Workshop

ACTRIS NOx/VOC QA workshop 2025

08 May
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08 May

Dear CiGas Users,

As in previous years, the annual QA/QC workshop focusing on VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and NOx (Nitrogen Oxides) data submission to the EBAS database was held online from 7 to 9 April 2025. Participants reviewed the data 2024 and shared insights through station-specific presentations.

All contributions and materials from the event are available for download below.

ACTRIS CiGas Team

 

7 April 2025 - VOC part

8 April 2025 - CiGas Community meeting

9 April 2025 - NOx part

ACTRIS NOx/VOC QA workshop 2024

08 May
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08 May

CiGas Data Workshop 2024/04/09 - 2024/04/11

As every year, we have discussed the VOC and NOx data that will be submitted to the EBAS database.

The workshop included:

  • Review of the data for VOC and NOx data from the TC
  • Presentations from the stations
  • Scientific presentations
  • Discussions on further activities

As in previous years, the workshop was held online and contributions can be downloaded below.

Agenda (CEST)

 

VOC, Tuesday, 2024/04/09

08:30 - 17:00 VOC

 

08:30-12:00 Review of VOC Data (All / EMPA)

  • The discussion of each site should be accompanied with a short site presentation

14:00-17:00 Discussion on further CiGAS activities for VOCs

  • PTR-MS Measurement guidelines; Status and discussion (60 min) IMT
  • Quality checks: @VOC@ tool, discussion EMPA
  • Potential new sites, incl. exploratory sites all
  • Potential new variables all
  • AOB all

General, Wednesday, 2024/04/10

08:30 - 10:00 Common Session

08:30 - 08:50 FZJ/IMT/EMPA/DWD/UHEL: CiGas overview: on-going implementation

08:50 - 09:20 NILU: ACTRIS and the EBAS data archive

09:20 - 09:35 FZJ/IMT/EMPA: NRT data delivery

09:35 - 09:45 Agnés Borbon: Reactive Trace Gases in ACTRIS: Working Groups

09:40 - 10:00 all: Publication plans

10:15 - 12:00 CiGas Community meeting

10:15 -11:00 FZJ/all: Labelling status; Auditing

11:00 -11:30 DWD/EMPA/all: Exterrnal Data QA for VOC: possible changes

11:30 -12:00 Zoé Le Bras: 30 Years of BTEX monitoring at an suburban station in Switzerland

12:00 -12:30 Max Gerrit Adam: JUNOx NOx Intercomparison 2023

NOx, Thursday, 2024/04/11

08:30 - 16:00 NOx

08:30 - 12:00 All: NOx observations at different sites (15min/site) with 15min break  and Visualization of NOx data files submitted to the EBAS data archive

11:00 - 11:30 FZJ/DWD: Visualization of NOx data files submitted to the EBAS data archive

Aurelie Colomb : NOx at La Réunion - MAIDO

Robert Wegener : Visualization of La Réunion - MAIDO NOx Data

 

Aurelie Colomb : NOx at Puy de Dôme

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Puy de Dôme NOx Data

 

Davide Putero : NOx at Monte Cimone

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Monte Cimone NOx Data

 

Anna Callaghan : NOx at Cape Verde

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Cape Verde NOx Data

 

Robert Holla : NOx at Hohenpeissenberg

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Hohenpeissenberg NOx Data

 

Martin Steinbacher  : NOx at Jungfraujoch

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Jungfraujoch NOx Data

 

Jan Silhay : NOx at Košetice

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Košetice NOx Data

 

Laurent Poulain : NOx at Melpitz

Robert Wegener : Visualization of Melpitz NOx Data

 

Nicolas Bonnaire : NOx at SIRTA

Robert Wegener : Visualization of SIRTA NOx Data

 

Chris Lunder : NOx at Zeppelin Station

 

Max Gerit Adam: Notes on the NOx part

 

Training

Hands-on workshop oganized by TROPOS ACD

08 May
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08 May

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

ACTRIS Cloud Remote Sensing Workshop on May 19-20

08 May
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08 May

Our next CCRES/CLU workshop will be held on May 19 (9-12am CEST) and May 20 (9-12 am CEST), online. These sessions are open to all and contributions from the CRS community are strongly encouraged.

Register here before April 11.

A preliminary agenda is available here.

For more information, please contact evillard@ipsl.fr.

Lidar QA/QC workshop 2024

08 May
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08 May

CARS and ARES invite the Principal Investigators of the aerosol remote sensing facilities to discuss the status of the lidar QA/QC. The workshop is organized online, 9-12 December 2024. Each lidar has a dedicated 30 minutes time slot to clarify aspects related to performances of the instrument as identified through the QA tests, specifics and validity time period of the operational configurations, and data processing with the SCC.

Details about the format of the workshop are distributed via the aerosol remote sensing mailing list. Please contact Doina Nicolae (nnicol@inoe.ro) for additional information.

ACTRIS Cloud Remote Sensing Workshop November 2024

08 May
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08 May

GENERAL INFORMATION

On November 7, CCRES will hold its annual on-site workshop for the Cloud Remote Sensing community in Matera, Italy, during the ACTRIS Week. 

More information about the ACTRIS week can be found here.

The workshop will take place at the Casa delle Tecnologie Emergenti di Matera, Via San Rocco 1, 75100, Matera.

AGENDA

Topics covered during the workshop will be the following :

  • New scientific results and technical developments at ACTRIS CRS sites
  • Feedback from CRS sites concerning CCRES / CLU services
  • Updates on CCRES services
  • Updates on CLU services
  • Updates on CRS NF labelling process
  • EarthCARE Cal/Val (joint session with CARS)

Please find here the latest version of the agenda.

In case of any question, please contact evillard@ipsl.fr.

REGISTRATION

Registrations are now closed but remote participation is still possible. Please contact Elisa (evillard@ipsl.fr) if you are not registered and would like to participate.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations are available here.

 

 

Fourth CCIce workshop (virtual)

08 May
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08 May

The Center for Cloud Ice Nucleation (CCIce) would like to invite you for the fourth workshop on ice nucleating particle (INP) measurements. The workshop will be held online

October 21 and 25, 2024, 09:00 - 12:30

for all members of ACTRIS and CCIce, as well as interested scientist.

To better plan our meeting, we would like to ask you to indicate your participation at
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/af94db47fe9b897e9f9dabd887922ea3-826550

Topics:

  • CCIce implementation update and status
  • Technical requirement and measurement guidelines
  • Discussion about QA/QC for INP measurements within ACTRIS

ACTRIS Cloud Remote Sensing Workshop June 2024

08 May
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08 May

The ACTRIS Center for Cloud Remote Sensing (CCRES) is organizing an online workshop on June 11, from 9 to 5pm CEST.

Register here

Please find below the workshop agenda.

09:00 – 09:15

Introduction and workshop agenda

09:15 – 10:45

Doppler Cloud Radar operational services 

  • Introduction
  • DCR : new RPG operation guidelines
  • DCR Calibration transfer campaigns
  • DCR calibration constant monitoring with disdrometer

New research investigations

  • First steps towards evaluating Parsivel disdrometer calibration
  • DIscussion

Microwave Radiometers operational services

  • MWR activities

10:45 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

Doppler Lidars operational services  

  • Doppler Lidar monitoring

Labelling operational services 

  • Labelling step1b - ReOBS quality control procedure
  • Access to operational services : new website

11:45 - 12:30

New developments at CLU (CloudNet Data Centre)

  • Update from CLU 
  • Roadmap for future developments

Feedback from NF on CCRES services/Discussion

12:30 - 13:00

New operational services

  • HKD monitoring : Grafana Q/A

13:00 – 14:15

LUNCH BREAK 

14:15 – 14:45

Presentations

  • Review of 20 years of Cloudnet observations at the Lindenberg Observatory and future directions to gain Cloudnet data consistency
  • Long-term statistics of water vapour and clouds from microwave radiometer observations in Jülich with focus on cloud properties

14:45 - 15:30

EarthCARE Cal/Val activities

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 - 16:30

Presentations

  • Cloudnet deficiencies caused by presence targets below first range gate
  • Techniques for better exploiting cloud radar Doppler spectra
  • A novel approach to cloud classification: first results and challenges encountered

16:30 - 16:45

Discussion and buffer time

16:45 - 17:00

Concluding remarks

Presentations are available  here.

For more information, contact ccres_contact@listes.ipsl.fr.

2nd CCWaC Workshop (virtual)

08 May
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08 May

The Center for Cloud Water Chemistry (CCWaC) is pleased to invite you for the second dedicated workshop on cloud water sampling and chemical analysis. The workshop will be held as an online Zoom meeting on:

 

Tuesday, 16. January 2024, 13:00 – 17:00

 

Agenda:

- CCWaC Implemetation Update & Status

 

- First results from the recent collector intercomparison at the Schmücke

- Update on the technical requirements for cloud water chemical measurements

- Update on the measurement guidelines for cloud water chemical measurements

- Final details for the first Interlaboratory Comparison 2024

- Information and planning of further CCWaC activities in 2024

 

If you are planning to participate, please send a brief notice to dominik@tropos.de.

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of questions!

 

Dominik van Pinxteren, TROPOS, (dominik@tropos.de)

Uwe Käfer, TROPOS, (kaefer@tropos.de)

 

Workshop on ground-based Microwave Radiometer Operation and Calibration

08 May
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08 May


Workshop content
• Microwave radiometry background (theory, retrieval development)
• Practical aspects of MWR operation in ACTRIS and links to other networks (E-Profile)
• Calibration methods, hands-on calibration training with RPG HATPRO MWRs
• ACTRIS MWR data processing and quality control
• New developments in microwave radiometrY


Target group
The workshop targets operators of microwave radiometers in networks, such as the ACTRIS Cloud Remote Sensing network (Cloudnet), E-Profile and others. The workshop is also open for interested people beyond this network with interest on microwave radiometers.

How to apply
Please send an e-mail until 15 February 2024 to actris-ccres-mwr@uni-koeln.de including a short statement with your main motivation and interests.

Please provide following information:

  • Are you currently operating a microwave radiometer? If so, which type?
  • Which networks are you participating?
  • Are you running special data processing or creating own retrieval algorithms?

The number of participants is limited, participants from ACTRIS National Facilities who have not attended previous workshops will be prioritized.

We will inform you about your participation shortly after the application deadline.


Contact
Bernhard Pospichal, Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Tobias Marke
e-mail: actris-ccres-mwr@uni-koeln.de
web: actris.eu/topical-centre/ccres/microwave-radiometer

 

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