In 1996 he started his work for the degree final thesis at FIASBAT-CNR, where he was immediately involved in the study of DOAS (Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy) methodology. The improvements allow for the implementation of new algorithms that are now used for the elaboration of data obtained by GASCOD and GASCOD type spectrometers.
· Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)
· Remote Sensing with ground based, satellite or aircraft borne equipments
· Radiative transfer in the Atmosphere
· Atmospheric Process of Ozone depletion
· Physics and Photochemical process of NO2 BrO, OClO, SO2….
· Optic and optical instrumentation
ü INFORMATIC
Very good knowledge of Operative Systems
• DOS
• WIN95
• WIN-NT4
• LINUX
• IBM-OS/2_WARP
Very good knowledge of the most common commercial Software :
• WORD, WORDPERFECT, WORKS
• EXCEL, LOTUS
• ACCESS
• VRML-JAVASCRIPT - FRONTPAGE 97
Very good knowledge of the most common programming languages for scientific applications and control of electronic devices
• BASIC
• C
• QBASIC 4.5
• FORTRAN77 – 90
• VBA ( VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATION)
• VISUAL BASIC
• VISUAL C++
Participation in measurements campaign
June 1997
ACE2-CLEARCOLUMN, Sagres, Portugal.
December 1998 – January 1999
XIV° Italian Antarctic Expedition at Terra Nova Bay station (74S, 169E – Terra Victoria).
March 1999
APE –THESEO (Indian Ocean – Seychelles )
December 2000 – January 2001
XVI° Italian Antarctic Expedition at Terra Nova Bay station (74S, 169E – Terra Victoria).
27 March – 12 April 2001
GASCOD/OffAxis spectrometer at Ny-Alesund (Svalbard Island).
9- 20 March 2003
APE-EUPLEX – Kiruna (Svezia).
18 May – 7 June 2006
DARPO (Desert Dust and Biomass Burning Aerosols over Portugal)
31 May – 15 June 2006
CAPEX-AEROPOR (AERosols Over PORtugal)
Activity 1996-2007
January – May 1996 - ENEA (Ente nazionale per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente), Bologna _ Study of the physical principles and mathematical methods of Quantum physics and sub nuclear particles: Research on the validation of the Top-Quark discovery.
June – November 1996 FISBAT-CNR, Bologna _ Contribution for the implementation of the software for the data acquisition from the spectrometer (GASCOD/A), used during the measurement campaign APE-1 (Airborne Polar Experiment), supported by the Italian PNRA (National Project of Research in Antartide), Rovaniemi, Finland, December 1996 – January 1997.
February - May 1997 FISBAT-CNR, Bologna _ Study and application of the physical principles and mathematical methods of the Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy(DOAS) and software implementation for the data elaboration obtained with GASCOD/A spectrometer in order to retrieve physical quantities like slant and vertical column amounts of atmospheric traces gases.
September 1997 – May 1998 FISBAT-CNR, Bologna _ Study and application of the physical principles and mathematical methods of inversion for the traces gases vertical profiles, using the limb observation geometry.
June – November 1998 FISBAT-CNR, Bologna _ Implementation of the software for the data acquisition from the spectrometer (GASCOD/A4p), used during the measurement campaign APE – THESEO (Airborne Platform for Earth observation – Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone). The code controls all the electronic, optical and mechanical units that compose the instrument.
April – June 1999 _ Modification of the hardware and software of the spectrometer GASCOD/A4p, preparing it for the measurement campaign APE – GAIA (Airborne Platform for Earth observation – Geophysica Aircraft in Antarctica), September – October 1999, at Ushuaia (Argentina, 54°48’ S, 68°19’ W – Great Island of Tierra del Fuego, Beagle Channel).
July - December 1999 _ DOAS pre-processing of the data obtained in APE-THESEO and APE-GAIA campaigns
January 2000 – December 2002 _ Processing of data obtained by means of ground-based, airborne and satellite instrumentation. Participation to various symposiums and schools regarding Remote Sensing Technique and Earth Satellite Observations. Technical responsible for LIS (Lampedusa Island Spectrometer)
January – October 2003 _ Development and realisation of the SPATRAM (SPectrometer for Atmospheric TRAcers Measurements) and GASCOD/NG1 instruments and of the DAS (Data Acquisition Software).
November – December 2003 – Installation of SPATRAM at the Geophysics Centre of the Evora University - Portugal.
January – December 2004 _ Improvement of DAS and software for data processing, study of tracers behaviour at mid-latitude, preparation of the PhD thesis.........
June 1997 - ACE2-CLEARCOLUMN, Sagres, Portogal.
December 1998 – January 1999 –XIVth Antarctic Expedition
March 1999 – APE–THESEO.
December 2000 – January 2001 – XVIth Antarctic Expedition
27 March – 12 April 2001 – GASCOD/OffAxis a Ny-Alesund (Norway).
9- 20 March 2003 – APE-EUPLEX – Kiruna (Sveden).
18 May – 7 June 2006 – DARPO (Desert Dust and Biomass Burning Aerosols over Portugal)
31 May – 15 June 2006 – CAPEX-AEROPOR (AERosols Over PORtugal)
22-24 October 1997 - FISBAT-CNR Bologna, Italy
7th Workshop on Italian Research on Antarctic Atmosphere.
28-29 June 1999 - ISAO-CNR, Bologna, Italy
APE-GAIA Meeting.
19-20 June 1999 - Forlì, Italy
APE-THESEO Workshop.
20-24 September 1999 - Pavia, Italy
LXXXV SIF (Società Italiana di Fisica) National Congress
18 October – 5 November 1999 - Trieste, Italy
“School on exploring the atmosphere by remote sensing tecnique”, “Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)”.
25-29 April 2000 - Nice, France
XXV° European Geophysical Society General Assembly.
25-29 September 2000 - Barcellona, Spain
The EOS/SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing.
16 - 20 October 2000 - Gothenburg, Sweden
ERS-ENVISAT SYMPOSIUM
29 July- 3 August 2001 - S.Diego, USA
SPIE's 46th Annual Meeting
01 - 05 October 2001 - Antalya, Turkey
The EUMETSAT Meteorological satellite data users' Conference
15 - 16 November 2001 - Évora Geophysics Centre, Portugal,
International Meeting on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
21 – 26 March 2002 - Nice, France
European Geophysical Society Annual Assembly
2 - 6 September 2002 - Dublin, Ireland
The 2002 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Data Users' Conference
22 - 27 September 2002 - Crete, Greece
SPIE’s REMOTE SENSING 2002 - Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere
5 - 10 March 2003 - Venice, Italy
Annual Meeting of the EU Project “QUILT” at CNR Institute
12 - 15 Ottobre 2003 - Rome, Italy
X Workshop on Italian Research of Antarctic Atmosphere
15 - 17 April 2004 - Évora, Portugal
Seminar IGBP 2004: "Global Change and Sustainability"
26 – 30 April 2004 - Nice, France
European Geophysical Society Annual Assembly
31 May - 4 June 2004 - Prague, Czech Republic
The 2004 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference
19 - 23 September 2005 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
The 2005 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference
23 – 27 april 2007 - Montreux, Switzerland
ENVISAT Symposium 2007
17 - 21 September 2007 - Firenze, Italy
SPIE’s REMOTE SENSING 2007 - Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere
17 November 1999
Centro di geofisica di Evora, Portugal
“Stratospheric trace gases measurements”.
01 April 2004
Centro di geofisica di Evora, Portugal
“SPATRAM - Spectrometer for Atmospheric Tracers Measurements”.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Academic years: 2003/2004
2004/2005
2005/2006
2006/2007
Professor at the Master course “Atmospheric Environment and Climate” ”Monitoring systems for the minor compounds of the atmosphere”
Dep. Of Physics – University of Evora - Portugal
Academic years: 2005/2006
Professor at the Master course “Environmental chemical analysis” ”Monitoring systems for the atmospheric trace gases”
Dep. Of Chemistry – University of Evora - Portugal
Other qualifications
November 2006 - CNR SUITABILITY
REVIEWING AND EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Reviewer for the following international journals:
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Scientific Journal International