UAV Flights for atmospheric research at Orounda Airfield
Regular flight campaigns in Cyprus to study the seasonality of the atmospheric properties, in rural and urban environments
![5-1](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/5-1-1.jpg)
![usrlact1](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/usrlact1.png)
Intensive flight campaigns during extreme weather conditions (e.g. dust events), natural or anthropogenic hazards, and regional pollution episodes
![askos1](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/askos1.png)
Dust outbreak in Cyprus
![dust2](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dust2-1.jpg)
Aerosol sampling during a fire in Geri Industrial Area
![dust3](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dust3.jpg)
![IMG_0616](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0616.jpg)
![tna2](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tna2.jpg)
Prototype sensors integrated on UAVs for atmospheric research
![baloon](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/baloon.jpg)
AirCore Sampling up to the lower stratosphere (30 km)
![30km](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/30km.jpg)
Cyprus view from 30 km
![left](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/left.jpg)
![right](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/right.jpg)
Balloon- UAV Flights for atmospheric profiling up to the lower troposphere
![night1](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/night1.jpg)
Night Flights for measuring black carbon (due to increased wood burning) during Christmas time
![night2](https://usrl.cyi.ac.cy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/night2.png)
Night Flights with an optical backscatter aerosol detector at Orounda Airfield during the Pre-ASKOS Fall Campaign (2021)