National Facilities
ACTRIS is the 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 promotes the provision of access to a large variety of high-quality services to a wide range of users and needs, for scientific, technological and innovation-oriented usage.
ACTRIS core components are the National facilities, constituting in observatory and exploratory platoforms, and the Central Facilities, fundamental for the provision of harmonized high-quality data.
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Test, intercomparison and benchmarking services of technology from private to enhance innovation. For example: study, with the help of AGORA, in situ equipment, of impact of aerosols on new materials, properties of aerosols key for health industry, detection of hazardous aerosol particles.
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.
This service aims on providing special, customized datasets to companies (weather forecast, industry, NGOs), research organizations, or policy makers. Based on constraints provided by the user, the service provider screens the dataset for fitting scenarios and provides the requested tailored datasets.
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.
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.
The QUAREC facility (the simulation chamber and the analytical instruments) allows investigating:
- homogeneous gas-phase reaction systems (determination of rate coefficients and products formation for the reactions of OH, NO3 halogens and ozone with VOCs)
- formation of airborne particulates in homogeneous gas-phase reaction systems.
Estimated duration: None, but the request of access should be sent at least 2 months in advance.