ACTRIS Marketplace

MAC personnel will work with researchers and innovators to develop and test new techniques and instrumentation for measuring atmospheric gases and particles. 

Existing standard operating procedures can be used for comparing the performance of new techniques with established techniques.

MAC will work with innovators in both the public and private sector to test the performance of: 

i) products influenced by atmospheric composition and properties. Product performance reports can be prepared under controlled atmospheric conditions

and 

ii) near-to-market sensors and instruments for measuring atmospheric gases and particles. Existing standard operating procedures can be used for comparing the performance of new products with established measurement methods.

AMP provides ground-based and airborne (hot-air balloon) atmospheric monitoring services, supporting scientific experiments and the testing of measurement devices, including: measuring particle sizes suspended in air within the 0.3–10 µm range; determining the concentration of collected particle fractions; measuring air temperature, pressure, and humidity; measuring ozone and soot concentrations; measuring the concentrations of atmospheric gasses such as CO₂, NO, NO₂, NH₃, SO₂, benzene, formaldehyde, and total volatile organic compounds (VOCs); collecting pollutant samples for chemical, biochemical, and crystallographic analyses in stationary laboratories; collecting and analyzing nanoparticles in the 10–300 nm range; and collecting and analyzing flora pollen, fungal spores, zooplankton, and microorganisms.

AMP enables the examination of collected air pollutant samples, especially their morphology, chemical and phase composition, in order to determine their source.

Calibration and audit of an ICOS station with ICOS mobile laboratory. 

TIME CONSTRAINTS: The service is available but must fit into the audit schedule of the ICOS mobile laboratory.

AVAILABILITY PERIOD: The service is available. Location is subject to change, due to the mobility of the ICOS mobile laboratory.

Deployment of the Atmo-Lab or CMLab to user-defined custom location. Requires coordination between user and service provider.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Must fit into the deployment schedule of ATMO-Lab or CMLab

Deployment duration of > 1 month

Preparation and transport time must also be considered 

AVAILABILITY PERIOD: The service is available but must fit into the deployment schedule of ATMO-Lab or CMLab

Operation of the aerosol lidar located at the PANGEA station and the user’s own lidar instrument for testing and validation purposes while following the ACTRIS protocols for lidar measurements procedures and data quality assurance and quality control.

The service includes:

• Administrative support for the deployment and installation of the user’s instrument at the PANGEA premises

• Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment (e.g. power connections, remote access, storage, internet network).

• Operation of the PANGEA lidar and provision of lidar products for the comparison with the lidar to be tested/validated

• Scientific support for supervision and analysis of collected data (physical or remote)

TIME CONSTRAINTS: On-site lidar intercomparison in spring & summer

Application, testing, and validation of the user’s custom algorithm for lidar data processing and product retrievals based on lidar measurements from PANGEA instrumentation. The possibility to include testing of the algorithm based on simulated lidar signals (e.g. from an EARLINET algorithm intercomparison exercise) is also provided. 

The service includes:

• Provision of lidar measurements from PANGEA station

• Support in the processing and analysis of raw lidar data from the PANGEA instrumentation 

• Support in the algorithm testing/validation using simulated lidar signals 

The remote island of Antikythera in Greece, is a unique marine observatory, being frequently affected by desert dust outbreaks while no significant human activities occur at a distance shorter than 70 km from the site.

The site is designed to be operational after 2026 for aerosol and trace gases (including greenhouse gases) in situ atmospheric measurements by combining state of the art online and offline techniques (sampling). Currently, equipment from ATMOS-NOA is transferred to the site by means of the NOA mobile unit to cover the access needs. Trips to the island on at least a monthly basis, for 2-3 days, are required for instrument maintenance/calibration.

The site can be used for comparison and testing of in-situ equipment. The available equipment of ATMOS-NOA is used in combination with external equipment if needed (external groups are invited to bring their own equipment).

Physical access includes use of the facilities, as well as help in the preparatory work, and technical and scientific support during the execution (physical or remote after set-up).

The services include:

• Support for accessing facilities (physical).

• Provision of workspace for visitors: desk space and internet access (physical).

• Advice for shipping of materials, transportation, reception and storage of equipment.

• Advice for managing accommodation near the site.

• Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment: set-up support, power connections, internet access, storage, security constraints (physical).

• Technical support to remotely operate and audit the external instrumentation (remote after installation).

• Scientific support for supervision and analysis of collected data (physical, remote).

• Unlimited observations and measurements as long as they do not interfere with other projects or instruments availability

  SERVICE STATUS: The service will be offered after 2026. The service is currently provided depending on the ATMOS-NOA equipment availability (transport of instruments from Athens to Antikythera). 

  TIME CONSTRAINTS: None for remote access. Limited physical access during the  November-March period. 

The remote island of Antikythera in Greece, is a unique marine observatory, being frequently affected by desert dust outbreaks while no significant human activities occur at a distance shorter than 70 km from the site.

The site can be used for research projects on aerosol and trace-gases in-situ measurements. The site is designed to be operational after 2026 for aerosol and trace gases (including greenhouse gases) in situ atmospheric measurements by combining state of the art online and offline techniques (sampling). Currently, equipment from ATMOS-NOA is transferred to the site by means of the NOA mobile unit to cover the access needs. External groups are invited to bring their own equipment. Trips to the island on at least a monthly basis, for 2-3 days, are required for instrument maintenance/calibration.

Physical access includes use of the facilities, as well as help in the preparatory work, and technical and scientific support during the execution (physical or remote after set-up).

The services include:

• Support for accessing facilities (physical).

• Provision of workspace for visitors: desk space and internet access (physical).

• Advice for shipping of materials, transportation, reception and storage of equipment.

• Advice for managing accommodation near the site.

•  Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment: set-up support, power connections, internet access, storage, security constraints (physical).

• Technical support to remotely operate and audit the external instrumentation (remote after installation).

• Scientific support for supervision and analysis of collected data (physical, remote).

• Unlimited observations and measurements as long as they do not interfere with other projects or instruments availability

  SERVICE STATUS: The service will be offered after 2026. The service is currently provided depending on the ATMOS-NOA equipment availability (transport of instrument from Athens to Antikythera). 

  TIME CONSTRAINTS: None for remote access. Limited physical access during the  November-March period. 

The remote island of Antikythera in Greece, is a unique marine observatory, being frequently affected by desert dust outbreaks while no significant human activities occur at a distance shorter than 70 km from the site.

The site can be used for training purposes on aerosol and trace-gases in-situ measurements. The site is designed to be operational after 2026 for aerosol and trace gases (including greenhouse gases) in situ atmospheric measurements by combining state of the art online and offline techniques (sampling). Currently, equipment from ATMOS-NOA is transferred to the site by means of the NOA mobile unit to cover the access needs. Training can be offered during research projects and/or instrument testing/comparison (physical access).

The service includes:

• Support for accessing facilities (physical).

• Advice for managing accommodation near the site.

• Provision of workspace for visitors: desk space and internet access (physical).

• Training/hands-on for young scientists/research/ technical personnel on in-situ instrumentation (physical)

• Scientific support for supervision and analysis of collected data (physical, remote).

  SERVICE STATUS: The service will be offered after 2026. The service is currently provided depending on the ATMOS-NOA equipment availability (transport of instrument from Athens to Antikythera). 

  TIME CONSTRAINTS: None for remote access. Limited physical access during the November-March period. 

Intercomparison campaigns. Comparison, testing, exploitation of any measurement devices with WOPAS instruments that follow ACTRIS protocols (both in-situ and remote-sensing aerosols measurements)  or meteorological equipment. Campaigns can include the testing of usefulness for mobile measurements. These campaigns help users ensure compliance with measuring standards, improve device calibration, and build capacity through hands-on experience.

An important supplement to stationary measurements can be mobile measurements of atmospheric environment parameters (e.g. air pollution, meteorological and biometeorological parameters, etc.). Such measurements can be performed using drones, car platforms, bicycles and other similar vehicles, as well as on foot. The experience of the team of the WOPAS indicates that the results of such measurements can be used, among others, for recognition of spatial variability of measured parameters on a local and micro scale, recognition of variability of measured parameters outside the area covered by stationary measurements, indication of areas particularly exposed to hazards related to the atmospheric environment.

Within these services, the WOPAS team offers both urban oriented measurements and measurements in mountain areas. Moreover during campaigns the usefulness of sensors can be tested. Mobile measurements provide unique insights into spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric parameters, identifying hotspots and supporting tailored mitigation strategies in both urban and challenging mountainous environments.

This service consists of conducting experiments and performing comprehensive analysis of both optical and microphysical aerosol properties, provided by manual or automated data analysis with the use of certified ACTRIS tools, and tools developed at WOS Facility assuring the highest levels of data products.         The WOS facility offers expert knowledge on the atmospheric aerosol optical properties of different aerosol types (e.g. biomass burning aerosol, mineral dust), especially transported over long distances. We offer to perform experiments and analyses with a use of a wide range of measurement techniques and data analysis approaches. For interpretation of the obtained results WOS facility team applies different transport models (HYSPLIT, FLEXPART) and aerosol prediction models (NAAPS, Barcelona Dust Forecast Center), as well as the MODIS imagining to spot the wildfires. WOS facility researchers/technicians have deep, documented with the research projects, experience in biomass burning aerosol studies including analysis of the fresh and aged BBA in the fine temporal and spatial resolution as well as their impact on the Earth radiative transfer. The interface PROfiler developed at WOS allows for efficient and insightful comparative studies of the aerosol layers. The microphysical parameters in BBA layers are being successfully retrieved with the mathematical inversion methods. The remote sensing of the BBA at WOS is supported by in-situ measurements of black carbon and photometer/spectrometer measurements in column of the atmosphere. In case of mineral dust retrievals we offer additional data products such as the mineral dust separation including the apportionment of fine and coarse mode of aerosol (POLIPHON). For distinguishing between agricultural dust and pollen contribution in the boundary layer in-situ pollen detection is being applied. Thanks to inversion of lidar/photometer data WOS can provide the particle size distribution of mineral dust particles. Expertise and algorithms for aerosol cloud interactions might be provided thanks to the synergy of different aerosol and cloud remote sensing instrumentation.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: The remote and physical access of the external users at the WOS facility must be discussed and planned with the PI of WOS and the TNA coordinators. External users are allowed to access WOS observatory only under WOS personnel supervision, prior to their registration in the Visitor System. The user must go via HPS training prior to accessing the WOS facility.