The StanBC project and its main outcomes were presented in April in an invited presentation to Finnish standardization experts. The audience consisted of the Finnish national air quality standardization group, which brings together experts from a broad range of stakeholders.

The ACTRIS Science Conference 2026 took place from 20–23 April 2026 in Oslo, Norway. The StanBC project was showcased on 21 April, during the first poster session of the conference. The presentation demonstrated the observed variability of atmospheric MACBC across various

The European Aerosol Conference (EAC 2025) took place this year in Lecce, Italy (31 August –5 September2025). As part of the event, the BC Symposium, organized by the 22NRM02 STANBC project on 3 September, brought together leading scientists and stakeholders

As part of the European Aerosol Conference 2025, we are organizing a symposium on black carbon (BC), which will take place on Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 16:30 CEST. The symposium will consist of one-hour panel discussion on various topics

  STANBC @ the EGU General Assembly 2025 On Wednesday, April 30th, at EGU25 in Vienna, Dr. Jorge Saturno, coordinator of the STANBC project, presented the study "Atmospheric Black Carbon Mass Absorption Cross-Section: A Literature Review." This work reviews 63 publications reporting

An updated version of the Publishable Summary for 22NRM02 STANBC: Standardisation of Black Carbon aerosol metrics for air quality and climate modelling is now available. You can access the updated summary here.

December 2024   A successful M18 project meeting was held in Teddington, England, on December 2–3, 2024. The meeting was hosted by the project partner, NPL. The partners gathered to review the project's progress and plan the next steps and tasks

October 2024 Konstantina Vasilatou of project partner METAS has recently published a new review paper in the Journal of Aerosol Science. Aerosol physical characterization: A review on the current state of aerosol documentary standards and calibration strategies. Aerosol metrology pertains to

October 2024 Luka Drinovec from HAZE-Instruments participated in the BC Footprint Seminar, presenting the study: Measurement of Black Carbon Absorption Using Photo-Thermal Interferometry. The seminar took place in Tampere on October 7, 2024, and was sponsored/organized by the BC Footprint, BBrCaC,

August 2024 Tobias Hammer of project partner METAS presented the poster Calibration of filter-based absorption photometers against two reference standards at the poster session at the European Aerosol Conference 2024, held in Tampere, Finland. The poster is available here and also