Towards a calibration laboratory in Ny-Ålesund
Multitudes of measurements are needed to understand the environment and its evolution. The Arctic region is a fundamental observation area for climate change evaluation: climate change comes first and comes faster in the Arctic. The higher accuracy required to quickly capture trends; the extreme ran...
| Published in: | Rendiconti Lincei |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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SPRINGER
2016
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41110/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41110/1/Musacchio_et_al_2016.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12210-016-0531-9/fulltext.html https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48165 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48165.d001 |
| Summary: | Multitudes of measurements are needed to understand the environment and its evolution. The Arctic region is a fundamental observation area for climate change evaluation: climate change comes first and comes faster in the Arctic. The higher accuracy required to quickly capture trends; the extreme range and conditions of sensors exposure; a robust comparability asked by the different measurement networks; the need of dedicated calibration procedures, together with the logistical problems associated with such remote location, motivate the proposal for a joint effort to address metrology experience and activities for Arctic research applications. The Ny-Ålesund international research base and community offers a unique infrastructure to directly link metrological traceability to on site polar measurements. The contribution reports a study on the implementation of specific calibration procedures, metrological validation of measurements and instrument tests, uncertainties evaluations including quantities of influence, and the feasibility of a metrology laboratory in Ny-Ålesund. |
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