Predicted direct solar radiation (ECMWF) for optimized operational strategies of linear focus parabolic-trough systems

Lopes, F., R. Conceição, T. Fasquelle, H. G. Silva, R. Salgado, P. Canhoto, M. Collares-Pereira: Predicted direct solar radiation (ECMWF) for optimized operational strategies of linear focusparabolic-trough systems, Renewable Energy. Day-ahead forecasts of direct normal irradiance (DNI) from the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), the global model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), […]

EARLINET evaluation of the CATS Level 2 aerosol backscatter coefficient product

Proestakis, E., Amiridis, V., Marinou, E., Binietoglou, I., Ansmann, A., Wandinger, U., Hofer, J., Yorks, J., Nowottnick, E., Makhmudov, A., Papayannis, A., Pietruczuk, A., Gialitaki, A., Apituley, A., Szkop, A., Muñoz Porcar, C., Bortoli, D., Dionisi, D., Althausen, D., Mamali, D., Balis, D., Nicolae, D., Tetoni, E., Liberti, G. L., Baars, H., Mattis, I., Stachlewska, […]

Nitzschia transtagensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a spring in Southern Portugal

Morales, E.A., Carlos E. Wetzel, Maria Helena Novais, M. Manuela Morais & Luc Ector (2019): Nitzschia transtagensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from a spring in Southern Portugal, Botany Letters. A new species of Nitzschia Hassall is described from a small spring in southern Portugal. Nitzschia transtagensis sp. nov. has a unique morphology in the Lineares section, […]

AutoPollen Meeting: 24-25 October – Prague with participation of Célia Antunes (ICT)

AutoPollen Meeting 2019 24-25 October – Prague, Czech Republic The 2019 AutoPollen Programme Meeting was hosted by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Prague from 24-25 October. With 38 participants from 19 different countries lively discussions were guaranteed. Each of the four AutoPollen working groups had time to work on various tasks and the entire group […]

Extreme, wintertime Saharan dust intrusion in the Iberian Peninsula: Lidar monitoring and evaluation of dust forecast models during the February 2017 event

Alfonso J. Fernández, Michäel Sicard, Maria J. Costa, Juan L. Guerrero-Rascado, José L. Gómez-Amo, Francisco Molero, Rubén Barragán, Sara Basart, Daniele Bortoli, Andrés E. Bedoya-Velásquez, María P. Utrillas, Pedro Salvador, María J. Granados-Muñoz, Miguel Potes, Pablo Ortiz-Amezcua, José A. Martínez-Lozano, Begoña Artíñano, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Rui Salgado, Roberto Román, Francesc Rocadenbosch, Vanda Salgueiro, José A. Benavent-Oltra, […]

25-29 november: Workshop on the Regional Environmental Management Plan for the Area of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), in collaboration with the Atlantic Regional Environmental Management Plan (REMP) Project (funded by European Union) and the Government of Portugal, will convene the First Workshop on REMP for the Area of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), at the University of Évora, Évora, Portugal, from 25-29 November 2019. The workshop aims (i) […]