ACTRIS non-methane hydrocarbon intercomparison experiment in Europe to support WMO GAW and EMEP observation networks

Hoerger, C. C.; Claude, A.; Plass-Duelmer, C.; Reimann, S.; Eckart, E.; Steinbrecher, R.; Aalto, J.; Arduini, J.; Bonnaire, N.; Cape, J. N.; Colomb, A.; Connolly, R.; Diskova, J.; Dumitrean, P.; Ehlers, C.; Gros, V.; Hakola, H.; Hill, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Jäger, J.; Junek, R.; Kajos, M. K.; Klemp, D.; Leuchner, M.; Lewis, A. C.; Locoge, N.; Maione, M.; Martin, D.; Michl, K.; Nemitz, E.; O'Doherty, S.; Pérez Ballesta, P.; Ruuskanen, T. M.; Sauvage, S.; Schmidbauer, N.; Spain, T. G.; Straube, E.; Vana, M.; Vollmer, M. K.; Wegener, R.; Wenger, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2715-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2715–2736, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2715-2015

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Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2715–2736, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2715-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

Research article 08 Jul 2015

Research article | 08 Jul 2015

ACTRIS non-methane hydrocarbon intercomparison experiment in Europe to support WMO GAW and EMEP observation networks

C. C. Hoerger et al.

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RC C3813: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Nov 2014
- AC C4637: 'Authors Comment Reviewer 1', Corinne C. Hoerger, 20 Jan 2015
RC C3943: 'Reviewer Comments', Jochen Rudolph, 25 Nov 2014
- AC C4647: 'Authors Comment Reviewer 2', Corinne C. Hoerger, 20 Jan 2015
RC C4002: 'Anonymous Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Dec 2014
- AC C4659: 'Authors Comment Reviewer 3', Corinne C. Hoerger, 20 Jan 2015
AC C4672: 'Letter to Editor', Corinne C. Hoerger, 20 Jan 2015

Short summary

The performance of 20 European laboratories involved in long-term non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) measurements was assessed with respect to ACTRIS and GAW data quality objectives. The participants were asked to measure both a 30-component NMHC mixture in nitrogen and whole air. The NMHCs were analysed either by GC-FID or GC-MS. Most systems performed well for the NMHC in nitrogen, whereas in air more scatter was observed. Reasons for this are explained in the paper.