The EULIAA consortium held a project review meeting at Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen, Germany, with additional participants joining online.
EULIAA, funded by the European Commission, aims to develop and demonstrate an advanced atmospheric lidar to provide key data for monitoring climate change.
During the meeting, partners presented substantial progress and results across lidar system design, laser development, optical coatings and data processing. Despite very ambitious goals, the project remains on track and has even revealed additional potential beyond the original plans – including a clear prospect of achieving “first light” with the new lidar at the beginning of the following year.
The consortium expressed its thanks for the strong efforts of all partners and the valuable guidance from Advisory Board members Frank Lison, Bernhard Stein and Jens Löhring, as well as project officer Lara Congiu and reviewers David Riaño and Peter North.