Documents and Publications

D1: Calibration guide

Guide on the traceable calibration of in situ EMS and PTI methods to determine aerosol light absorption coefficients as a function of the light source wavelength and aerosol SSA using reference gases and aerosols with an uncertainty budget (target ≤10 %)

• Characterization of filter photometer artifacts in soot and dust measurements – laboratory and ambient experiments using a traceably calibrated aerosol absorption reference by Jesús Yus-Díez, Luka Drinovec, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Gloria Titos, Elena Bazo, Andrea Casans, Diego Patrón, Xavier Querol, Adolfo Gonzalez-Romero, Carlos Perez García-Pando, and Griša Močnik

• Aerosol physical characterization: A review on the current state of aerosol documentary standards and calibration strategies by Konstantina Vasilatou, Kenjiro Iida, Mohsen Kazemimanesh, Jason Olfert, Hiromu Sakurai, Timothy A. Sipkens, Gregory J. Smallwood.

Calibration of filter based absorption photometers against two reference standards.
Tobias Hammer, Luka Drinovec, Griša Močnik, Asta Gregorič, Thomas Müller, Konstantina Vasilatou

STANBC: Standardisation of Black Carbon aerosol metrics for air quality and climate modelling by Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Maria I. Gini, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantina Vasilatou, Andreas Nowak, Jorge Saturno, Eija Asmi, Andrew Brown, Krzysztof Ciupek, Thomas Mülller, Griša Močnik, Luka Drinovec, Ernest Weingartner, Alejandro Keller, Joel Corbin, Greg Smallwood, Francois Gaie-Levrel, Alexandre Bescond.

• Optical aerosol measurement techniques 873, The roadmap to a European standard for aerosol light absorption.
J. Saturno, E. Asmi, J. Backman, K. Ciupek, J. Corbin, L. Drinovec, K. Eleftheriadis, M. Gini, T. Hammer, A. Keller, G. Močnik, T. Müller, A. Nowak, A. B. Suja, K. Vasilatou, E. Weingartner.

• Field intercomparison of absorption measurements at the suburban Demokritos station in Athens.
Maria Gini, Konstantinos Granakis, Stergios Vratolis, Evaggelia Diapouli, Luka Drinovec, Jesús Yus-Díez, Grisa Močnik, Tobias Hammer, Thomas Müller, Robin Lewis Modini, Jorge Saturno, Konstantina Vasilatou, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis.

• Challenges in interpreting black carbon data from national air quality monitoring in the UK.
Krzysztof Ciupek, David Butterfield, Gyanesh Singh, David C. Green, Anja H. Tremper, Max Priestman, Eija Asmi, Griša Močnik, Konstantina Vasilatou, Tobias Hammer, Thomas Müller, Joel Corbin, Alejandro Keller, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Jorge Saturno.

• Investigation of coating thickness and black carbon mass absorption cross-section variation during winter campaign in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Luka Drinovec, Jesus Yus-Diez, Petra Makorič, Martin Rigler, John Backman, Griša Močnik.

• Review of the mass absorption cross-section literature for mixed atmospheric black carbon.
Eija Asmi, Joel Corbin, John Backman, Konstantina Vasilatou, Ernest Weingartner, Krzysztof Ciupek, Thomas Müller, Arun Babu Suja, Griša Močnik, Luka Drinovec, Kostas Eleftheriadis, Jorge Saturno.

• Comparison of calibration methods for in-situ aerosol absorption instruments.
Luka Drinovec, T. Müller, T. Bühlmann, M. Iturrate-Garcia, T. Hammer, K. Vasilatou, P. Sebanc, L. Cmok, I. Drevenšek, J. Yus Diez, E. Weingartner, J. Saturno, M.I. Gini, K. Eleftheriadis, E. Asmi, G. Močnik

• Urban and roadside increments in eBC mass concentrations observed in three major urban conurbations of the UK: London, Birmingham and Glasgow by Krzysztof Ciupek, D. Butterfield, D.C. Green, A.H. Tremper, M. Priestman, D. Ek, E. McGhee, A. Font, A.S. Brown and G.W. Fuller