1. An Overview of the EUSAAR I3 Project
EUSAAR Overview
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling
TFMM 7th Meeting
An Overview of the EUSAAR I3 Project
Mathieu Leporini - Paolo Laj
Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique
CNRS – UBP
Clermont-Ferrand, France

2. EUSAAR Overview 1 Why an Aerosol Monitoring Infrastructure in Europe ?2
A brief description of EUSAAR 3
Long-term Objectives
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

3. Aerosol parameters for Air Quality and Climate purposes
EUSAAR Overview
Aerosol parameters for Air Quality and Climate purposes
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

4. EMEP Contributing Stations 2001
EUSAAR Overview
EMEP Contributing Stations 2001
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

5. EMEP- CREATE Supersites
EUSAAR Overview
EMEP- CREATE Supersites
Major ions
EC/OC
Mass Concentration
Number concentration
Size distribution
Scattering coefficient
Absorbing coefficient
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

6. Aerosol monitoring stations in 2005
EUSAAR Overview
Aerosol monitoring stations in 2005
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

7. 20 European Aerosol supersites
EUSAAR Overview
20 European Aerosol supersites
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

8. 4 Major Requirements for Aerosol monitoring in Europe
EUSAAR Overview
4 Major Requirements for Aerosol monitoring in Europe
Objective 1: Ensure measurements and QA/QC of aerosol chemical, optical and physical properties
Objective 2: Ensure dissemination of data and capacity building
Objective 3: Develop future tools for aerosol monitoring and dissemination of information
Objective 4: Ensure trans-national access of research infrastructures
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

9. The EUSAAR Consortium EUSAAR Overview
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Clermont-Ferrand, France (CNRS)
Paul-Scherrer-Institut, Villigen, Switzerland (PSI)
Stockholm Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden (SU)
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (EC-JRC)
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IFT)
Norwegian Institute for Air research (NILU)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISAC-CNR)
University of Helsinki (UH.DPS)
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)
University of Crete (UoC)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
University of Veszprém (ACUV)
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals (ICPF)
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg (UHEI)
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, (INRNE)
The University of Birmingham (UB)
Institute of Physics (IPL)
Lund University (ULUND)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, (CSIC-IES)
Hoffmann Messtechnik GmbH
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

10. Objective 1: Ensure high quality measurements of aerosol properties
EUSAAR Overview
Objective 1: Ensure high quality measurements of aerosol properties
NA1
Management of EUSAAR
Overall project coordination, control of communication flow, responsibility for all project reports required, distribution of financial support.
NA2
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of carbonaceous particulate compounds
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of organic and elemental carbon (OC/EC).
NA3
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of aerosol physical properties (including nanoparticles)
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of fine particle size distributions.
NA4
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of aerosol optical properties
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of aerosol optical scattering properties as scattering, absorption and remote sensing techniques.
NA5
Standardised data protocol and central database
Creation of a common database and making the data available. The database design and implementation strategy will ensure technical adequacy with regard to parameters and a user friendly form of data base delivery. Establish, by the end of the program, an on-line real time access to measurements.
NA6
Audits and capacity building
Auditing sampling protocols at infrastructures, promote good practices and diffusion of knowledge through workshops and training courses (joint with EMEP / GAW activities).
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

11. Objective 2: Ensure diffusion and use of data and good practice
EUSAAR Overview
Objective 2: Ensure diffusion and use of data and good practice
NA1
Management of EUSAAR
Overall project coordination, control of communication flow, responsibility for all project reports required, distribution of financial support.
NA2
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of carbonaceous particulate compounds
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of organic and elemental carbon (OC/EC).
NA3
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of aerosol physical properties (including nanoparticles)
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of fine particle size distributions.
NA4
Standardised measurement protocols, intercomparisons and quality assurance of aerosol optical properties
Developing standardised operating measurement and quality assurance procedures, spreading good practice, promoting common protocols at the different infrastructures for monitoring of aerosol optical scattering properties as scattering, absorption and remote sensing techniques.
NA5
Standardised data protocol and central database
Creation of a common database and making the data available. The database design and implementation strategy will ensure technical adequacy with regard to parameters and a user friendly form of data base delivery. Establish, by the end of the program, an on-line real time access to measurements.
NA6
Audits and capacity building
Auditing sampling protocols at infrastructures, promote good practices and diffusion of knowledge through workshops and training courses (joint with EMEP / GAW activities).

12. Objective 3 : future tools for monitoring and data transfer
EUSAAR Overview
Objective 3 : future tools for monitoring and data transfer
JRA1
Operational retrieval of vertical profiles of aerosol parameters from DOAS technique
Develop an affordable methodology for aerosol column retrieval on the basis of MAX-DOAS. Includes quality assurance by simultaneous LIDAR measurements.
JRA2
Building a new generation of humidity controlled aerosol monitors
Develop standard procedures for aerosol hygroscopic growth determination and upgrade current instrumentation to improve humidity controlled operations.
JRA3
Real-time acquisition and diffusion of aerosol parameters
Develop a real time data collection, data transfer and online web solution for advanced aerosol measurements.
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

13. Objective 4 : trans-national access of research infrastructures
EUSAAR Overview
Objective 4 : trans-national access of research infrastructures
High level of instrumentation available
Long-record data bases
long record of trans-national access.
representative of a specific climate or ecosystems
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

14. Beyond EUSAAR… 5 years to :
EUSAAR Overview
Beyond EUSAAR… 5 years to :
Implement an efficient and high quality network of stations
Contribute to cost-effective new tools for atmospheric monitoring
Develop an efficient synergy with other EU programs (ACCENT, EARLINET, EMEP, EUCAARI(?)) and within individual countries
Ensure dissemination of data and knowledge outside of the EUSAAR consortium (station operators, users, monitoring programs)
Consolidate current observation efforts across Europe to ensure their continuation beyond the frame of the project
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland

15. EUSAAR Overview
EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling, May 2006, Helsinki, Finland