Research Unit (RU) for monitoring solar activity, climate change and light pollution has the following tasks:
- Monitoring of solar activity both by using the resources of the Astronomical Observatory (e.g., a small refractor) and by analyzing the data available from various satellites. The obtained measurements are used to inform the public about the Sun's activity and accompanying phenomena.
- Study of natural causes that may contribute to climate change.
- Study of light pollution, one of the least understood forms of pollution on Earth using various observational instruments mounted at the Astronomical Observatory and Astronomical Station Vidojevica using standard astronomical techniques. For more details on light pollution analysis, see the PRIZMA project page of the Urban Observatory of Belgrade, UrbObsBel (Urban Observatory of Belgrade). Astronomical observatory, a site where the Urban Observatory will be mounted, will continue to coordinate the research of light pollution in Belgrade and beyond as part of its RU for monitoring solar activity, climate change and light pollution and after the completion of this three-year project. Researchers from the Institute of Physics, the Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, as well as the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade will continue their cooperation with the Astronomical Observatory regarding the study of this problem, and all four scientific research organizations will be at the center of all future initiatives aimed to analyze and carry out activities to solve the problem of light pollution (such as, for example, the creation of dark-sky parks, the implementation of adaptive lighting systems, etc.).
In addition to the above-mentioned activities, this unit also deals with the monitoring of various effects in the Earth's atmosphere using instruments installed at the Astronomical Observatory.
Members and associates:
Members:
- Dr. Srdjan Samurović, principal research fellow, PI
- Dr. Ivan Živanović, research associate, member
Associates:
- Dr. Zorica Cvetković, principal research fellow, Institute of Physics, Belgrade
- Dr. Rade Pavlović, principal research fellow, Institute of Physics, Belgrade
- Dr. Goran Damljanović, principal research fellow, Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade
- Dr. Zoran Simić, principal research fellow, Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade
- Dr. Dragan Lukić, research associate, Institute of Physics, Belgrade
- Dr. Branislav Rovčanin, assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
- Dr. Dajana Bjelajac, assistant professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
