Developments in EMEP monitoring strategy and recommendations from AirMonTech

1. Developments in EMEP monitoring strategy and recommendations from AirMonTech Kjetil Tørseth, NILU/EMEP-CCC

2. Tasks ofthe EMEP Chemical Coordinating Centre • Develop and coordinate the observation activities required to assess air pollution across the EMEP geographical domain • Secure and improve quality and representativeness of observations • Quality assurance and quality control of data submitted by Parties • Archival and dissemination of observation data and associated meta-data. • Assessment of data and provide information to stakeholders about results from monitoring activities • Serve the interest of EMEP monitoring activities with respect to relevant activities under other frameworks to ensure harmonization, efficient use of resources and multiple usage of data. Particulate matter/aerosols, Oxidants and precursors, Eutrophication, Acidification, Heavy metals, Persistent OrganicPollutants, Short-livedclimatepollutants, tracers, (greenhouse gases)

3. Data quality and quality control • Essential to have harmonized measurements to be able to do comparison over time and space • Standard operation procedures and reference methods developed • Regular field and laboratory intercomparison • Reportingguidlines, inclmetadata info etc Monitoringframeworks: Infrastructureprojects

4. Ex. of QA/QC co-operativework (1) • EC/OC

5. Ex. of QA/QC co-operativework (2) • PM sizedistribution (SMPS/DMPS)

6. Ex. of QA/QC co-operativework (3) • Aerosol light scattering and absorption GAW Report No. 200, 2011

7. Ex. of QA/QC co-operativework (4) • standardizing measurements of non CO2 green house gases http://www.ingos-infrastructure.eu

9. Historical development http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/5447/2012/acp-12-5447-2012.html http://www.nilu.no/projects/ccc/emep_monitoring/EMEP-booklet_final.pdf

10. One example of trends: Sulphur Results from the EMEP monitoring show 70-90% reductions in ambient concentrations and deposition of sulphur species since 1980. Despite these significant reductions, sulphate still remains one of the single most important compounds contributing to regional scale aerosol mass concentration.

11. EMEP Monitoring programme: • Level 1 • Main ions in precipitation and in air • heavy metals in precipitations • ozone • gas particle nitrogen ratios (low cost) • PM10 and PM2.5 mass • meteorology • at ca 125 sites • Level 2, supersite (joint EMEP/GAW) • PM composition (EC/OC, mineral dust) • Aerosol physical and optical properties • CH4 • Tracers (CO and halocarbons) • POPs • Heavy metals in air and aerosols • VOC • + all level 1 activities • 20-30 sites Both levels are mandatory

13. Point mapsmay be the best way to show level 2 data available. Here: «blackcarbon» measurements in 2010

14. EMEP level 3 • Research based and voluntary monitoring • Includes campaign data • Contribute to understand atmospheric processes and transport of air pollutants • E.g: flux measurements, NOy, vertical profiles, isotopes, H2, Hg speciation WSOC etc etc

15. EMEP intensive measurement periods To assist the implementation of the monitoring strategy, TFMM has recommended conducting co-ordinated intensive measurements between the Level-2 sites. Furthermore, cooperation and involvement of research groups with more advanced research activities (i.e level 3) has been encouraged • 2nd Period • 17 Sep – 16 Oct 2008 • 25 Feb – 26 Mar 2009 • 3rd Period • 8 to July 17 2012 • 11 jan - 8 Febr 2013 • 1 st Period • 1 - 30 of June 2006 • 8 Jan -4 Feb 2007

16. Mineral dust (june 2012)(µg/m3) 7,2 Mineral load: obtained by the addition of the SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 concentrations, and the dust contribution of Na2O, K2O, CaO and MgO after the subtraction of their marine contribution from the bulk concentrations

17. EBAS -http://ebas.nilu.no/

18. AirMonTech -a shortintroduction….

27. www.airmontch.eu