Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS): The European Research Infrastructure Supporting Atmospheric Science

The Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS) officially became the 33rd European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) on 25 April 2023 with the support of 17 founding member and observer countries. As a pan-European legal organization, ACTRIS ERIC will coordinate the provision of data and data products on short-lived atmospheric constituents and clouds relevant to climate and air pollution over the next 15–20 years. ACTRIS was designed more than a decade ago, and its development was funded at national and European levels. It was included in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap in 2016 and, subsequently, in the national infrastructure roadmaps of European countries. It became a landmark of the ESFRI roadmap in 2021. The purpose of this paper is to describe the mission of ACTRIS, its added value to the community of atmospheric scientists, providing services to academia as well as the public and private sectors, and to summarize its main achievements. The present publication serves as a reference document for ACTRIS, its users, and the scientific community as a whole. It provides the reader with relevant information and an overview on ACTRIS governance and services, as well as a summary of the main scientific achievements of the last 20 years. The paper concludes with an outlook on the upcoming challenges for ACTRIS and the strategy for its future evolution.

LAJ P;  LUND MYHRE Catherine;  RIFFAULT V.;  AMIRIDIS Vassilis;  FUCHS Hendrik;  ELEFTHERIADIS K.;  PETÄJÄ Tuukka;  SALAMEH Thérèse;  KIVEKAS N;  JUUROLA Eija;  SAPONARO Giulia;  PHILIPPIN Sabina;  CORNACCHIA Carmela;  ALADOS ARBOLEDAS Lucas;  BAARS H;  CLAUDE Anja;  DE MAZIERE M.;  DILS B;  DUFRESNE Marvin;  EVANGELIOU Nikolaos;  FAVEZ Olivier;  FIEBIG Markus;  HAEFFELIN Martial;  HERRMANN Hartmut;  HOELER Kristina;  ILLMANN Niklas;  KREUTER Alex;  LUDEWIG Elke;  MARINOU Eleni;  MÖHLER Ottmar;  MONA L.;  MURBERG Lise Eder;  NICOLAE D.;  NOVELLI Anna;  O'CONNOR Ewan;  OHNEISER Kevin;  PETRACCA ALTIERI Rosa Maria;  PICQUET-VARRAULT Benedicte;  VAN PINXTEREN Dominik;  POSPICHAL Bernhard;  PUTAUD Jean-Philippe;  REIMANN Stefan;  SIOMOS Nikolaos;  STACHLEWSKA Iwona;  TILLMANN Ralf;  VOUDOURI Kalliopi Artemis;  WANDINGER U.;  WIEDENSOHLER Alfred;  APITULEY Arnoud;  COMERÓN Adolfo;  GYSEL-BEER Martin;  MIHALOPOULOS Nikolaos;  NIKOLOVA Nina;  PIETRUCZUK A.;  SAUVAGE Stephane;  SCIARE J;  SKOV Henrik;  SVENDBY Tove;  SWIETLICKI Erik;  TONEV Dimitar;  VAUGHAN Geraint;  ZDIMAL Vladimir;  BALTENSPERGER Urs;  DOUSSIN Jean-François;  KULMALA Markku;  PAPPALARDO G.;  SORVARI SUNDET Sanna;  VANA Milan; 

2025-11-26

AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC

JRC135448

1520-0477 (online),   

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/105/7/BAMS-D-23-0064.1.xml,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135448,   

10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0064.1 (online),