ACRI Group, Sophia-Antipolis, France

ACRI Group

ACRI is a private company, created in Sophia-Antipolis in 1989 by five engineers and scientists, founders stockholders still present in the firm. More than 50 researchers, engineers, technicians work in this company for public and private project owners on plans linked to land planning, environment and natural risks. All the techniques of observation (in-situ and satellite), numerical modelling (simulators and chains of algorithmic processing), and physical modelling (models) are exploited. We participate in numerous national and European research programs in narrow collaboration with key laboratories of the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) or from Europe. Since our installation in the new offices and laboratories which we accomplished in 2002 thanks to national and regional helps, we exploit entirely our research capabilities in hydraulic and fluid mechanics, particularly a wave and current flume.

ACRI, according to situations, plays different roles, from project owner assistance, technical or scientific control of work, up to the engineering and research unit activity (specialized in mechanics, civil engineering and Earth sciences) or judicial expertise to provide responsibility elements during contradictory procedures.

Our main references are:
European Space Agency (ENVISAT). ACRI plays a major role of coordination for validation and exploitation of two main tools: MERIS - ocean - et GOMOS - ozone monitoring -, definition of data processing algorithms for SMOS mission; GMES program, coordinator of Coastwatch Service (www.enviport.org/coastwatch), European Union Framework Programme (more than 15 participations and/or coordinations in research programs on environment, climate, natural risks), control of work of numerous maritime works (e.g., Monaco Harbour infrastructures), control of work of PUMA project (reception and processing of Meteosat Second Generation installed in 50 countries of Africa), CNES (satellite data assimilation in geophysical models), ANDRA (radioactive substance transportation and migration simulator), ADEME (air quality, wind energy), INERIS (fires in tunnels), environnemental information teleservice (coastal zone, Ultraviolet, allergies, potential vorticity, etc... : www.enviport.com), air quality monitoring systems (www.enviport.org/qda/AAM, etc...).