GAW station support
Here you can find a collection of useful documents for operation, quality control and maintenance of long-term observations at atmospheric monitoring stations. Feel free to browse the page with the different videos, webinars, presentations, publications, technical tutorials, audit documents, and others.
Webinars (click on the photo to start the video)
Technical tutorials (click on the photo to start the video)
Presentations / slides as pdf
Steinbacher, M., S. Henne, S. Reimann, L. Emmenegger, Challenges for operational greenhouse gas monitoring - The Swiss perspectives, WMO GHG/Carbon Monitoring Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 May 2022. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Y. Kameoka, S. Takatsuji, C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, A. Kinoshita, QA/SAC Switzerland and QA/SAC Japan - contributions to the quality of GAW's GHG observations, GGMT 2022, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 19-21 September 2022. pdf
Steinbacher, M. Greenhouse Gas Observations with Laser Spectroscopy, 6th WCC-SF6 Training and Education Course, virtual, 02 November 2022. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Carbon monoxide in the atmosphere – measurement techniques, Global Atmosphere Watch Training and Education Centre (GAWTEC) webinar series, second edition, virtual, 04 November, 2021. pdf
Zellweger, C., Measurements of tropopsheric ozone, Global Atmosphere Watch Training and Education Centre (GAWTEC) webinar series, second edition, virtual, 27 October, 2021. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, WMO/GAW Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centre Switzerland - Activities and Achievements, Swiss National GAW/GCOS Symposium, virtual, 13-14 September, 2021. pdf
Zellweger, C., Steinbacher, M., L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, World Calibration Centre WCC-Empa - Supporting Global Research and Policies, Swiss National GAW/GCOS Symposium, virtual, 13-14 September, 2021. pdf
Steinbacher, M., S. Henne, Continuous atmospheric composition observations and beyond - from measurements to climate services, BMKG Symposium "Towards excellence in climate and air quality services: Sustaining the past, strengthening the present, empowering the future", virtual, 06-07 August, 2021. pdf
Zellweger, C., World Calibration Centre WCC-Empa: Audits at Bukit Kototabang and world-wide, BMKG Symposium "Towards excellence in climate and air quality services: Sustaining the past, strengthening the present, empowering the future", virtual, 06-07 August, 2021. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, International collaboration in supporting observations in data sparse regions – lessons learnt from the Quality Assurance / Science Activity Centre Switzerland, GAW Quadrennial Symposium 2021, virtual, 28 June-02 July, 2021. pdf
Zellweger, C., Steinbacher, M., L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, WCC-Empa activities improve data availability and data quality, GAW Quadrennial Symposium 2021, virtual, 28 June-02 July, 2021. pdf
Zellweger, C., Steinbacher, M., L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, The revised CO2 calibration scale at the World Calibration Centre WCC-Empa, Virtual Global Monitoring Annual Conference (eGMAC), 24-28 May, 2021. pdf
Steinbacher, M., The Importance of Quality Assurance and Quality Control for long-term in-situ atmospheric composition observations, GAWTEC webinar, virtual, 07 December, 2020. pdf
Steinbacher, M, Long-term observations of atmospheric trace gases: challenges, implementation and operation, BMKG focus group discussion virtual conference, virtual, 12 November, 2020. pdf
Steinbacher, M., WMO/GAW Quality Assurance / Science Activity Centres, Joint GAW Web Meeting of Expert Team- Atmospheric Composition Measurement Quality (ET-ACMQ) and QA-Central Facilities (QA-CF’s), virtual, 29 September, 2020. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, The importance of training for long-term operation of atmospheric greenhouse gas observations, ICOS Science Conference, virtual, 15-17 September, 2020. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Hueglin, S. Reimann, D. Brunner, B. Buchmann, L. Emmenegger, 45 Years of Atmospheric in-situ Trace-Gases Observations at Jungfraujoch, 5th VAO Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 04-06 February, 2020. pdf
Zellweger, C. et al., Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Low-cost Sensoren: Empfehlungen der WMO, NABEL Tagung, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 16 January 2020. ppsx
Steinbacher, M., Quality Control of Trace Gas Observations, NIES technical training course on greenhouse gases and air pollutants monitoring in Indonesia, Tsukuba, Japan, 24-30 November, 2019. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, Training, twinning, and capacity building in support of greenhouse gas observations in data sparse regions, GGMT-2019, Seogwipo, Jeju-do, South Korea, 01-05 September, 2019. pdf
Zellweger, C., Steinbacher, M., Steinbrecher, R., L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, Recent Activities and Achievements of WCC-Empa, GGMT-2019, Seogwipo, Jeju-do, South Korea, 01-05 September, 2019. pdf
Zellweger, C., Steinbacher, M., Steinbrecher, R., L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, Qualitycontrol supporting climate policy and research:Assessing two decades of GAW audit results for N2O and CO, EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 03-08 May, 2019. pdf
Steinbacher, M., S. Henne, D. Brunner, L. Emmenegger, Importance of high-quality long-term atmospheric trace gas observations within IG3IS, First IG3IS Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-15 November, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., J. Anet, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, Continuous atmospheric greenhouse gas measurements in a semi-remote area in the Kyrgyz Republic – first scientific findings towards policy making, Third ICOS Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 11-13 September, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Trace Gas Observations within GAW, Meeting of the GAW Science Advisory Group for Aerosols, Geneva, Switzerland, 09 -11 July, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Introduction to Empa and Swiss GAW activities, Training of KMD staff, Duebendorf, Switzerland, 28 June-02 July, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Data handling and evaluation, measurements uncertainty, Duebendorf, Switzerland, 28 June-02 July, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Data Submission to the World Data Centre for Reactive Gases, Training of KMD staff, Duebendorf, Switzerland, 28 June-02 July, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., Long-term Time Series, Quality Assurance and Control — Atmospheric Composition, 15th National GCOS Roundtable, Bern, Switzerland, 25 January, 2018. pdf
Steinbacher, M., C. Zellweger, L. Emmenegger, B. Buchmann, QA/SAC Switzerland Activities and Achievements, GAW 2017 Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-13 April, 2017. pdf
Scientific publications
Checklists and other technical material
Audit documents
Links to other resources
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Global Atmosphere Watch: Introduction
WCC-Empa (World Calibration Centre for Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Carbon Dioxide)
QA/SAC Switzerland (Quality Assurance/Scientific Activity Centre)
GAW-qc (Interactive quality control tool for atmospheric composition measurements)
GAW Station Support