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GAW Report, 280. Fifth WMO Filter Radiometer Comparison (FRC-V) 27 September to 25 October 2021 Davos, Switzerland (GAW 280)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Stelios Kazadzis, Natalia Kouremeti, Julian Gröbner - WMO, 2023The Fifth Filter Radiometer Comparison (FRC-V) was held with one year of delay due to COVID-19 pandemic and relative restrictions, concurrently with the 13th International Pyrheliometer Comparison in Davos, Switzerland. Instrumentation belonging to different AOD global networks were invited and participated. Also, three reference instruments from the Calibration of Aerosol Remote Sensing (CARS) of the pan-European research infrastructure ACTRIS (Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure) facility participated. The comparison took place at the premises of PMOD/WRC from September 2 ...
Fifth WMO Filter Radiometer Comparison (FRC-V) 27 September to 25 October 2021 Davos, Switzerland (GAW 280)
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Stelios Kazadzis, Natalia Kouremeti, Julian Gröbner
Published by: WMO ; 2023The Fifth Filter Radiometer Comparison (FRC-V) was held with one year of delay due to COVID-19 pandemic and relative restrictions, concurrently with the 13th International Pyrheliometer Comparison in Davos, Switzerland. Instrumentation belonging to different AOD global networks were invited and participated. Also, three reference instruments from the Calibration of Aerosol Remote Sensing (CARS) of the pan-European research infrastructure ACTRIS (Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure) facility participated. The comparison took place at the premises of PMOD/WRC from September 27th to October 25th, 2021. Thirtytwo (32) filter radiometers and spectroradiometers from 12 countries participated in this campaign.
The objective of this campaign was to compare aerosol optical depth and Ångström exponents (AE) derived from different instruments belonging to different global, regional or national networks in order to quantify the main factors that are responsible for possible deviations. The aim of the whole activity was to initiate action towards homogenization of the AOD measurements on a global scale. The comparison protocol was formulated according to the WMO recommendations. Measurements of each instrument were compared to the WORCC Precision Filter Radiometer (PFR) reference triad.Collection(s) and Series: GAW Report- No. 280
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GAW Report, 282. System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global Gaw Station Jungfraujoch Switzerland, November 2021 (GAW 282)
System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global Gaw Station Jungfraujoch Switzerland, November 2021 (GAW 282)
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Published by: WMO ; 2023
Collection(s) and Series: GAW Report- No. 282
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GAW Report, 281. Guidelines for Measurements of Non-Methane Hydrocarbons in the Troposphere (GAW 281)
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Notes: Author’s affiliation
E.C. Apel: Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling laboratory at National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Co., USA
A. Baldan: VSL National Metrology Institute, The Netherlands
A. Claude: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
J. Englert: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
A.-M. Fjaeraa: NILU (Norwegian Institute of Air Research)
M. Guillevic: EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
D. Helmig: Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, and Boulder AIR, Boulder, CO, USA
C. C Hoerger: EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , Switzerland
J. Hopkins: Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of York, USA
A. C. Lewis: Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of York, USA
C. Plass-Duelmer: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
S. Reimann: EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
S. Sauvage: Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environnement, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, France
I. J Simpson: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
R. Steinbrecher: Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
D. Worton: National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UKCollection(s) and Series: GAW Report- No. 281
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GAW Report, 283. System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global Gaw Station Pallas, Finland, July 2021 (GAW 283)
System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global Gaw Station Pallas, Finland, July 2021 (GAW 283)
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Published by: WMO ; 2023
Collection(s) and Series: GAW Report- No. 283
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GAW Report, 276. Izaña Atmospheric Research Center : Activity Report 2019-2020
The Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), which is part of the State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET), represents a centre of excellence in atmospheric science. It manages four observatories in Tenerife, including the high altitude Izaña Observatory, which was inaugurated in 1916 and has since carried out uninterrupted meteorological and climatological observations and become a WMO Centennial Station.
This report summarizes the many activities of the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (España)
Published by: WMO, AEMET ; 2022The Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), which is part of the State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET), represents a centre of excellence in atmospheric science. It manages four observatories in Tenerife, including the high altitude Izaña Observatory, which was inaugurated in 1916 and has since carried out uninterrupted meteorological and climatological observations and become a WMO Centennial Station.
This report summarizes the many activities of the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center.Collection(s) and Series: GAW Report- No. 276
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GAW Report, 277. Global Air Quality Forecasting and Information System (GAFIS) Implementation Plan: 2022–2026
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GAW Report, 275. IG3IS Urban Greenhouse Gas Emission Observation and Monitoring Good Research Practice Guidelines
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GAW Report, 273. Seventh Session of the Research Board Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Seventh session report of the Research Board Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry Scientific Steering Committee (8–11 February 2021, Geneva, Switzerland) - WMO, 2022
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GESAMP - Reports and Studies, 109. The Changing Acidity of the Global Atmosphere and Ocean and its Impact on Air/Sea Chemical Exchange (GESAMP 109, GAW 272)
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GAW Report, 257. Fourteenth Intercomparison Campaign of the Regional Brewer Calibration Centre Europe
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET); Fourteenth Intercomparison Campaign of the Regional Brewer Calibration Centre Europe (El Arenosillo Atmospheric Sounding Station, Huelva, Spain, 17–28 June 2019) - WMO, 2021XIV Regional intercomparison of the Brewer Calibration Center for Europe (RBCC-E) was held at El Arenosillo Atmospheric Sounding Station of the “Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial” (INTA) during the period 17 – 28 of June, 2019. 21 Brewer spectrometers, 15 operators and experts from 11 countries took part in XIV Regional intercomparison campaign. The campaign was organized in collaboration with the “Area of Instrumentation and Atmospheric Research” of INTA, with the support of the Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) program of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Brewer travelli ...
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GAW Report, 270. System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global GAW Station Hohenpeissenberg Germany June/July 2020
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GAW Report, 268. Ozonesonde Measurement Principles and Best Operational Practices : ASOPOS 2.0 (Assessment of Standard Operating Procedures for Ozonesondes) August 2021
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ORM11 GAW 271, 271. Report of Part II of the Eleventh Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Online Meeting, 19-23 July 2021)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Part II of the Eleventh Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Online Meeting, 19-23 July 2021) - WMO, 2021
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GAW Report, 269. Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Total Atmospheric Deposition Initiative : Implementation Plan for 2021–2026
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GAW Report, 267/Research Infrastructure Quality Assurance. Fifth International Comparison of Dobson Spectrophotometers Villa Ortúzar Observatory, Argentina, 4-22 March 2019
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Glen McConville, Koji Miyagawa, and Gerardo Carbajal Benítez - WMO, 2021This report describes the Fifth Intercomparison of Dobson Spectophotometers (IC/BUA-19) carried out at the Main Buenos Aires Observatory (Villa Ortúzar) of the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina) (SMN) from 4 March to 22 March 2019. The Dobson spectrophotometer D065 was used as a reference for comparison of measured ozone column values and to calibrate individual instruments. The Regional Standard (R-III) also participated in the event and was calibrated. Through this activity, the data obtained by individual Dobson Spectrophotometers at different measurement sites will be standardized ...
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Report on the Unexpected Emissions of CFC-11 (WMO-No. 1268)
The Report was written by the Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. CFC-11 (CCl3F) was reportedly fully controlled under the Montreal Protocol since 2010. However, a 2018 scientific paper revealed that instead of decreasing, CFC-11 emissions were increasing. In reaction, the Protocol parties agreed to Decision XXX/3: Unexpected emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11). This Report addresses: current and past observations of CFC-11 atmospheric abundances; information on the CFC-11 global and regional emission increase and subsequent ...
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GAW Report, 266. System and Performance Audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide at the Global GAW Station Zugspitze-Schneefernerhaus Germany, September 2020
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; C. Zellweger, M. Steinbacher, B. Buchmann, R. Steinbrecher - WMO, 2021The 6th system and performance audit by WCC-Empa at the global GAW station Zugspitze-Schneefernerhaus (ZSF) was conducted from 8 - 9 September 2020 in agreement with the WMO/GAW quality assurance system. This report summarises the assessment of the Zugspitze-Schneefernerhaus GAW station in general, as well as the surface ozone, methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide measurements in particular. The recommendations found in this report are graded as minor, important and critical and are complemented by a priority indication and a suggested completion date.
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GAW Report, 263. Report of the Fifth Methane Reference Gas Inter-comparison Experiment for Japan from 2018 to 2019
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA); Teruo Kawasaki, Atsuya Kinoshita, Yousuke Sawa, Akihiko Murata, Shinji Morimoto, Shohei Murayama, Toshinobu Machida, Motoki Sasakawa, Kazuhiro Tsuboi - WMO, 2021The WCC-JMA organized six rounds of the CH4 reference gas inter-comparison experiments from 2001 to 2019 to quantify differences among CH4 standard scales implemented at each participating laboratory as well as to monitor the long-term stability of standard gases in Asia and the South-West Pacific. In the 5th round inter-comparison for Japan, two reference gas cylinders were circulated in turn to JMA, JAMSTEC, TU, AIST, NIES, MRI, and JMA from September 2018 to April 2019. The measurement results of JAMSTEC and WCC-JMA have shown a good agreement with differences of less than 0.4 ppb for two ...
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GAW Report, 265. System and Performance audit for Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds at the Global GAW Station Cape Verde, December 2019
A system and performance audit for VOCs was conducted at the Cabo Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVO) (co-organised by the Chemistry Department, University of York and by the World Calibration Centre for VOC, WCC-VOC). The audit was conducted from November 27th to December 2nd in year 2019. The observatory is operated as a global GAW station and analyses on-line air samples directly collected at the station towers. The audit was conducted according to the existing WMO/GAW guidelines and SOPs for audits . The audit directly involved the responsible site research scientist and the station manage ...
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GAW Report, 264. Report of the Sixth Methane Reference Gas Inter-comparison Experiment for Asia from 2018 to 2019
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Teruo Kawasaki, Atsuya Kinoshita, Yousuke Sawa, Shuangxi Fang, Haeyoung Lee, Yogesh K. Tiwari - WMO, 2021The WCC-JMA organized six rounds of the CH4 reference gas inter-comparison experiments from 2001 to 2019 to quantify differences among CH4 standard scales implemented at each participating laboratory as well as to monitor the long-term stability of standard gases in Asia and the South-West Pacific. In the 6th round robin inter-comparison for Asia, two reference gas cylinders were circulated in turn to JMA, CMA, KMA/NIMS, IITM, and JMA from January 2018 to September 2019. The inter-comparison results confirmed that the differences between each laboratory and WCC-JMA were within the GAW networ ...
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WMO's Boleton sobre los aerosoles No. 4 - Abril de 2021: Aerosoles procedentes de la quema de biomasa
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Bulletin de l’OMM sur les aérosols N°4 - Avril 2021 : Aérosols issus de la combustion de la biomasse
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GAW Report, 262/WCC-Empa Report No. 20/2. Research Infrastructure Quality Assurance – System and Performance audit of Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide at the Global GAW Station Sonnblick, Austria, July 2020
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GAW Report, 260. Report of the first Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) Symposium and User Summit : Geneva, Switzerland, 13-15 November 2018
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