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Research article
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08 Jul 2015
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| 08 Jul 2015
ACTRIS non-methane hydrocarbon intercomparison experiment in Europe to support WMO GAW and EMEP observation networks
C. C. Hoerger
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
A. Claude
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
C. Plass-Duelmer
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
E. Eckart
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
R. Steinbrecher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus Alpin, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
J. Aalto
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J. Arduini
Department of Environmental Science, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
N. Bonnaire
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif sur Yvette, France
J. N. Cape
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Penicuik, UK
A. Colomb
Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Aubière, France
R. Connolly
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
J. Diskova
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Dumitrean
Ricardo-AEA, Oxon, UK
C. Ehlers
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
V. Gros
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif sur Yvette, France
H. Hakola
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
M. Hill
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
J. R. Hopkins
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of York, York, UK
J. Jäger
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
R. Junek
Umweltbundesamt, Station Schmücke, Gehlberg, Germany
M. K. Kajos
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
D. Klemp
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
M. Leuchner
Fachgebiet für Ökoklimatologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
A. C. Lewis
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of York, York, UK
N. Locoge
Ecole des Mines de Douai, Douai, France
M. Maione
Department of Environmental Science, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
D. Martin
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
K. Michl
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
E. Nemitz
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Penicuik, UK
S. O'Doherty
Fachgebiet für Ökoklimatologie, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
P. Pérez Ballesta
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
T. M. Ruuskanen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
S. Sauvage
Ecole des Mines de Douai, Douai, France
N. Schmidbauer
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
T. G. Spain
School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
E. Straube
Umweltbundesamt, Station Schmücke, Gehlberg, Germany
M. Vana
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic
M. K. Vollmer
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
R. Wegener
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
A. Wenger
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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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.
The performance of 20 European laboratories involved in long-term non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC)...
