GERMANY

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. 
This service is also applicable in order to obtain customized datasets about special situations, such as natural hazards (volcanic eruptions, wildfire events, dust outbreaks, special weather situations). It can also find application for evaluation studies of numerical weather simulations.

Deployment of the LACROS suite, or components, at a user-defined custom location. It will require strong coordination between user and service provider.
 

Availability period: The service is available, but needs to fit into the deployment schedule of LACROS.

Estimated duration: 

-    Must fit into the regular, existing deployment schedule of the site
-    Deployment duration is at least 4 weeks
-    Preparation time at least 3 months, but additionally depending on the conditions present at the measurement location and administrative regulations

Application, testing, and/or validation of custom retrieval techniques based on measurements of LACROS. LACROS datasets are provided to the user. It is also possible to create customized data products, in agreement to the needs of the user. Possibilities are, e.g., special operation modes or scan modes of the LACROS instruments.

Availability period: The service is available. It can either be applied to existing datasets or to observations at the current location of LACROS.

Lifecycle status: Available. Location is subject to change, due to the mobility of LACROS.

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.

The service consists of:
- Provision of data from simulation chamber experiments,
- possibility to perform several day-long experiments in the simulation chamber, 
- technical service to use own instruments,
- training for planning, evaluation and interpretation of experiments. 

Availability period: Typically between April and September (photo-chemistry experiments)

Estimated duration: None, although access has to be coordinated with other activities in laboratory

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.

Measurement guidelines for NFs for instruments dealing with aerosol physical properties (for observational and exploratory platforms)

Provision of space and infrastructure to test new instruments. Performance,  accuracy, stability and calibration procedures can be assessed by comparing them to established and well-characterized instruments. This service is proposed to NFs and ACTRIS users.

Consultancy on Doppler cloud radars and microwave radiometers to the NFs that would like to have new observational or exploratory platforms, and new instruments. Based on its experience, the TC provides consultancy during visits,  discussions, workshops and supports to the manufacturers. The TC is proposing :
• A service for instrument location definition and site selection support;
• A draft of technical requirements and standard operational support;
• A methodology to analyze instrument performance and selection.