====== ACTRIS at University of Cologne / JOYCE ====== Within the [[https://www.actris.eu|ACTRIS research infrastructure]], the **JOYCE observatory Jülich** is an * **ACTRIS national facility** for cloud remote sensing * * and hosts a **Topical centre unit** on microwave radiometry of the [[https://www.actris.eu/topical-centre/ccres|Centre for Cloud Remote Sensing (CCRES)]]. ===== ACTRIS organization and funding ===== ACTRIS was established as a ERIC (European Research Infrastructure consortium) in 2023, based on previous networks for aerosol, cloud and trace gas observations. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is currently the implementation of ACTRIS in Germany: [[https://www.fona.de/en/measures/research-infrastructures/actris-d.php|Information on ACTRIS by BMBF/FONA]]. ACTRIS-D is coordinated by [[https://www.tropos.de/en/research/actris-d|TROPOS]]. Central facility funding is provided by ACTRIS-ERIC as well as the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV). Further information on ACTRIS funding at University of Cologne can be found [[https://verwaltung.uni-koeln.de/forschungsmanagement/content/large_scale_projects/federal_state_foundation_funding/actris_d/index_eng.html|here]] ===== ACTRIS central facility CCRES-DE ===== The German unit of the [[https://www.actris.eu/topical-centre/ccres|Centre for Cloud Remote Sensing (CCRES-DE)]] provides support and state-of-the-art expertise for ground-based microwave radiometer (MWR) operation, data quality control and quality assurance, retrieval development as well as the testing of new instruments. === Main tasks within CCRES === * Development of MWR data processing (together with the ACTRIS data centre CLU) * Establishing of MWR calibration procedures and quality assurance/quality control measures for the whole ACTRIS network * Implementation of a common retrieval framework for harmonized atmospheric data from MWR throughout the ACTRIS network * Provision of training to MWR operators * Operation of reference instruments {{:wiki:instruments:joyhat_tophat_picture.jpg?480|©B. Pospichal}} {{::group_photo_small.png?350|©L. Pfitzenmaier}} \\ //Left: 2 HATPRO microwave radiometers (JOYHAT, TOPHAT), Right: MWR training workshop in April 2024// More information about CCRES services and instrument monitoring is provided at the [[https://ccres.aeris-data.fr/|CCRES services website]] ===== ACTRIS national facility JOYCE ===== {{:joyce_drone.jpg?480|JOYCE drone ©L. Piasecki}} {{:wiki:instruments:joyce01.jpg?380|©B. Pospichal}} \\ //JOYCE platform// The University of Cologne has operated the [[https://atmos.meteo.uni-koeln.de/ag_crewell/doku.php?id=sites:joyce|JOYCE observatory]] since 2008 and has been part of [[https://cloudnet.fmi.fi|Cloudnet]] since 2011, when all mandatory instruments for Cloudnet processing were installed. [[https://cloudnet.fmi.fi/site/juelich|JOYCE site description on Cloudnet page]] [[https://cloudnet.fmi.fi/search/visualizations?site=juelich&product=classification|Link to current Cloudnet target classification]] In the frame of the implementation of ACTRIS-D, the UoC received funding from BMBF and JOYCE was upgraded by a novel dual-frequency cloud radar and a Raman lidar. ==== Instrumentation at JOYCE ==== === Microwave radiometers === * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=hatpro|Microwave Radiometer HATPRO]] - [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=tophat|TOPHAT]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=hatpro|Microwave Radiometer HATPRO]] - [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=joyhat|JOYHAT]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=lhumpro|Microwave Radiometer LHUMPRO-U90]] === Cloud radars === * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=joyrad35|Cloud Radar JOYRAD-35 (Ka-Band)]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=joydurado|Cloud Radar JOYDURADO (Ka/W-Band)]] === Lidar/Ceilometer === * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=windlidar|Doppler wind lidar]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=ramanlidar|Raman lidar]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=ceilo|Ceilometer]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=chm15k|Ceilometer Jenoptik/Lufft CHM15k]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=ct25k|Ceilometer Vaisala CT25K]] === Precipitation observations === * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=mrr|Micro Rain Radar MRR]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=disdrometer|Disdrometer]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=pluvio|Pluviometer]] === Additional instrumentation === * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=aeri|Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer AERI]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=mfrsr|Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer MFRSR]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=tsi|Total Sky Imager TSI-AXIS]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=cimel|Sun photometer]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=radiation|Broadband radiation observations]] * [[https://obs.meteo.uni-koeln.de/doku.php?id=pvm|Photovoltaic modules]] * [[https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/gs/ueber-uns/meteo|Meteorology at 120 m tower of FZ Jülich]] {{:wiki:logos:uoc_english_new.png?nolink&300|}}{{:wiki:logos:logo_fzj.jpg?nolink&200|}}{{:wiki:logos:logo_joyce_neu.jpg?nolink&200|}}{{:wiki:logos:bmbf-fona-logo.jpg?nolink&300|}}{{ :wiki:logos:actris_logo_0.png?300|https://www.actris.eu}}