Prosperous Annual Meeting of ACTRIS-D

The German ACTRIS partners (ACTRIS-D) had their annual meeting from 13 to 15 June in Aachen, organized by the project partner from Forschungszentrum Jülich, FZJ.

Nearly 60 participants presented and discussed the actual status of setting up the German Central and National Facilities. Copyright: Dr. Andreas Pohlmann

In addition, research already carried out at ACTRIS facilities in Germany was presented. Highlights were the demonstration of the service provided by the Topical Centres for in-situ measurements of trace gases (CiGas) and aerosol properties (CAIS/ECAC) to support the National Facilities and scientific activities at the simulation chambers, providing access to users.

In the back, SAPHIR, one of ACTRIS simulation chamber for aerosol and gas in situ experiments. Copyright: Dr. Andreas

ACTRIS Interim Director General Eija Juurola explained to the audience the change in the organizational structure of ACTRIS with the recent establishment of ACTRIS-ERIC. As the labelling of National Facilities is already ongoing, the labelling process was presented by the ACTRIS-D implementation project leader Ulla Wandinger, TROPOS, and the German Topical Centre leaders to answer open questions of the audience.

One of the guest speakers, Andreas Petzold (FZJ), the coordinator of the “In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System” (IAGOS) European Research Infrastructure and ENVRI-FAIR EU project, explained how data in a large infrastructure can fulfil the requirements of FAIR data and how synergetic tools between the different atmospheric Research Infrastructures can be generated. The project meeting ended on the third day with a visit of the CiGas Topical Centre units FZJN and FZJV and the National Facilities SAPHIR and JOYCE from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Cologne on the campus in Jülich.