Webinars

3rd Online Webinar

Desert Dust: From Monitoring and Forecasting to Satellite Synergies

Desert dust plays a critical role in Earth’s climate system, air quality, and human health. This webinar explores the importance of understanding and predicting dust events, the current capabilities and limitations in dust monitoring and forecasting, and how satellite observations contribute to improving these efforts. Special focus will be given to the synergistic use of satellite products within the CIROCCO project, showcasing how multi-source data integration enhances dust forecasting over the Mediterranean region and beyond.

Speakers:

Eleni Athanasopoulou, Atmospheric scientist (National Observatory of Athens, NOA, Gr)

Chrysoula Papathanasiou (Institute of Communication & Computer Systems, ICCS, Gr), Project Manager

Emmanouil Proestakis, Atmospheric scientist (National Observatory of Athens, NOA, Gr)

Eleni Drakaki, Atmospheric scientist (National Observatory of Athens, NOA, Gr)