{"id":590,"date":"2026-08-31T18:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=590"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:05:22","slug":"cirocco-expands-environmental-monitoring-to-deliblato-serbia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/news\/cirocco-expands-environmental-monitoring-to-deliblato-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"CiROCCO Expands Environmental Monitoring to Deliblato, Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-590","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title":"CiROCCO Expands Environmental Monitoring to Deliblato, Serbia","description":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>CiROCCO EU Project<\/strong>\u00a0is expanding environmental monitoring to remote and under-sampled regions, with a recent field activity in\u00a0<strong>Deliblato, Serbia<\/strong>. Specialized low-cost instruments from the National Observatory of Athens were deployed to support the validation of the CiROCCO sensor network and improve environmental observations in this protected landscape.<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":591,"id":591,"title":"cirocco-serbia-2","filename":"cirocco-serbia-2.jpg","filesize":223384,"url":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/news\/cirocco-expands-environmental-monitoring-to-deliblato-serbia\/cirocco-serbia-2\/","alt":"","author":"3","description":"","caption":"","name":"cirocco-serbia-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":590,"date":"2026-08-31 15:02:19","modified":"2026-08-31 15:02:19","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":960,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2-1024x768.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":768,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":960,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":960}},"full_text":"<p>As part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cirocco-project.eu\/\"><strong>CiROCCO EU Project<\/strong><\/a>, environmental monitoring is being extended to remote and hard-to-reach regions where reliable observations remain limited. One such area is\u00a0<strong>Deliblato in Serbia<\/strong>, a protected landscape known for its distinctive dune formations and ecological and scientific importance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-592 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cirocco-serbia-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>During a recent field visit,\u00a0<strong>Charalampos Chatzidiakos<\/strong>\u00a0was hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vojvodinasume.rs\/en\/home-4\/\"><strong>Vojvodina\u0161ume<\/strong><\/a>, the organisation responsible for managing the area. Specialized\u00a0<strong>low-cost monitoring instruments developed by the National Observatory of Athens<\/strong>\u00a0were installed to support the validation of the CiROCCO sensor network.<\/p>\n<p>The first datasets are now being processed by the APCG team, including\u00a0<strong>Georgios Grivas and Maria Kimourtzi<\/strong>, contributing to a more detailed environmental profile of the region.<\/p>\n<p>The activity demonstrates the importance of combining\u00a0<strong>innovative sensor networks, field measurements and Earth Observation<\/strong>\u00a0to strengthen environmental monitoring in under-sampled areas and improve our understanding of sensitive ecosystems.<\/p>\n","date":"09\/03\/2026","tag":["News"],"research_areas":"Air Quality"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apcg.idcom.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}