USRL first in Cyprus to be granted with Operational Authorizations for Fixed-Wing and Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Systems

The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) of the Cyprus Institute’s Climate & Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) is the first in Cyprus and one of the first in Europe to be granted with Operational Authorizations for Fixed-Wing and Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) under the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Operational Authorizations have been issued…

CARE-C participates in the European Space Agency’s Campaign in Cape Verde for the calibration / validation of the Aeolus satellite

Teams from the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute, were in Sao Vicente, Cape Verde, as part of ASKOS, the Aeolus satellite calibration / validation Campaign, coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). Aeolus is the first satellite mission to acquire profiles…

CARE-C campaign with the Environmental Physics group of the University of Tübingen at the Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory

The Environmental Physics group from the University of Tübingen, Germany,  visited Cyprus, in order to continue the scientific flight campaign that started two years ago, and was interrupted due to the restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group arrival coincided with an intensive, prolonged dust event  in Cyprus, with increased interest from an…