• 45.815°N 8.636°E 209 m a.s.l.

Observational platform

Italy

• Joint Research Centre (JRC)

https://abc-is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

• Jean-Philippe Putaud
  Facility PI (since 1 Jan 2002)

Ground-based fixed observatory located 20–60 km away from major pollution point sources but still in a densely populated area (ca. 500 inhab. /km²) with a significant economic activity and related infrastructures (roads, highways, ...).

The main scope of the facility is to detect the impact of the implementation of i.a. air quality and climate change mitigation policies on the atmosphere in one of the most polluted regions of the EU. The Observatory was first implemented as an "in kind" support of the European Commission to the UNECE CLRTAP (EMEP). The facility focuses on particulate air pollution. Measurement capabilities include in-situ aerosol measurements, reactive trace gas measurements, and aerosol remote sensing measurements (lidar and sun-/moon photometer). The ICOS Atmospheric Observatory (Class 2) is collocated with the ACTRIS Atmospheric Observatory.

• Putaud et al. (2021). Impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on air pollution at regional and urban background sites in northern Italy. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21(10), 7597-7609. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7597-2021
• Gilardoni et al. (2011). Better constraints on sources of carbonaceous aerosols using a combined 14C – macro tracer analysis in a European rural background site. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11(12), 5685-5700. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5685-2011