are central to the prediction of weather and climate. The purpose of the workshop described here was to explore scientific questions and set priorities for a ... -
Combustion of a spray atomized by a simplex
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Université Henri Poincaré, 2009)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Restricted access - author's decisionThis project is based on the study of the combustion of a mist of droplets generated by a pressure swirl nozzle (simplex). There will be realized a simulation of the injected droplets trajectories, by means of a computational ... -
Concept design of a multiwavelength aerosol lidar system with mitigated diattenuation effects and depolarization-measurement capability
(EDP Sciences, 2016)
Conference lecture
Open AccessIt is known that the retrieval of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients from lidar data acquired through so-called total-power channels – intended to measure the backscattered power irrespective of the polarization ... -
Contribución a la caracterización de aerosoles radiactivos derivados del radón
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2000-05-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessLa existencia de una relación entre el riesgo a desarrollar un cáncer de pulmón y la exposición al radón y descendientes presentes en el aire se puso de manifiesto hace ya bastante tiempo en la población minera. Desde ... -
Coordinated lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe in the frame of EARLINET-ASOS project during CALIPSO overpasses: A case study analysis with modeling support
(2009)
Conference report
Open AccessCoordinated lidar observations of Saharan dust over Europe are performed in the frame of the EARLINETASOS (2006-2011) project, which comprises 25 stations: 16 Raman lidar stations, including 8 multiwavelength (3+2 station) ... -
Data assimilation of volcanic aerosol observations using FALL3D+PDAF
(Copernicus Publications, 2022-02)
Article
Open AccessModelling atmospheric dispersal of volcanic ash and aerosols is becoming increasingly valuable for assessing the potential impacts of explosive volcanic eruptions on buildings, air quality, and aviation. Management of ... -
Desarrollo de una interfaz de usuario para programas de inversión LIDAR: despolarización por aerosoles
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-23)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThe project that has been developed for this work at the end of degree aims to integrate a series of routines in MATLAB, which allow us to obtain information about the depolarization that atmospheric aerosols produce on ... -
Development and assembly of a sampling device and a di-lution system for brake particle measurements in test drives
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-31)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Technische Universität DarmstadtDue to the reduction of exhaust emissions in the last years, the percentage of particulate matter emitted by non-exhaust sources has increased. Brakes play an important role emitting more than half of this type of ... -
Direct, longwave radiative forcing of mineral dust: improvement of its estimation by means of tools recently developed by the EARLINET community
(EDP Sciences, 2016)
Conference report
Open AccessThe objective of this work is to investigate how the knowledge of the vertically-resolved fine and coarse mode aerosol optical depth modifies the longwave radiative forcing. Since relatively little the EARLINET (European ... -
Dose assessment to workers in a dicalcium phosphate production plant
(Elsevier, 2016-12-01)
Article
Open AccessThe production of dicalcium phosphate (DCP) uses phosphate rock (PR) as a raw material. Sedimentary phosphate rocks are enriched with relevant concentrations of natural radionuclides from the 238U decay chain (around 103 ... -
Earlinet validation of CATS L2 product
(EDP Sciences, 2018)
Conference report
Open AccessThe Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), is a lidar system providing vertically resolved aerosol and cloud profiles since February 2015. In this study, the CATS aerosol product ... -
EC-Earth3-AerChem: a global climate model with interactive aerosols and atmospheric chemistry participating in CMIP6
(2021-09-13)
Article
Open AccessThis paper documents the global climate model EC-Earth3-AerChem, one of the members of the EC-Earth3 family of models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). EC-Earth3-AerChem has ...
