- ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure), is a pan-European research infrastructure producing high-quality data and information on short-lived atmospheric constituents and on the processes leading to the variability of these constituents in natural and controlled atmospheres. ACTRIS is in the ESFRI Roadmap since 2016. Since 2009, the University of Evora through ICT (former CGE-Geophysics Centre of Evora) is the only Portuguese associated partner of the ACTRIS projects (ACTRIS, ACTRIS2, ACTRIS-PPP, ACTRIS-IMP, ACTRIS-ACCESS). Only in 2015, the Portuguese research institutions started to organize themselves as a consortium and nowadays the Portuguese ACTRIS community is discussing with the decision makers about the setup of the consortium; there is not yet any MoU nor official consortium document established. ACTRIS is not inserted yet in the national Roadmap. The Portuguese Science Foundation is partially supporting national ACTRIS activities of the associated partner.
- AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork), which is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and PHOTONS (PHOtométrie pour le Traitement Opérationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire; Univ. of Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU) that includes hundreds of instruments covering a large portion of Earth’s surface. For more than 25 years, the project has been providing long-term, continuous and readily accessible public domain database of aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties for aerosol research and characterization, validation of satellite retrievals, and synergism with other databases. The network imposes standardization of instruments, calibration, processing and distribution. ICT is responsible by two AERONET sites in Continental Portugal (Évora and Cabo da Roca) since 2003, aiming at providing data on climate relevant optical and physical aerosol properties.
- C4G (Collaboratory for Geosciences) is a Research infrastructure of the Portuguese Roadmap, dedicated to Solid Earth Sciences, co-funded by the European Union-FEDER and the Foundation for Science and Technology. Operating period from 06/15/2017 to 06/11/2021. Project led by the University of Beira Interior and involving twelve more entities from the Portuguese university and research system.
- EARLINET (European Aerosol Research Lidar Network), which was established in 2000 as a research project with the goal of creating a quantitative, comprehensive, and statistically significant database for the horizontal, vertical, and temporal distribution of aerosols on a continental scale. Since then EARLINET has continued to provide the most extensive collection of ground-based data for the aerosol vertical distribution over Europe. ICT is responsible by the only EARLINET site in Continental Portugal (Évora) since 2009.
- EMSC (European Mediterranean Seismological Centre) is an international, non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation. The European-Mediterranean region is prone to destructive earthquakes. When an earthquake occurs, a scientific organisation is needed to determine, as quickly as possible, the characteristics of the seismic event. The EMSC receives seismological data from more than 65 national seismological agencies, mostly in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The most relevant earthquake parameters, such as the earthquake location and the earthquake magnitude, and the shaking felt by the population are available within one hour from the earthquake onset.
- EMSO-PT (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory – Portugal) is the Portuguese counterpart of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO), an infrastructure jointly funded by the Portuguese government and by the European Commission, with financial support from FEDER through COMPETE 2020, within the scope of SAICT that aims to create and develop infrastructures for scientific and technological research within the scope of Marine Sciences. The Portuguese consortium EMSO-PT coordinates the activities of marine observatories, infrastructures and laboratories in the Portuguese territory. One of the goals of EMSO-PT is to improve the national seismic monitoring network, thus allowing for the development of an Earthquake Early Warning System (EEWS), including earthquakes generated in the Atlantic region adjacent to the Portuguese territory. Considering the seismogenic Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary located south of mainland Portugal, current efforts by the University of Évora and IPMA aim to densify the seismic network in the extreme SW tip of mainland Portugal. Operating period from 07/2017 to 06/2020, extending until 2021. Within the scope of this project, some EaRSLab members coordinate the installation of a broadband seismological network in SW Portugal, consisting of BB post-hole seismometers installed at 30m depth and accelerometers on the surface, designed to support an early earthquake alarm infrastructure (EEWS- Earthquake Early Warning System).
- MWRnet is a network connecting people working with ground-based microwave radiometers. MWRnet aims to facilitate the exchange of information in the MWR user community – beginners, experts, and manufacturers – fostering the participation to coordinated international projects. ICT is responsible by the only MWRnet site in Portugal (Évora) since 2014.
- GNIP (Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation), a network of the IAEA’s Water Resources Programme and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that have been surveying the stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope and tritium composition in precipitation around the globe since 1961.
- SPALINET (The Spanish and Portuguese Aerosol Lidar Network).
- uRADMonitor: worldwide network of automated monitors for air quality monitoring.
- WM-Net (Western Mediterranea Seismic Network) is a regional seismological broad-band network deployed around the Ibero-Maghrebian area, created to provide high quality broad-band data for scientific use and contribute to national and international data centres for seismic monitoring. The Universidade de Evora is a partner since 1996. The network has evolved towards real-time data acquisition and distribution between partners and other institutions while keeping the high quality broad-band data in focus, playing a leading role in the Ibero-Maghrebian seismic studies, providing valuable data for almost all fundamental and applied regional seismological research joint projects. The standard stations are equipped with broad-band sensors that allow resolution of the complete seismic spectrum from small high-frequency local earthquakes to the largest global earthquakes, high resolution digitizers (Quanterra or Earthdata), and SeisComP with seedlink software for real-time communications. Also, some stations are equipped with accelerometers (Episensor) and also a permanent geodetic GPS are co-installed at the same places.