iLEAPS 2019 Flux and Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds - Technical Workshop
Overview
This workshop will bring together scientists at all levels to provide an informal platform to share results, approaches, and ideas in terms of the progress in rapid measurements of VOCs and comprehensive data analysis by the novel chemical ionization mass spectrometers.
The workshop will focus on:
Presentation of capabilities of new Time-of-Flight mass spectrometric advancements including PTR3, VOCUS.
Measurements of VOCs at broad temporal and spatial scales from variety of ecosystems, and in the lab.
Measurements of direct VOC fluxes by Eddy Covariance (selected compounds vs entire suite), including standardisation and best practice.
Automated approaches for embracing complexity – tools for peak fitting, compound identification, making sense of chemistry and fluxes, providing user forum to express challenges, and ways forward.
This workshop is being organised by iLEAPS and UKRI Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The workshop is associated with and follows EGU Science Session “AS3.33/BG1.20 Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere: Sources, Sinks and Transformations” https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/orals/30585
Event Date:
Day 1. Friday, 12 April 8:15 – 3:45 pm
Day 2. Saturday, 13 April, 8:15 - 3:30 pm
Location:
Arcotel (near EGU venue), Wagramer Str. 83-85, 1220 Wien, Austria
Map: https://goo.gl/zgJejq
How to apply: Application is only possible via the EventBrite portal at https://vocflux.eventbrite.com Spaces are limited.
Workshop Program (updated 6th April 2019)
The program consists of 4 sessions (please obtain 4 free tickets to attend all the sessions)
FRIDAY 12 April 2019 8:00 – 3:45 pm
8:00 Registration
8:15 Welcome (Pawel Misztal) and iLEAPS ECS introduction by Gemma Purser and James Cash
Morning session: New Approaches to Measurements of VOCs and New Instruments
Chair: Pawel Misztal and Armin Hansel
8:30 Armin Hansel: “PTR3: a breakthrough in measurements of VOCs”
9:00 Discussion
9:15 Jordan Krechmer: Aerodyne PTR CIMS instruments, VOCUS
9:45 Discussion
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Markus Müller: "Recent Advances in IONICON's Genuine PTR-MS Technology"
11:00 Discussion
11:15 Rupert Holzinger: “PTRwid - how it works and what can be done”
11:45 Discussion
12:00 Lunch (provided)
Afternoon session: Embracing Complex Chemical Spaces
Chairs: Frank Keutsch and Silvano Fares
13:00 Frank Keutsch: Measurements of chemical spaces using NH4+ ionization
13:30 discussion
13:45 Jordan Krechmer - Analysis of chemical spaces with the Tofware software.
14:15 discussion
14:30 Tea/Coffee
14:45 – 15:05 Pawel Misztal – Automated measurements of chemical spaces in the ambient air as a function of time and space (individual, classed, and total VOCs).
15:05 discussion
15:15 Silvano Fares – Calculating Emission Potentials of VOCs from Eddy Covariance Flux measurements
15:35 discussion
15:45 End of Day 1 of the Workshop.
SATURDAY 13 April 2019
Morning session - Eddy Covariance Fluxes of the Entire VOC Spectrum
Chair: Ben Langford and Pawel Misztal
8:15 Pawel Misztal: Combining chemistry and fluxes: Fluxes of Isoprene and its HO2 and NO oxidation products.
8:45 Discussion
9:00 Ben Langford: Eddy covariance data with low signal-to-noise ratio
9:30 Discussion
09:45 Armin Hansel: “Fluxes of VOC and organic nitrates using (NH4+)PTR3”
10:15 Discussion
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Thomas Karl “VOC fluxes of consumer care products from a European city”
11:15 discussion
11:30 Lunch (provided)
(12:45 PKM and KM leave)
Afternoon session - Practical Exercise and Future Plans
Chair: Eiko Nemitz, Ben Langford and Thomas Karl,
12:30 Joe Acton: Tutorial in processing flux datasets by ptrwid
13:00 Group discussion and exchange of experience with VOC flux processing
13:30 Benjamin Loubet: What can we learn from the flux on M21?
13:50 Standardisation of concentration and flux processing
14:20 Tea/Coffee
14:35 Practical exercises and workgroups
Gold Concentration dataset: (PICAB)
Gold Flux dataset: Delhi (Joe Acton)
15:30 Wrap up, Homework assignments for the report (possible AMT paper?)
15:45 Depart
