1. Status of data from EMEP intensive period 2008/2009
Wenche Aas and Karl Espen Yttri

2. Objectives of the 2nd intensive measurement periods 17 Sep. – 15 Oct
Objectives of the 2nd intensive measurement periods 17 Sep. – 15 Oct and 25 Feb. – 26 Mar. 2009
These intensive measurements are part of the EMEP monitoring program, should be repeated every 3-5 years on different topics. The 2008/2009 one aimed to:
Obtain a comprehensive dataset on chemical speciation of particulate matter with respect to its inorganic, mineral and carbonaceous content with daily/weekly (EMEP) or hourly (EUCAARI) time resolution
Gas/particle phase distribution of inorganic nitrogen constituents
Aerosol size distribution (EUCAARI/EUSAAR)
Separation of the carbonaceous aerosol into
primary vs. secondary
biogenic vs. anthropogenic
Attempts to quantify the aerosol water content (EUCAARI)
Attempts to quantify the OC/OM ratio (EUCAARI)
Vertical profiles (coordinate with EARLINET)

3. Measurement programme for the 18 sites:

4. Sites and programme

5. EMEP Intensive – The Carbonaceous Aerosol
Aim:
Source apportionment of the carbonaceous aerosol for
Air-Quality, Climate, and Model Validation issues
How:
By the combined effort of thermal-optical analysis, 14C-analysis and analysis of organic tracers
Why: numerous reasons including e.g.:
constitutes a substantial part of the ambient aerosol
affects radiative forcing
contributes to adverse health effects
poorly resolved sources

6. EMEP Intensive – cont. Lower
Current knowledge about the carbonaceous aerosol in the European rural background environment mainly stems from:
Lower
Higher
EMEP EC/OC campaign in 2002/2003
(EMEP intensive 2006/2007)
CARBOSOL
Few EMEP sites with continuous monitoring
Carbonaceous aerosol level in the European rural background environment - EMEP sites (Annual mean concentrations) (Yttri et al., 2007, ACP).

7. 9 participating sites, situated in C, E, S, NW Europe.
EMEP Intensives – cont.
9 participating sites, situated in C, E, S, NW Europe.
14C–analysis delayed due to unforseen issues (lab. renovation and AMS ”issues”)
Status
Best guess on receiving remaining results from 14C-analysis: June
Paper in progress; to be submitted to ACP Special Issue

8. EMEP Intensives – cont.
4 sites in Norhtern Europe subject to extended sampling and chemical analysis
Status:
All chemical analysis finished
Statistical analysis for source apportionment in progress
Paper in progress; to be submitted to ACP Special Issue

9. Status of data reporting

10. Remaining reporting Hourly AMS/MARGA/SJAC for 2008 and 2009.
EUCAARI reporting
14C analysis. Reanalysis of some filters.
Expected finished in June
Carbonaceous matter and levoglucosan (and 14C) not centrally analyzed
To be reported. Also a need to assess comparability
Mineral dust. Not clear who has actually done any analysis
Need some updated information on plans from i.e. IT, ES,DK,IE,GR, CH
Inorganic (main components)
2009 data to be submitted with regular EMEP reporting
Absorption, scattering and size distribution
Part of EUSAAR reporting (similar deadlines as EMEP)

11. Publication plan Carbonaceous matter 2007/2008 intensive
Overview paper from 2006/2007. Incl measurements and model
Draft was circulated among a few and revised version will be distributed in June. Submission in august/sept
AMS papers from 2006/2007 and 2008/2009
ref Eiko’s talk
Carbonaceous matter 2007/2008 intensive
EMEP data, to be finalized.
Nordic study, to be finalized
Size distribution, aerosol water etc
Not aware of any publication plans, however this is in the hands of EUCAARI and EUSAAR

12. Summary Successful cooperation between EUSAAR/EUCAARI/EMEP
I.e. Established reporting guidelines and QA/QC procedures for a range of new components for the EMEP Community
EARLINET has however been little involved (yet)
A range of papers from all the intensive periods are in the steps to be published
Data availability through ebas.nilu.no or contact CCC
password protected for some of the non-regular EMEP data and newer data than 2008
Still not clear what the theme of next intensive periods should be, and when