EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (TFMM)

22nd Task Force on Measurement and Modelling

To be held 10-12 May 2021, online meeting

Training courses and workshops


Intensive measurement periods (IMPs)

EMEP/ACTRIS/COLOSSAL winter campaign in 2017-2018, an apportionment study of EBC

The last campaign was on apportionment of equivalent black carbon (EBC) into fossil fuel (EBCff) and wood burning (EBCwb) at sites with multi wavelength measurement of the absorption coefficient, combined with off line measurements of levoclucosan. An overview of all the sites participating are found in this map and table (version 11 feb 2019). The objectives and setup for the campaign are found here: Intensive measurement period - Winter 2018.

Completed IMPs:


EMEP TFMM Trend assessment

A TFMM wiki page was created to exchange and share information on recommended methods used for the TFMM trend assessment, and the benchmark datasets, which was used for calculation trends.

Joint Report of the EMEP Task Force on Measurements and Modelling (TFMM), Chemical Co-ordinating Centre (CCC), Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-East (MSC-E), Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West (MSC-W)
EMEP/CCC-Report 1/2016: pdf

EMEP case study on heavy metal pollution assessment

TFMM and MSC-E  organize a case study on a complex assessment of heavy metal pollution in EMEP countries.


Previous meetings

Terms of reference - Contact persons


Last updated: June 2020 by Wenche Aas