Services

The service consists of:
·       Quality-assurance of physical and optical in-situ aerosol measurements achieved via instrument intercomparisons, calibration workshops, round-robin test and on-site intercomparisons
·       Capacity building to perform high-quality physical and optical in-situ aerosol characterization via on-site trainings and trainings in the calibration workshops

Estimated duration: There are special time slots for the workshops.

Deployment of the LACROS suite, or components, at a user-defined custom location. It will require strong coordination between user and service provider.
 

Availability period: The service is available, but needs to fit into the deployment schedule of LACROS.

Estimated duration: 

-    Must fit into the regular, existing deployment schedule of the site
-    Deployment duration is at least 4 weeks
-    Preparation time at least 3 months, but additionally depending on the conditions present at the measurement location and administrative regulations

Application, testing, and/or validation of custom retrieval techniques based on measurements of LACROS. LACROS datasets are provided to the user. It is also possible to create customized data products, in agreement to the needs of the user. Possibilities are, e.g., special operation modes or scan modes of the LACROS instruments.

Availability period: The service is available. It can either be applied to existing datasets or to observations at the current location of LACROS.

Operation of LACROS equipment and/or user-owned equipment to test and/or validate the instrumentation. Based on an agreement between the user and the service provider, the instrument is added to LACROS and its operation is monitored by the service provider (in case of remote access) or by the user (physical access). The LACROS data products are provided for the time period of the TNA. 

Availability period: The service is available. Location is subject to change, due to the mobility of LACROS.

The service consists of:
- Provision of data from simulation chamber experiments,
- possibility to perform several day-long experiments in the simulation chamber, 
- technical service to use own instruments,
- training for planning, evaluation and interpretation of experiments. 

Availability period: Typically between April and September (photo-chemistry experiments)

Estimated duration: None, although access has to be coordinated with other activities in laboratory

QUAREC can be used to test instruments developed for use in air quality measurements: 
- testing and comparison of instruments and methods
- scientific and technical training.  

Estimated duration: None, but the request of access should be sent at least 2 months in advance.