GRANTS
Grantees
STSM
Grantee
Affiliation
Host
Period
Outcome
Gaurav Kumar
Gaurav Kumar
Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IT
02/07/2023-06/07/2023
Simone Pulimeno
Institute of Polar Sciences
Atmospheric Optics Group of Valladolid University (GOA-UVa), ES
29/08/2023-12/09/2023
Angelos Karanikolas
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos / World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC)
GRASP SAS, FR
28/05/2023-01/06/2023
Sandra Grassl
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica (GOA-UVa), Dpto. Física Teórica, Atómica y Óptica, Universidad de Valladolid, ES
12/11/2023-17/11/2023
Claudia Frangipani
Universita Degli Studi Gabriele D'annunzio Di Chieti-pescara
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) - Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg (MOL-RAO), DE
10/03/2024-10/04/2024
Simone Pulimeno
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Polari
Atmospheric Optics Group of the University of Valladolid, ES
06/05/2024-20/05/2024
Ancuta-Gabriela Ciocan
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
Institute of Atmospheric Physics (Lidar department) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), DE
20/07/2024-30/08/2024
Gaurav Kumar
University of Valencia - Gaurav Kumar
Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, IT
04/02/2024-14/02/2024
Stefan-Marius Nicolae
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
Luftblick OG, AT
01/10/2025-23/10/2025
Panagiotis Ioannidis
Panepistimio Patron
Physical Meteorological Observatory in Davos (PMOD), GR
22/04/2025-23/05/2025
Ilias Fountoulakis
Academy Of Athens
National Institute of Aerospace El Arenosillo, ES
15/06/2025-28/06/2025
Athina Savva
Cyprus University of Technology
Dep. Of Physics, Aristotle Un. Thessaloniki, Greece, Lab. Of Atmospheric physics. Phys. Department Aristotle Un. Of Thessaloniki, Greece, GR
05/05/2025-24/05/2025
Lionel Doppler
Deutscher Wetterdienst
University of Valladolid (UVA) / Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica (GOA), ES
28/06/2026-04/07/2026
Conferences
Grantee
Affiliation
Host
Call
Period
outcome
Anna Gialitaki
Aristotle Univeristy of Thessaloniki
20th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference (ELS-XX)
ITC Conference
15/05/2023-20/05/2023
Dimitra Kouklaki
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023 (EGU 23)
ITC Conference
22/04/2023-27/04/2023
Georgia Charalampous
Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence
2023 EMS Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society – European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology
ITC Conference
01/09/2023-09/09/2023
Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2023 EMS Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society – European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology
ITC Conference
03/09/2023-09/09/2023
Stelios Kazadzis
Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin Davos
"2023 EMS Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society – European
Dissemination Conference
02/09/2023-07/09/2023
Anna Moustaka
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - National Observatory of Athens
Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology"
ITC Conference
13/04/2024-18/04/2024
Peristera Paschou
National Observatory of Athens
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
ITC Conference
22/06/2024-27/06/2024
Ancuta-Gabriela Ciocan
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
31st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC)
ITC Conference
11/05/2024-16/05/2024
Peter Hrabčák
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
ACTRIS Science Conference 2024
ITC Conference
12/07/2024-20/07/2024
Nikolaos Papadimitriou
Academy Of Athens
The 2024 Quadrennial Ozone Symposium
ITC Conference
13/04/2024-18/04/2024
ANCA NEMUC
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
EGU General Assembly 2024
Dissemination Conference
16/09/2024-20/09/2024
Konstantinos Michailidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
AERONET Science and Application Exchange
ITC Conference
22/06/2024-27/06/2024
Ancuta-Gabriela Ciocan
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics
31st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC)
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
30/06/2025-05/07/2025
Alkistis Papetta
The Cyprus Institute
DUST2025 - 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC DUST
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
31/08/2025-05/09/2025
Athina Savva
Cyprus University of Technology
EAC 2025 - EUROPEAN AEROSOL CONFERENCE
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
30/08/2025-06/09/2025
Andrea Torosantucci
Universita Di Pisa
EAC 2025 - EUROPEAN AEROSOL CONFERENCE
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
30/06/2025-04/07/2025
Simone Pulimeno
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Polari
DUST 2025 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC DUST
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
28/04/2025-01/05/2025
Nikolaos Papadimitriou
Academy Of Athens
EGU General Assembly 2025
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Athina Savva
Cyprus University of Technology
EGU26 General Assembly
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Gaurav Kumar
Universitat de Valencia
EGU General Assembly, 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
04/05/2026-08/05/2026
Georgia Peletidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
05/07/2026-10/07/2026
Alkistis Papetta
The Cyprus Institute
32nd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC32)
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/07/2026-11/07/2026
Stefano Sensi
CNR – National Research Council, Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC)
32nd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC32)
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
02/05/2026-09/05/2026
Theodora Stavraka
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Georgia Charalampous
Eratosthenes Centre Of Excellence
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Meritxell Garcia
Universitat de Valencia
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
07/05/2026-07/05/2026
Celia Herrero del Barrio
Universidad De Valladolid
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Aspasia Pallikaridou
Eratosthenes Centre Of Excellence
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
19/04/2026-23/04/2026
Aspasia Pallikaridou
Eratosthenes Centre Of Excellence
ACTRIS Science Conference 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
04/07/2026-11/07/2026
Sara Herrero-Anta
Universidad De Valladolid
32nd International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC32)
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
04/05/2026-08/05/2026
Nadia Kairaktidi
University of Patras
EGU General Assembly 2026
Young Researcher and Innovator Conference
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
EGU General Assembly 2026
Virtual Mobility
Grantee
Affiliation
Period
Title
Outcome
Vasiliki Daskalopoulou
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
02/07/2023-06/07/2023
Solar ground-based polarimetry: Instrument operation documentation and integration to open-source platforms
Anna Moustaka
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Assessment of the CALIOP-CALIPSO retrievals towards estimating dust direct radiative effects in North Africa, Europe and Middle
Victor Estelles
Universitat de València,Spain
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Synergies of algorithms towards better quality aerosol products
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova
Agricultural University of Iceland,Iceland
24/07/2023-05/09/2023
Effective evaluation and management system for Harmonia grants
Natalia Kouremeti
PMOD/WRC,Switzerland
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Improving Lunar PFR aerosol optical depth retrievals
Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Greece
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Organization of the web-based activities and tools towards improving Harmonia Action’s networking and dissemination.
Akriti Masoom
PMOD/WRC,Switzerland
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Analysis of the past photometry campaigns, literature study, data analysis and report writing
Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado
University of Granada,Spain
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Analyzing the horizontal extent and persistence of volcanic emissions from the Hunga Tonga eruption through synergy of ground-ba
Monica Campanelli
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Italy
28/05/2023-01/06/2023
Possible synergies of measurements towards better quality aerosol products
Annalisa Di Bernardino
University of Rome,Italy
18/03/2023-31/03/2023
Graphic analysis of aerosol field campaigns, long-term measurements and permanent observatories
Ioannis-Panagiotis Raptis
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment,Greece
05/10/2023-14/10/2023
Development of a communication material for HARMONIA
Angelos Karanikolas
PMOD/WRC,Switzerland
31/03/2024-30/06/2024
Analysis, visualisation and reporting of sunphotometric campaigns and long-term comparisons
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova
Agricultural University of Iceland,Iceland
15/09/2024-25/10/2024
Summary and basic statistics of awarded Harmonia grants in 2023-2024
Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
13/04/2024-18/04/2024
Overview of the use of the ground-based sun photometric aerosol retrievals to radiative transfer-based applications
Sophie Vandenbussche
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy,Belgium
22/06/2024-27/06/2024
Link to AeroCom and AeroSAT communities
Panagiotis Fountoukidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Greece
12/11/2023-17/11/2023
Assessing of the accuracy, uncertainty and spatiotemporal resolution of space-born aerosol index products on geostationary and polar orbits
Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
12/08/2024-01/10/2024
Report of the training School to aerosol measurement scientists and operators.
Emmanouil Proestakis
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
30/09/2024-11/10/2024
Assessing satellite-based PBL dust PM trends on the basis of ground-based PhotoMeter measurements over Megacity areas for Air Quality (PMs4AQ).
Xinyuan Hou
Physikalisch-MeteorolPMOD/WRC,Switzerland
10/03/2024-10/04/2024
Aerosol effect on surface solar radiation forecasting
Celia Herrero del Barrio
Universidad De Valladolid,Spain
12/07/2024-20/07/2024
Dust optical properties over the Mediterranean Basin
Alkistis Papetta
The Cyprus Institute,Cyprus
06/05/2024-20/05/2024
Airborne-based vs sun photometric observations of particle size distributions and lidar retrievals
Stelios Kazadzis
PMOD/WRC,Switzerland
20/07/2024-30/08/2024
Report on the links of metrology (MAPP) project results and Harmonia objectives on calibration and uncertainty
Dimitra Tarasi
Technical University of Crete,Greece
21/09/2024-15/10/2024
AERONET investigation of northern high-latitude peat fires aerosols: A missing piece in estimating and interpreting Earth’s energy budget (NiLFA)
ANCA NEMUC
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics,Romania
23/09/2024-11/10/2024
Report on the training School on solar, lunar, stellar radiation-based techniques.
Iveta Steinberga
University of Latvia,Latvia
10/09/2025-10/10/2025
Machine Learning techniques applied to photometry
Meritxell Garcia
Universitat de Valencia,Spain
01/10/2025-23/10/2025
Climatological study of AOD and total ozone at the Poprad-Gánovce station in Slovakia based on 30 years of measurements with a Brewer ozone spectrophotometer.
Anna Moustaka
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Greece
30/06/2025-05/07/2025
Evaluation of CAMS Aerosol Optical Depth Against Sun-Photometer Observations : Global Patterns and Trends
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova
Agricultural University of Iceland,Iceland
10/02/2025-21/02/2025
Harmonia grant reporting and organization
Nikolaos Papadimitriou
Academy Of Athens,Greece
24/04/2025-30/10/2025
Evaluation of the BRL diffuse fraction model under different aerosol scenarios using ground-based radiometric & actinometric measurements, and RT simulations
Florica Toanca
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics,Romania
19/09/2025-15/10/2025
Evaluating User Needs for Aerosol Measurement Precision and Resolution Through WG3 Workshops
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova
Agricultural University of Iceland,Iceland
03/02/2025-14/02/2025
Harmonia grant summary 2024-2025 and materials for the open calls in 2025
Maja Kuzmanoski
Institute of Physics Belgrade,Serbia
01/03/2025-25/04/2025
Review of the bibliography related to the uncertainties in solar radiation and solar energy modelling due to the parameterization of aerosol optical properties
S. Yeşer Aslanoğlu
Hacettepe Universitesi,Türkiye
30/06/2025-04/07/2025
Comparative Analysis of Solar and Lunar Measurements at Lindenberg (2016 – 2022)
Anna Maria Iannarelli
Serco Italia Spa,Italy
15/09/2025-15/10/2025
HARMONIA activity for the ESA Validation Data Center (EVDC)
Georgia Charalampous
Eratosthenes Centre Of Excellence,Cyprus
28/04/2025-01/05/2025
VM on : Quantifying Dust Radiative Effects on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaic Output over the Mediterranean Basin using AERONET Observations and Radiative Transfer Simulations
Miguel Huerta
Universidad De Valladolid,Spain
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Report on the of the first Working Group 4 Workshop on presentations and discussion with industrial users related with technological needs and innovation actions of Harmonia
Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova
Agricultural University of Iceland,Iceland
30/06/2026-30/06/2026
Harmonia grant overview 2022-2026
Sara Herrero-Anta
Universidad De Valladolid,Spain
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Report on the of the second Working group 4 Workshop on presentations and discussion with industrial users related with technological needs and innovation actions of Harmonia
Stavros-Andreas Logothetis
Academy Of Athens,Greece
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Long-term dust aerosol optical depth variability over the Eastern Mediterranean: Trends and driving mechanisms
Georgios Kosmopoulos
University of Patras,Greece
23/08/2026-01/09/2026
Earth Care validation activities at K. Ahagia
Maciej Karasewicz
University of Warsaw,Poland
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Improvement of aerosol data products with use of Doppler Lidar: aerosol flux (DLiAF)
Christodoulos Biskas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Greece
08/04/2026-20/07/2026
EarthCARE validation activities at Thessaloniki, Greece
Roberto Román
Universidad de Valladolid,Spain
14/06/2026-27/06/2026
EarthCARE validation activities at Baltanás (Spain).
Panagiotis Ioannidis
University of Patras,Greece
19/04/2026-23/04/2026
Earth Care validation activities at Pyrgos Greece
Dimitra Kouklaki
National Observatory of Athens,Greece
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
EarthCARE validation activities
Khatuna Elbakidze
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University,Georgia
03/05/2026-08/05/2026
Initial evaluation of photometer radiance and normalized radiance measurements in the NIR region (1627 nm and 2200 nm for PREDE-POM; 1640 nm for CIMEL).
ayman badawy
egyptian meteorological authurity,Egypt
29/11/2025-14/12/2025
Calibration of Near Infrared Channels of PREDE POM Sun Photometers Using Standard and on Site Langley Plot Methods
Angelos Karanikolas
PMOD/WRC,Switzerland
01/08/2026-30/09/2026
Data processing and analysis for aerosol optical depth homogenisation and spectral AOD retrievals – writing and editing of deliverables.
Maria Joao Costa
University of Évora,Portugal
03/08/2026-17/08/2026
Overview of the Scientific Output of the HARMONIA COST Action Grants (2022–2026)
Lionel Doppler
Deutscher Wetterdienst,Germany
Data processing and analysis for aerosol optical depth homogenisation and spectral AOD retrievals – writing and editing of deliverables
Pablo Gonzalez Sicilia
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center,Spain
Drafting and preparation of Deliverable D4.2: Report on Hardware and Software Evolution Needs Based on WG3 Results.