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Image 1 - A view of the sun photometer Image 2 - A view of sun photometers Image 1 Image 2   Site Coordinates and Elevation: Latitude: 50.61167° North Longitude: 3.14167° East Elevation: 60.0 Meters Site Description: Located at the heart of the University of Lille campus, in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on the roof of the Physics department, the “ATOLL (ATmospheric Observations in liLLe)” multi-laboratory platform is equipped to measure a set of atmospheric variables of 'interest in climate, air quality, satellite and model validation’ATOLL has been part of a long-term automated observation process since the early 1990s.The technologies at work allow the measurement and monitoring of the aerosol-cloud-gas composition, the measurement of the variability and the evolution of the atmosphere in the far North of France, in all its different compartments. Surface -> Lower Stratosphere (LS).ATOLL hosts 2 National Observation Services of CNRS-INSU (PHOTONS-AERONET / EARLINET for aerosols and NDACC-UV for UV radiation) constituting ACTRIS-France, as well as in-situ aerosol / gas measurement instruments in collaboration with several institutions, including IMT-Nord Europe.The scientific, technical and service activities relating to photometry and to lidar sounding are integrated into the Central Facility CARS of ACTRIS infrastructure and are labeled by the University of Lille (ACTRIS-CARS platform).In 2021, the ministry validated the connection of ATOLL as a French National Facility for long-term aerosol observations to CARS (photometry (AERONET) + lidar (EARLINET)) and to ECAC (in situ techniques).These activities are enriched within the framework of academic partnerships (Labex CaPPA, ANR, European projects, AERIS / ICARE, Météo France) and industrial partnerships (Labcom AGORA-Lab with CIMEL; collaboration with GRASP-SAS, etc.) and benefit from a strong regional support (CLIMIBIO & ECRIN).http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/observations/plateformes.html?p=lillehttps://imt-nord-europe.fr/recherche-et-innovation/energie-environnement/sciences-de-latmosphere/http://www.labex-cappa.fr/ Principal Investigator(s) Information: Philippe Goloub E-mail: philippe.goloub@univ-lille.fr Phillippe Goloub Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique Faculte des Sciences et Technologies Bat P5 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE Phone: 33.3.20.43.67.08 Email: philippe.goloub@univ-lille.fr Site Manager(s) Information: Luc Blarel Email: luc.blarel@univ-lille.fr Luc Blarel Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique Faculte des Sciences et Technologies Bat P5 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)3 20 43 40 63 Email: luc.blarel@univ-lille.fr AND Thierry Podvin Email: thierry.podvin@univ-lille.fr Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique - Faculte des Sciences et Technologies - Bat P5 - Bureau 311 Avenue Paul Langevin 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)3 20 43 66 45 AND Gael Dubois Email: gael.dubois@univ-lille.fr Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique - Faculte des Sciences et Technologies - Bat P5 - Bureau 315 Avenue Paul Langevin 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)3 20 43 67 96 Responsible Institution(s): Universite de Lille Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique (LOA) Departement de Physique - Faculte des Sciences et Technologies - Bat P5 Avenue Paul Langevin 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq - FRANCE http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/

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