Objectives: The Training School aims to provide intensive training in emerging research topics on the light-absorbing aerosols, especially black and brown carbon which form the refractory part of fine aerosols within the laboratories and organizations involved in the project and wider for the whole community.

Topic of this Training School: The “Training School on black and brown carbon” will focus on the measurement principles for Black (BC) and Brown Carbon (BrC); filter-photometer instruments for the measurements; reference methods and calibrations; maintenance of Aethalometers AE33; quality control checks for data; synergies with complementary measurements; BC and CM source apportionment methods and their validation. Participants will be given practical problems to solve after the formal end of the lectures.