Working Group on Ambient Air Quality

The Working Group has the task to further develop the harmonised monitoring methods in the field of ambient air quality as laid down in the Manual. The Working Group closely cooperates with the Programme Co-ordinating Centre and the data centres in order to contribute to the data evaluation and quality assurance.

Chairpersons

Maria J. Sanz Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM) C/ Charles Darwin 14 46980 Paterna, SPAIN Maria J. Sanz

Marcus Schaub (Co-chair) Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Zürcherstrasse 111 CH-8903 Birmensdorf, SWITZERLAND Marcus Schaub

More detailed information on ozone damage

CEAM, Spain

WSL, Switzerland

For the co-ordination of ozone injury assessments Regional Validation Centres have been set up:

Centre for southern Europe: Fundacion CEAM (Spain)

Centre for central Europe: WSL, Birmensdorf (Switzerland)

Centre for northern Europe: FFRI, Suonenjoki (Finland), Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark)

Activities

ICP-Forests Intercalibration Courses on the Assessment of Ozone Visible Injury

Minutes from Intercalibration Course 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia