Maintenance and calibration of environment dust monitoring instruments

About the workshop

As part of its capacity development work, the Atmospheric Watch Initiative, under the Regional Programme on Atmosphere, has been providing training on the operation, maintenance, calibration, and interpretation of atmospheric monitoring instruments since 2016. These events are aimed at a range of practitioners and tailored to fit the needs and requirements of the member countries and partners. To build on the pervious capacity building activities and fill the knowledge gap, we are initiating a five-day virtual and in-person training, with hands-on exercises on the operation, maintenance, and calibration of the GRIMM.

Since its establishment, the Atmospheric Watch Initiative in collaboration with Nepalese and Bhutanese government partners has established state-of-the-art air quality stations with aerosol and trace gas measurement instruments. GRIMM instruments are used in these stations as the primary instrument to measure dust concentrations (PM). These instruments require regular servicing and calibration to ensure the highest quality of data.

Objectives

• Build the capacity of partner institutions – government institutions, academia, and other relevant stakeholders – to operate, maintain and calibrate GRIMM instruments
• Ensure high quality data and prevent further damage to the instruments

Agenda