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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-371-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-371-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Research article
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24 Jan 2025
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2025
| 24 Jan 2025
Towards a high-quality in situ observation network for oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in Europe: transferring metrological traceability to the field
Maitane Iturrate-Garcia
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemical and Biological Metrology, Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), Bern-Wabern, 3003, Switzerland
Thérèse Salameh
IMT Nord Europe, Institute Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Research Centre Energy and Environment, 59000 Lille, France
Paul Schlauri
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
Annarita Baldan
National Metrology Institute (VSL), Delft, 2629 JA, the Netherlands
Martin K. Vollmer
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
Evdokia Stratigou
IMT Nord Europe, Institute Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Research Centre Energy and Environment, 59000 Lille, France
Sebastien Dusanter
IMT Nord Europe, Institute Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Research Centre Energy and Environment, 59000 Lille, France
Jianrong Li
National Metrology Institute (VSL), Delft, 2629 JA, the Netherlands
Stefan Persijn
National Metrology Institute (VSL), Delft, 2629 JA, the Netherlands
Anja Claude
Meteorologisches Observatorium Hohenpeißenberg, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), 82383 Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Rupert Holzinger
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CS, the Netherlands
Christophe Sutour
Department of Gas Metrology, Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (LNE), 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France
Tatiana Macé
Department of Gas Metrology, Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais (LNE), 75724 Paris, CEDEX 15, France
Yasin Elshorbany
School of Geosciences, College of Arts & Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Andreas Ackermann
Department of Chemical and Biological Metrology, Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), Bern-Wabern, 3003, Switzerland
Céline Pascale
Department of Chemical and Biological Metrology, Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), Bern-Wabern, 3003, Switzerland
Stefan Reimann
Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
Data sets
Data from: Towards a high quality in-situ observation network for oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in Europe: transferring traceability to the International System of Units (SI) to the field Maitane Iturrate-Garcia et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14178374
Short summary
Accurate and comparable measurements of oxygenated organic compounds (OVOCs) are crucial in assessing tropospheric ozone burdens and trends. However, the monitoring of many OVOCs remains challenging because of their low atmospheric abundance and lack of stable and traceable calibration standards. This paper describes the calibration standards developed for OVOCs at a low amount of substance fractions (<100 nmol mol-1) to transfer traceability of the International System of Units to the field.
Accurate and comparable measurements of oxygenated organic compounds (OVOCs) are crucial in...
