13) All year round

PACS-C2 provides the possibility of testing new instrumentation and to perform (inter)calibrations or intercomparisons. 
Existing standard operation procedures can be used for comparison of new with established analytical techniques/instruments with the user.  

Custom experiments on aerosol chemistry and physics: ChAMBRe is a multi-purpouse facility connected to a laboratory fully equipped for aerosol sampling and characterization. 
Specific experiments/tests can be organized with the support of the ChAMBRe teams. 
 

Testing and calibration of aerosol samplers and aerosols/gas monitors (e.g. low-cost detectors): connection/introduction of the samplers/detectors to/in the chamber, production of different aerosol and gas species, comparison of the detectors response with those of the ChAMBRe reference equipment. 
 

Multi-wavelength on-line and off-line measurement of the optical properties (absorption and scattering) of atmospheric aerosols: injection of different aerosol species (soot, dust, salt, organic), modulation of the meteo-climatic conditions, on-line measurement by 3-lambda photoacoustics monitors (PAXs), OPS and SMPS, sampling on filters/impactors and off-line analyses by Multi Wavelength Absorbance Analyzer (MWAA)and two-lambda thermo-optical analysis. 
 

Testing/characterization/calibration of bioaerosol on-line monitors/sensors: injection of different bacteria strains and measurement of the detectors response, testing of selection/identification algoritms, comparison with WIBS-NEO response, possibility to include fungi and pollens.  

 

Measurement of bacteria viability vs. atmospheric and air quality conditions: injection of viable bacteria through different nebulizer, production in the chamber of different atmospheric conditions and composition (meteo-climatic, gaseous and aerosol species concentration), monitoring of the bacteria concentration via particle counters and WIBS, collection of viable bacteria through Andersen impactor, liquid impingers, petri dishes, filters. Incubation and counting, microscopic characterization. 
 

LACIS-T provides the possibility of testing (new) instrumentation (e.g., velocity, temperature, humidity, as well as optical particle sensors) and to perform sensor intercomparisons under well-defined laboratory conditions. 
Existing standard operation procedures can be used for comparison of new with established instruments by the user.  
 

The technological services of ACD-C provide comprehensive basic principles for instrument development and strategic improvements.
 

ACD-C provides the possibility of testing new instrumentation and to perform (inter)calibrations or intercomparisons. 
Existing standard operation procedures can be used for comparison of new with established analytical techniques/instruments by the user.