Data Sets

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AFOLUDATA Information System

Projects EUROFLUX, MEDEFLU and CANIF, have produced extensive data on C fluxes and C stocks in European forests which are unique in the context of data needs related to implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. The EUROFLUX and MEDEFLU Programmes have established 25 sites in Europe with continuous monitoring of C, water, and energy exchanges in forests. Methods utilized have been standardized and quality controlled in terms of data acquisition and the suite of important variables measured. An additional suite of data on nitrogen and C processes, especially considering the links between soils and vegetation processes, is being assembled by the project CANIF. AFOLUDATA exploited and made widely available the results of the above-mentioned EU funded research projects. Additionally it assembled a CO₂ database at European continental scale and with inverse modelling produced continental scale maps of CO₂ exchange between the vegetated surface and the atmosphere. It compiled meta-information on data sets of relevance for Europaen continental scaling [e.g., Forests, Soils, Meteo].

Principal Investigator: Guenther Seufert

EMEP station data

The concentrations of carbon monoxyde (CO),ozone (O₃) and secondary aerosol precursors (SO₂, NO_x) are continuously monitored. Daily aerosol samples are collected on quarz fiber filters to determine PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations and chemical compositions. Rain water samples are also collected to assess the aerosol wet deposition. In addition, PM10 concentration, aerosol size distribution in the range 8 nm - 10 micro-meter, and aerosol absorption coefficient are continuously monitored. Additional measurements using different type of filters or artifact free samplers (WAD-SJAC) are carried out during specific periods to assess the validity of the EMEP-recommended sampling methods.

Principal Investigator: Jean Philippe Putaud

Yearly / Monthly Averages at the Montelibretti and Ispra EMEP Stations

Annual averages in gas, aerosol and precipitation phases

Monthly averages in gas, aerosol and precipitation phases.

For further details, please refer to Long Term Trends in Atmospheric Pollution in Italy (Perrino & Putaud, 2003).

Principal Investigator: Jean Philippe Putaud

GAW World Data Centre for Aerosols

The World Data Centre for Aerosols is one of five recognised World Data Centres which are part of the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) program of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WDCA is operated by the Climate Change Unit of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and is located in Ispra Italy.

For further details go to the WDCA home page.

Principal Investigator: Julian Wilson

PM10 / PM2.5 data in Europe

PM10 annual and seasonal mean chemical compositions

PM2.5 annual and seasonal mean chemical compositions.

For further details, please refer to A European Aerosol Phenomenology (Putaud et al., 2003).

Principal Investigator: Jean Philippe Putaud

Log-normal mode parameters for 3-mode fittings of the number size distributions

For further details, please refer to A European Aerosol Phenomenology (Putaud et al., 2003).

Principal Investigator: Rita Van Dingenen

2nd Aerosol Characterisation Experiment (ACE-2)

During the ACE-2 campaign, data were collected by various organizations and for a number of platforms. After the campaign, these data were sent by investigators to the JRC and were inserted into the ACE2 Data Archive.

This database contains the data available in the archive.

For further information, please contact Frank Raes.