Building FAIRdata chains for atmospheric observations in the ACTRIS-Switzerland network

The OPEN-ACTRIS project aims to explore and build up FAIR data chain standards and strategies for atmospheric observations collected in Switzerland as part of the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). ACTRIS is a pan-European network that aims to deepen our understanding of climate change and air pollution by producing high-quality data on short-lived atmospheric constituents. ACTRIS- Switzerland is the multi-institutional Swiss node of the network. ACTRIS has a comprehensive vision for FAIR data that covers all stages of the research data life cycle through the definition of data levels covering raw measurements, processed data, and elaborated data products. The OPEN-ACTRIS project aims to implement these ORD concepts in the ETH domain and to explore best ORD practice within ACTRIS-Switzerland by combining existing tools and infrastructure from the ETH domain and the ACTRIS community. We will achieve this by building FAIR data chains for the aerosol observations continuously recorded at field measurement stations on the Jungfraujoch and in Payerne, and for the aerosol and gas measurements performed on a campaign-basis in the PSI Atmospheric Chemistry Simulation Chambers