The instrumented site “Instrumental Site for Research through Atmospheric Remote Sensing” (SIRTA) is one of the few sites in Europe offering the instrumentation, facilities, and hosting capabilities necessary to study atmospheric physico-chemical processes from the surface to the top of the troposphere, passing through the boundary layer, to facilitate understanding of climate feedbacks at regional and decadal scales, to evaluate atmospheric models (climate, weather, chemistry-transport) and to validate space observations.
SIRTA provides a number of activities ranging from long-term measurements to multi-decadal scales, host facilities for measurement campaigns, instrumental tests at national and international scales, experimental teaching geared towards degree, masters and doctoral studies and the organisation of events open to the general public. The scientific scope of activities carried out at SIRTA includes reactive gases, aerosols, clouds, precipitation, radiative exchanges, heat fluxes, atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics. The scientific applications also apply to research into solar and wind renewable energies.
Key numbers for SIRTA are 150 instruments, 5000 files and 3GB of data per day, 400 students per year and 300 scientific publications.
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