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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3195-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3195-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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30 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 30 Apr 2021
| 30 Apr 2021
Intercomparison and characterization of 23 Aethalometers under laboratory and ambient air conditions: procedures and unit-to-unit variabilities
Department of Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
Griša Močnik
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Haze Instruments d.o.o., Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Ajdovščina, 5270, Slovenia
Luka Drinovec
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Haze Instruments d.o.o., Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Ajdovščina, 5270, Slovenia
Thomas Müller
Department of Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
Sascha Pfeifer
Department of Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
María Cruz Minguillón
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Björn Briel
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg, 82383 Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Paul Buckley
School of Chemistry, Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry & Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, T23 XE10, Ireland
Vadimas Dudoitis
Department of Environmental Research, SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, 10257, Lithuania
Javier Fernández-García
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, 28040, Spain
María Fernández-Amado
Instituto Universitario de Medio Ambiente-Grupo QANAP, Universidade da Coruña, Oleiros, 15179, Spain
Joel Ferreira De Brito
IMT Lille Douai, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Centre for Energy and Environment, 59000, Lille, France
Veronique Riffault
IMT Lille Douai, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Centre for Energy and Environment, 59000, Lille, France
Harald Flentje
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg, 82383 Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Eimear Heffernan
School of Chemistry, Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry & Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, T23 XE10, Ireland
Nikolaos Kalivitis
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, 70013, Greece
Athina-Cerise Kalogridis
Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, National Centre of Scientific Research, Aghia Paraskevi, 15310, Greece
Hannes Keernik
Air Quality Management Department, Estonian Environmental Research Centre, Tallinn, 10617, Estonia
Department of Software Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, 12616, Estonia
Luminita Marmureanu
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, Măgurele, 077125, Romania
Krista Luoma
Institution for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Angela Marinoni
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, 40129, Italy
Michael Pikridas
Climate, Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, 1645, Cyprus
Gerhard Schauer
Sonnblick Observatory, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Norbert Serfozo
Global Change Research Institute, Brno, 60300, Czech Republic
Henri Servomaa
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00101, Finland
Gloria Titos
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, University of Granada, Granada, 18006, Spain
Jesús Yus-Díez
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Department of Applied Physics – Meteorology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
Natalia Zioła
Department of Air Protection, Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, 41-819, Poland
Alfred Wiedensohler
Department of Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, 04318, Germany
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Short summary
Measurements of black carbon must be conducted with instruments operating in quality-checked and assured conditions to generate reliable and comparable data. Here, 23 Aethalometers monitoring black carbon mass concentrations in European networks were characterized and intercompared. The influence of different aerosol sources, maintenance activities, and the filter material on the instrumental variabilities were investigated. Good agreement and in general low deviations were seen.
Measurements of black carbon must be conducted with instruments operating in quality-checked and...
