ACD-C; OGTAC-CC

World Calibration Centre for Aerosol Physics (WCCAP)

The WCCAP was founded in 2002 to serve as a competence center for in-situ physical and optical aerosol measurements as part of the world-wide GAW-program of the WMO. This WCCAP is world-wide unique for the quality assurance of physical and optical in-situ aerosol measurements and station audits to improve infrastructures.

European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP)

ERLAP was founded in 1994 to serve as a calibration facility for measurements of particulate matter and gaseous air pollutants in Europe. Inter-laboratory comparisons have been organized yearly or more for 2 decades. As a service of the European Commission, ERLAP provides support independently of national and private interests, which makes it unique in Europe.

Aerosol Chemical Monitor Calibration Center (ACMCC)

The ACMCC is managed by a consortium of French laboratories, including CNRS (LSCE and LaMP) and INERIS, and is mainly based at LSCE, located south of the Paris region. As part of the quality control procedures, the ACMCC provides a large set of independent co-located on-line/off-line aerosol measurements for chemical, physical and optical parameters. It offers innovation opportunities through the exchange of information between manufacturers and users, the optimization of technological solutions, and the evaluation of new online aerosol chemical analyzers.

Prague Aerosol Calibration Centre (PACC)

The PACC was founded in 2020 as part of ACTRIS Topical Centre for Aerosol In-Situ observations (CAIS/ECAC). It serves for calibration and quality assurance of physical in-situ aerosol measurements and station audits for ACTRIS and for external users. (operational 2021)

Cluster Calibration Center (CCC)

CCC was founded in 2018 to serve as a calibration facility for sub 10 nm aerosol, cluster and ion measurements. It provides instrument-specific calibration services and training. (operational 2021)

Organic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents Calibration Center (OGTAC-CC)

The Atmospheric Chemistry Department of TROPOS hosts the Organic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents - Calibration Centre (OGTAC-CC), which is the first calibration center for these class of compounds worldwide, providing a strong benefit to the aerosol community, as it harmonizes approaches for the chemical analysis of organic particulate constituents.

Elemental Mass Calibration Centre (EMC2)

The EMC2 unit will be hosted in the INFN LABEC laboratory which is devoted to the analysis of the elemental composition of aerosols, environmental samples and cultural heritage by means of analytical nuclear techniques, such as ion beam analysis, besides other field of applications, for instance material science and forensics, and radiocarbon dating with accelerator mass spectrometry. The LABEC laboratory was born in 2003 with the installation of a 3 MV Tandetron particle accelerator and stems from more than thirty years of experience of the research group members with accelerator-related analytical techniques.

Hands-on training workshop November 2023 @TROPOS ACD, Leipzig (Germany)

Workshop ACD-C; OGTAC-CC 26 Jun 2023 1:30

OGTAC-CC call for ACTRIS related training activities on organic tracers and aerosol constituents within the framework of the CAIS-ECAC

The OrGanic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents - Calibration Center (OGTAC-CC), hosted and operated by TROPOS ACD as one TC unit of the CAIS-ECAC consortium, is announcing the following activity for all operators of ACTRIS NFs (observational and exploratory platforms), and former EUROCHAMP2020 members as well as to all other interested parties as users:
Topic:

Theory and practice - LC-MS analysis of organic tracer compounds and determination of organic and elemental carbon (OC/EC) from particulate matter collected on filters
OGTAC-CC offers a hands-on training course at TROPOS ACD, with the following elements:

• Introduction and presentation of sample collectors, preparation devices and analytical instrumentation

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ACTRIS Intercomparison workshop of chemical ionization mass spectrometry, 27.2.-10.3.2023 at TROPOS

Workshop ACD-C; OGTAC-CC 17 Sep 2022 1:30

Invitation:
Intercomparison campaign of chemical ionization mass spectrometry to measure condensable vapors at TROPOS

Place: Tropos, Leipzig, Germany
Time: February 27th – March 10th, 2023

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ACTRIS Intercomparison workshop of chemical ionization mass spectrometry, September 2022 at TROPOS

Workshop ACD-C; OGTAC-CC 19 May 2022 1:00

Dear ACTRIS Community,

This message is meant for all of you working with chemical ionization mass spectrometry.

We warmly invite you to take part in an intercomparison workshop for chemical ionization mass spectrometry to measure condensable vapors in September 2022, Leipzig, Germany. More information can be found in the attached document and below.

Please indicate your interest in participating in the workshop by 1st June 2022 via contacting us at actris-api@helsinki.fi. We are also happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,
University of Helsinki ACTRIS CiGas team
Silja Häme
Nina Sarnela

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