ACTRIS Marketplace

Specific experiments performed by using the available equipment at AGORA, combined with external equipment if needed. 
For example: use of polar nephelometer to study controlled ambient particles.
The service includes:
-      Administrative support to comply with internal procedures for accessing facilities (physical).
-      Administrative and technical support for providing a workspace for visitors:  desk space with computer and internet access, meeting rooms, kitchen and lunch room (physical).
-      Administrative support for managing accommodation near UGR and at mountain stations.
-      Administrative support and advice for transportation, reception and storage of equipment.
-      Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment: power connections, remote access, storage, security constraints, internet network (physical).
-      Technical support to remotely operate AGORA instrumentation (remote).
-      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.

Intercomparison campaigns. Comparison with AGORA instruments that follow ACTRIS protocols, in situ, remote sensing at urban (UGR) and mountain (SNS, CP) conditions.

The service includes:
-      Administrative support to comply with internal procedures for accessing facilities (physical).
-      Administrative and technical support for providing a workspace for visitors:  desk space with computer and internet access, meeting rooms, kitchen and lunch room (physical).
-      Administrative support for managing accommodation near UGR and at mountain stations.
-      Administrative support and advice for transportation, reception and storage of equipment.
-      Technical support at the facility to fulfill visitor needs and constraints related to installation, deployment and operation of equipment: power connections, remote access, storage, security constraints, internet network (physical).
-      Technical support to remotely operate AGORA instrumentation (remote).
-      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.

Training through research of:
a) operation and calibration techniques of remote sensing and in situ instrumentation available in AGORA 
b) algorithms for retrieval physical magnitudes from remote sensing instrumentation (LIRIC, GARRLIC, POLIPHON). This training can be performed by remote access

The service includes:
-      Administrative support to comply with internal procedures for accessing facilities (physical).
-      Administrative and technical support for providing a workspace for visitors:  desk space with computer and internet access, meeting rooms, kitchen and lunch room (physical).
-      Administrative support for managing accommodation near UGR and at mountain stations.
-      Technical support to remotely operate AGORA instrumentation (remote).
-      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.

Measurement of air samples and calibration of cylinders for isotopic composition of CH4 (δ13C and δD) at Utrecht University.
These measurements can be used for source attribution and isotope budgeting. 
Atmospheric samples should be provided in clean glass or metal flasks, suitable bags or cylinders in which CH4 is stable. 
Samples from other media (water, sediments, etc.) can be analyzed as well. Specification of the sample containers and expected concentrations is beneficial.

Measurement of gas samples for clumped isotopic composition of CH4 (Δ13CDH3 and ΔCD2H2) at Utrecht University.
These measurements can be used for determining methane formation temperatures and non-thermodynamic equilibrium processes. 
Samples should be provided in suitable flasks. The concentration needed is typically > 5%, and it may be possible to analyze samples with CH4 as low as 0.5 %, upon discussion. One analysis needs at least 5 ml STP of pure methane. The samples should always be discussed in advance. 

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Possible long waiting times

Measurement of air samples for isotopic composition of CΟ (δ13C, δ18O) at Utrecht University.

Measurement of air samples for isotopic composition of H2 (δD) at Utrecht University.

LOCATION: Italy, Tito (Potenza)
CIAO, the CNR-IMAA Atmospheric Observatory (40.60 N, 15.72 E, 760 m a.s.l.) is a research facilities managed by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) at Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA).

This service is meant to increase the expertise of the users but also to spread ACTRIS standards and methodologies to stakeholders and users. It can offer different possibilities related to:
• application of algorithms for Lidar data analysis
• experimental technical aspects typically encountered in Lidar systems
• access and use of the ACTRIS Single Calculus Chain (SCC)

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Multi-day stay of external users at CIAO must be discussed and planned with CNR-IMAA. External users are allowed to access the “CIAO observatory only under CNR-IMAA personnel supervision. Accessibility rules can change as a function of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOCATION: Italy, Tito (Potenza)

The service will consist in the direct intercomparison of a lidar system with the ACTRIS lidar reference system operating at CIAO. At present it is able to provide aerosol backscatter at 1064, 532 and 355 nm, extinction at 532 and 355 nm, depolarization measurements at 532. In the future, the new reference lidar system will also be able to provide depolarization measurements at 1064 and 355 nm, and water vapor mixing ratio. The intercomparison will check the instrumental and technical performances of the lidar system in terms of range corrected signals, including several QA tests and correction procedures like trigger delay, first range bin, telecover, Rayleigh fit test, depolarization calibration, dead-time corrections.

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Multi-day stay of external users at CIAO must be discussed and planned with CNR-IMAA. External users are allowed to access the “CIAO observatory only under CNR-IMAA personnel supervision. Accessibility rules can change as a function of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SERVICE STATUS: The service is available (operational and ready to be offered). At present, the reference system for the intercomparison is 1064, 532, 355, with Raman capability at 355 and 532 nm and depolarization at 532nm

LOCATION: Italy, Tito (Potenza)

Access and integration of data provided by different ACTRIS and ICOS (next future) active, passive and in-situ instruments operating at CIAO, included the possibility to carry out integrated studies through the access with the user instrument. Specific measurements campaign can be planned based on user request.
CIAO geographic position, in the Mediterranean basin but on a mountain far from big cities, makes the observatory a perfect location for investigating different aerosol types and atmospheric processes and setting up experiments with the support of the researches and technicians operating CIAO.
 

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Multi-day stay of external users at CIAO must be discussed and planned with CNR-IMAA. External users are allowed to access the “CIAO observatory only under CNR-IMAA personnel supervision. Accessibility rules can change as a function of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SERVICE STATUS: The service is available (operational and ready to be offered). At present the following instruments are available at CIAO: multi-wavelength Raman lidar, photometer, multiwavelength Raman lidar, Doppler lidar, cloud radar, microwave profiles, ceilometer, radio-sounding.  

LOCATION: Italy, Tito (Potenza)

A well-equipped laboratory is offered to test and characterize optical components typically used in Lidar systems. The laboratory is equipped with experimental setups for training in operation, calibration, quality control and basic debugging of Lidar related blocks. 
 

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Multi-day stay of external users at CIAO must be discussed and planned with CNR-IMAA. External users are allowed to access the “CIAO observatory only under CNR-IMAA personnel supervision. Accessibility rules can change as a function of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOCATION: Italy, Tito (Potenza)

A modular Lidar laboratory is offered to set-up and test different lidar configurations: aerosol fluorescence; tropospheric aerosol optical properties; temperature with rotational Raman from troposphere to stratosphere; liquid water content; HSRL configuration; scanning measurements. 

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Multi-day stay of external users at CIAO must be discussed and planned with CNR-IMAA. External users are allowed to access the “CIAO observatory only under CNR-IMAA personnel supervision. Accessibility rules can change as a function of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOCATION: Italy, S. Pietro Capofiume (Bologna) 
The CMN-PV facility at S. Pietro Capofiume (50 km from Bologna) is located at the meteorological station “Giorgio Fea” which is owned by ARPAE Emilia-Romagna (43°21’N, 12°34’E, 11 m asl). 
 

Provision of a rural site platform for DOAS and MAX-DOAS measurements with focus on tropospheric and stratospheric composition and processes, intercomparison campaigns and satellite validation. 

The facility is equipped with surface meteorological measurements, in-situ near-surface monitoring of SO₂, near-surface aerosol absorption measurements, aerosol number concentrations by aerosol optical counter (OPC), columnar aerosol properties (sun photometry, ceilometer), and radiative balance and albedo description (solar tracker equipped with radiometers for solar and thermal down-welling radiation). Particulate matter sampling for atmospheric chemical speciation and speciation of non-refractory chemical species (by Aerosol Mass Specrometer, AMS) can be set up during intensive observation periods. A MAX-DOAS system (SkySpec-2D-210) is available at the station (NO₂, HCHO, HONO, Glyoxal, Ozone). Further observations will be implemented during 2025: measurements of number concentration (by twin - DMPS in collaboration with the University of Kuopio), aerosol vertical profiling (lidar), near-surface aerosol scattering measurements, near-surface anthropogenic VOCs.

ARPAE Emilia-Romagna runs near-surface measurements of nitrogen oxides, ozone and ammonia, as well as meteo-radar measurements, radio soundings (at 00:00 and 12:00 UTC) and operates a phenological station.

The facility is hosted in an air-conditioned shelter (15 m²) equipped with fast internet connection which allows for real-time data delivery and remote control of instrumentations. 5kW. Two sampling systems (ACTRIS-compliant) designed for trace gases and aerosol particles (respectively) are available at the station. Both the sampling systems are characterized by monitoring of T and RH with active control of air fluxes. Multiple inlets to the sampling systems are available for the external users (diameters: ¼” for trace gases and ¼”, ½” and ¾” for aerosol). Three quartz windows (one on the roof, two on the walls) are available for vertical and horizontal remote sensing observations. 

Support structures for research activities are available at the field station: a chemistry laboratory, wi-fi covering the entire area, distribution of electric current through specific towers in different locations of the field, and a 10-m two-storey tower.

This service includes:

• Administrative support for helping the users with shipping of materials (before and after the campaign) 

• Administrative support for the fulfilment of the internal procedures related with the provision access to the site.

• Storing of the equipment at the CNR-ISAC HQs before and after the access.

• Technical support at the infrastructure by senior technicians (including the support during installation of equipment and execution of measurements).

• Interaction with senior atmospheric scientists for data interpretation and optimal definition of experiment strategy.

• Activation of data delivery service and access to data routinely recorded by CNR-ISAC.

• Administrative support will be provided to ask access to the data by ARPAE Emilia – Romagna.

• Access to the air quality and weather forecasts routinely produced by CNR-ISAC.

• Access to laboratory and workshops at CNR-ISAC HQs for maintenance of instrumentation.

• Access to the air quality and weather forecasts routinely produced by CNR-ISAC.

• Access to storage and computation resources available at CNR-ISAC HQs for the duration of the TNA+12 months.

• Transport to the infrastructure from Bologna (not dangerous goods) for equipment with total volume less than 2 m3 (max: 350 kg). The transport of dangerous goods or larger/heavier materials which need special vehicles is NOT included in the offered services.

• Daily transportation of max 3 users to the facility (please note that not-UE users equipped with their own car/van must have an International Driving Permit valid in EU).

TIME CONSTRAINTS: Access to the S. Pietro Capofiume site is typically not allowed during the weekend and over 20:00 – 7:00 local time. External users are allowed to access site only under CNR-ISAC personnel supervision.