CLIMGAS-CH (HALCLIM) / AGAGE: Continuous measurements of halogenated greenhouse gases at the high Alpine site of Jungfraujoch for identification of trends and regional European emissions.

CO₂, CH₄, N₂O and CO: The important greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O) and carbon monoxide (CO) are also continuously measured at Jungfraujoch.

NABEL VOCs: Continuous measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at the NABEL sites of Dübendorf (suburban), Beromünster (rural) and Jungfraujoch (high Alpine, background).

ACTRIS is the European Research Infrastructure for the observation of Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases. ACTRIS is composed of observing stations, exploratory platforms, instruments calibration centres, and a data centre.

The Group for Climate Gases has developed a large expertise in trace gas analysis. The team is specialized in gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis, allowing to detect as low as 1 ppq (fmol/mol) of a given trace gas in the atmosphere. Analytical techniques are constantly improved.

In IHALOME atmospheric measurements of halogenated greenhouse gases will be performed during campaigns in Switzerland, Estonia and the Netherland for assessing regional emissions.

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•   Vollmer, M. K.; Bernard, F.; Mitrevski, B.; Steele, L. P.; Trudinger, C. M.; Reimann, S.; Langenfelds, R. L.; Krummel, P. B.; Fraser, P. J.; Etheridge, D. M.; et al. Abundances, emissions, and loss processes of the long-lived and potent greenhouse gas octafluorooxolane (octafluorotetrahydrofuran, c-C4F8O) in the atmosphere. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2019, 19, 3481-3492. doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3481-2019

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HIGHGAS: Development of traceable standards with long-term stability for high impact greenhouse gases.

MEDEMPA: Building of the Medusas for Norway and China.

LEMURE: The LEMURE project will advance methods to obtain reliable and independent emission numbers of non-CO2 greenhouse gases, which can be used to check emissions to be reported by the signatory countries within the Kyoto Protocol.

SOGE: To develop a new cost-effective long-term European observation system for halocarbons.

Mehal-GG: First-time top down estimation of halocarbon emissions for Southeastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula, based on atmospheric measurement campaigns in Finokalía (Crete, Greece) and  Pic du Midi (Pyrenees, France).

ENOVO: Campaign measurements of oxidised volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) at Zürich (urban) and Jungfraujoch (high Alpine, background).

SASHA-THT: The PhD thesis “Sources and Sinks of Hydrogen in the Atmosphere during Transition to Hydrogen-based Transportation” commenced in the summer of 2007.