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World Calibration Centre for Aerosol Physics (WCCAP)

The WCCAP was founded in 2002 to serve as a competence center for in-situ physical and optical aerosol measurements as part of the world-wide GAW-program of the WMO. This WCCAP is world-wide unique for the quality assurance of physical and optical in-situ aerosol measurements and station audits to improve infrastructures.

European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP)

ERLAP was founded in 1994 to serve as a calibration facility for measurements of particulate matter and gaseous air pollutants in Europe. Inter-laboratory comparisons have been organized yearly or more for 2 decades. As a service of the European Commission, ERLAP provides support independently of national and private interests, which makes it unique in Europe.

Aerosol Chemical Monitor Calibration Center (ACMCC)

The ACMCC is managed by a consortium of French laboratories, including CNRS (LSCE and LaMP) and INERIS, and is mainly based at LSCE, located south of the Paris region. As part of the quality control procedures, the ACMCC provides a large set of independent co-located on-line/off-line aerosol measurements for chemical, physical and optical parameters. It offers innovation opportunities through the exchange of information between manufacturers and users, the optimization of technological solutions, and the evaluation of new online aerosol chemical analyzers.

Prague Aerosol Calibration Centre (PACC)

The PACC was founded in 2020 as part of ACTRIS Topical Centre for Aerosol In-Situ observations (CAIS/ECAC). It serves for calibration and quality assurance of physical in-situ aerosol measurements and station audits for ACTRIS and for external users. (operational 2021)

Cluster Calibration Center (CCC)

CCC was founded in 2018 to serve as a calibration facility for sub 10 nm aerosol, cluster and ion measurements. It provides instrument-specific calibration services and training. (operational 2021)

Organic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents Calibration Center (OGTAC-CC)

The Atmospheric Chemistry Department of TROPOS hosts the Organic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents - Calibration Centre (OGTAC-CC), which is the first calibration center for these class of compounds worldwide, providing a strong benefit to the aerosol community, as it harmonizes approaches for the chemical analysis of organic particulate constituents.

Elemental Mass Calibration Centre (EMC2)

The EMC2 unit will be hosted in the INFN LABEC laboratory which is devoted to the analysis of the elemental composition of aerosols, environmental samples and cultural heritage by means of analytical nuclear techniques, such as ion beam analysis, besides other field of applications, for instance material science and forensics, and radiocarbon dating with accelerator mass spectrometry. The LABEC laboratory was born in 2003 with the installation of a 3 MV Tandetron particle accelerator and stems from more than thirty years of experience of the research group members with accelerator-related analytical techniques.

ACTRIS - CAIS-ECAC - Aerosol In-Situ Course: Fundamentals & Methods for Aerosol Sampling and Physical & Chemical In-Situ Measurements

Workshop CAIS-ECAC 14 Mar 2025 1:15

From March 15th on, CAIS-ECAC will host the "Aerosol In-Situ Course: Fundamentals & Methods for Aerosol Sampling and Physical & Chemical In-Situ Measurements" in Kosetice with 17 participents.

We wish all participants a successful aerosol course.

Your CAIS-ECAC team

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

Workshop OGTAC-CC 21 Jan 2025 1:30

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

The OrGanic Tracers and Aerosol Constituents - Calibration Centre (OGTAC-CC), hosted and operated by TROPOS ACD as one TC unit of the CAIS-ECAC consortium, is announcing the following activity for all operators of ACTRIS NFs (observational and exploratory platforms as well as to all other interested scientists, engineers and technicians:

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Call for 4th Proficiency Testing Scheme (PTS) for PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentration measurements

Workshop ERLAP 07 Oct 2024 1:15

INVITATION LETTER

PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEME
FOR PARTICULATE MATTER MASS CONCENTRATION
JRC ISPRA – ITALY, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2025

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ACMCC technical workshop & ECAC manufacturer meeting (online PM chemistry)

Workshop ACMCC 07 Oct 2024 1:30

Dear all,
On behalf of ACMCC, I'd like to announce two events occurring in November, listed below.

20/11/2024 afternoon: ACMCC technical workshop
ECAC/ACMCC is proposing an on-site technical workshop on 20/11/2024 afternoon dedicated to ACSM QA/QC, including hands-on trainings and SOP revisions.
This will be held at LSCE/ACMCC (collocated with the SIRTA facility: https://acmcc.aeris-data.fr/access/), in conjunction with the 2024 intercomparison exercise.
While on-site venue is preferred, especially for hand-on training, remote SOP discussions will be possible.

If you are interested in specific hands-on, please let us know in the registration form (see below)

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