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Institutions: GB04L, Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2 TT, United Kingdom
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Harwell (GB0036R) using smps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA, EUCAARI and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
Institutions: GB04L, Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2 TT, United Kingdom
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Harwell (GB0036R) using smps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA, EUCAARI and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
Ground based in situ observations of TEOM at Hohenpeissenberg (DE0043G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: pm10_mass in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_pm10_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air), susp_part_matter in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_suspended_particulate_matter_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA: , EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm
Institutions: FR07L, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Douai, ENSMD, Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environnement, 941 rue Charles Bourseul, CS 10838, 59508, Douai, France
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of chemiluminescence_photolytic at Revin (FR0009R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: nitrogen_dioxide in air (mass_concentration_of_nitrogen_dioxide_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air), nitrogen_monoxide in air (mass_concentration_of_nitrogen_monoxide_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA: , EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm
Institutions: IT04L, EC Joint Research Centre, EC-JRC-IES, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027, Ispra, Italy
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Ispra (IT0004R) using dmps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA: , EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm
Institutions: GB04L, Division of Environmental Health & Risk Management, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2 TT, United Kingdom
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of organic_carbon at Harwell (GB0036R) using lvs_single. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: elemental_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_elemental_carbon_in_pm10_in_air), organic_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_organic_carbon_in_pm10_in_air), total_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_total_carbon_in_pm10_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA: , EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm
Institutions: HU02L, Air Chemistry Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Departement of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pannon University, 10 Egyetem, H-8200 VESZPRÉM, Hungary
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of organic_carbon at K-puszta (HU0002R) using low_vol_sampler. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects ACTRIS, EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: elemental_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_elemental_carbon_in_pm10_in_air), organic_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_organic_carbon_in_pm10_in_air), total_carbon in pm10 (mass_concentration_of_total_carbon_in_pm10_in_air)
Institutions: NO01L, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NILU, Instituttveien 18, 2007, Kjeller, Norway
Last metadata update: 2022-12-16T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of filter_3pack at Zeppelin mountain (Ny-Ålesund) (NO0042G). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects AMAP, CAMP, EMEP, EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA, GAW-WDCRG, NILU and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: ammonia in air (mass_concentration_of_ammonia_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air), ammonium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), ammonium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), calcium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), chloride in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), magnesium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), nitrate in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), nitrate in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), nitric_acid in air (mass_concentration_of_nitric_acid_expressed_as_nitrogen_in_air), potassium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), sodium in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in _air), sulphate_corrected in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_expressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphate_corrected in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_corrected_for_seaspray_expressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphate_total in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_total_sulphateexpressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphate_total in aerosol (mass_concentration_of_total_sulphateexpressed_as_sulphur_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air), sulphur_dioxide in air (mass_concentration_of_sulphur_dioxide_expressed_as_sulphur_in_air), sum_ammonia_and_ammonium in air+aerosol (mass_concentration_of_sum_ammonia_and_ammonium_in_aerosol)
Institutions: CH02L, Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry (LAC), OFLB, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Last metadata update: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Jungfraujoch (CH0001G) using smps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
Institutions: FR04L, CNRS-LaMP, Campus des Cézeaux, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177, Aubière, France
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Puy de Dôme (FR0030R) using smps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects ACTRIS, EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)
Institutions: ES05L, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of high_vol_sampler at Montseny (ES1778R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, GAW-WDCA, EUSAAR and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: ammonium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_ammonium_in_pm2p5_in_air), antimony in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_antimony_in_pm2p5_in_air), arsenic in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_arsenic_in_pm2p5_in_air), barium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_barium_in_pm2p5_in_air), beryllium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_beryllium_in_pm2p5_in_air), bismuth in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_bismuth_in_pm2p5_in_air), cadmium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_cadmium_in_pm2p5_in_air), calcium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_calcium_in_pm2p5_in_air), carbonate in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_carbonate_in_pm2p5_in_air), cerium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_cerium_in_pm2p5_in_air), cesium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_cesium_in_pm2p5_in_air), chloride in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_chloride_in_pm2p5_in_air), chromium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_chromium_in_pm2p5_in_air), cobalt in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_cobalt_in_pm2p5_in_air), copper in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_copper_in_pm2p5_in_air), dysprosium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_dysprosium_in_pm2p5_in_air), elemental_carbon in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_elemental_carbon_in_pm2p5_in_air), erbium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_erbium_in_pm2p5_in_air), europium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_europium_in_pm2p5_in_air), gadolinium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_gadolinium_in_pm2p5_in_air), gallium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_gallium_in_pm2p5_in_air), germanium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_germanium_in_pm2p5_in_air), hafnium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_hafnium_in_pm2p5_in_air), holmium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_holmium_in_pm2p5_in_air), lanthanum in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_lanthanum_in_pm2p5_in_air), lead in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_lead_in_pm2p5_in_air), lithium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_lithium_in_pm2p5_in_air), lutetium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_lutetium_in_pm2p5_in_air), magnesium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_magnesium_in_pm2p5_in_air), manganese in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_manganese_in_pm2p5_in_air), molybdenum in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_molybdenum_in_pm2p5_in_air), neodymium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_neodymium_in_pm2p5_in_air), nickel in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_nickel_in_pm2p5_in_air), niobium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_niobium_in_pm2p5_in_air), nitrate in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_pm2p5_in_air), organic_carbon in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_organic_carbon_in_pm2p5_in_air), phosphorus in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_pm2p5_in_air), potassium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_potassium_in_pm2p5_in_air), praseodymium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_praseodymium_in_pm2p5_in_air), rubidium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_rubidium_in_pm2p5_in_air), samarium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_samarium_in_pm2p5_in_air), scandium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_scandium_in_pm2p5_in_air), selenium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_selenium_in_pm2p5_in_air), silicon in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_silicon_in_pm2p5_in_air), sodium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_sodium_in_pm2p5_in_air), strontium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_strontium_in_pm2p5_in_air), sulphate_total in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_sulphate_total_in_pm2p5_in_air), tantalum in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_tantalum_in_pm2p5_in_air), terbium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_terbium_in_pm2p5_in_air), thallium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_thallium_in_pm2p5_in_air), thorium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_thorium_in_pm2p5_in_air), thulium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_thulium_in_pm2p5_in_air), tin in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_tin_in_pm2p5_in_air), total_carbon in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_total_carbon_in_pm2p5_in_air), tungsten in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_tungsten_in_pm2p5_in_air), uranium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_uranium_in_pm2p5_in_air), vanadium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_vanadium_in_pm2p5_in_air), ytterbium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_ytterbium_in_pm2p5_in_air), yttrium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_yttrium_in_pm2p5_in_air), zinc in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_zinc_in_pm2p5_in_air), zirconium in pm25 (mass_concentration_of_zirconium_in_pm2p5_in_air)
License : EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., GAW-WDCA: , EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm
Institutions: CZ03L, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals ASCR v. v. i., ICPF, Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Rozvojova 2,, 16502, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Last metadata update: 2023-07-17T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of smps at Kosetice (NAOK) (CZ0003R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EMEP, EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10
Institutions: NO01L, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NILU, Instituttveien 18, 2007, Kjeller, Norway
Last metadata update: 2021-12-13T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of dmps at Birkenes II (NO0002R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects CREATE, EMEP, EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA, NILU and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10
License : CREATE: Fair use data policy (see also EMEP and WMO-GAW), EMEP: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy)., EUSAAR: http://www.eusaar.net/files/data/data_protocol.cfm, GAW-WDCA: , NILU: Public open access. We encourage contacting data originators if substatial use of individual time series is planned (fair use data policy).
Institutions: CZ03L, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals ASCR v. v. i., ICPF, Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Rozvojova 2,, 16502, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Last metadata update: 2022-06-10T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of smps at Kosetice (NOAK) (CZ0003R). These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects ACTRIS, EMEP, EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10, particle_number_size_distribution in pm10
Institutions: NL01L, Rijks institut voor volksgezondheid en milieuhygiene, RIVM, Antoine van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Postbus 1, NL-3720 BA BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands
Last metadata update: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
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Ground based in situ observations of particle_number_size_distribution at Cabauw Zijdeweg (NL0011R) using smps. These measurements are gathered as a part of the following projects EUSAAR, GAW-WDCA and they are stored in the EBAS database (http://ebas.nilu.no/). Parameters measured are: particle_number_size_distribution in aerosol (number_concentration_of_positive_ions_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air)