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REGIONAL WORKSHOP
ICIMOD Headquarters, Kathmandu
16 November 2021 to 19 November 2021
The Atmospheric Watch Initiative (AWI) is conducting a four-day workshop to enhance the capacities of its country partners to operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and calibrate gas analysers. Nominated participants will gain basic skills of the instruments’ working principles, daily operation, maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting. The hands-on training with the equipment will be guided by experts from the manufacturer, Thermo Scientific. Based on learnings from this workshop, we will plan future trainings on other air quality parameters.
Since its establishment, AWI has collaborated with government partners in Bhutan and Nepal to establish state-of-the-art air quality monitoring stations with aerosol and trace gas measurement instruments. These stations use trace gas measurement instruments as the primary instrument for measuring concentrations of ozone, SO2, CO, NO, NO2, and NOx. These instruments require regular servicing and calibration to ensure the highest quality of data generation.
| Time | Details |
| 09:00–09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30–09:35 | Welcome remarks – Bidya Banmali Pradhan, Regional Programme Manager, Atmosphere |
| 09:35–9:40 | Opening remarks – Bhupesh Adhikary, Senior Air Quality Specialist, Water and Air |
| 09:45–10:45 | Presentation on trace gas measurement and gas analysers
Illustration of system components and flow path, connecting instrument to iPort, its operation, and downloading data |
| 10:45–11:00 | Tea break and group photo |
| 11:00–13:00 | Group work: Basic operation and maintenance of ozone analysers |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–17:00 | Hands-on training: Zero and span calibration of ozone analysers |
| Time | Details |
| 09:15–10:45 | Group work: Basic operation and maintenance of SO2 analysers |
| 10:45–11:00 | Tea break |
| 11:00–13:00 | Group work: Basic operation and maintenance of SO2 and NOx analysers |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–17:00 | Hands-on training: Zero and span calibration of SO2 and NOx analysers |
| Time | Details |
| 09:15–10:45 | Group work: Basic operation and maintenance of CO analysers |
| 10:45–11:00 | Tea break |
| 11:00–13:00 | Group work: Basic operation and maintenance of Zero Air Generator and DGC |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–17:00 | Hands-on training: Zero and span calibration of CO analysers |
| Time | Programme |
| 09:00–10:00 | Visit nearby AQMS |
| 10:00-13:00 | Installation of analysers |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–16:00 | Installation of analysers and calibration |
| 16:00–17:00 | Closing remarks – Siva Praveen Puppala, Senior Aerosol Scientist, Atmospheric Watch Initiative |
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