• 39.500°N 0.500°W 70 m a.s.l.

Atmospheric simulation chamber

Spain

• Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM)

https://www.ceam.es/research/atmospheric-chemistry/euphore/

• Amalia Muñoz
  Facility PI
• Mila Ródenas
  PI deputy

EUPHORE is one of the major outdoor simulation chambers world-wide comprising two hemispherical domes (200 m3 each). It is used in the research and follow-up of atmospheric chemical processes, which can be simulated under near-real conditions, given its large size and the use of natural light.
EUPHORE is equipped with a large number of analytical instruments to characterize gas and particle-phase compounds, optical properties of aerosols and oxidative potential: VOCs, radicals, aerosols, organic nitrates, hydroperoxides, etc. This instrumentation includes different monitors, optical systems, chromatographic techniques, mass spectrometry, particulate matter instruments and systems to characterize key physical parameters. Therefore, both well-established and state-of-the-art techniques (e.g. PTR-ToF-MS and API-ToF-CIMS), are part of the facilities.

EUPHORE scientific scope is the study of atmospheric chemical processes using extensive analytical instrumentation. Its main strength is that near-real conditions can be simulated due to its large volume and the use of natural light. Its main research areas include the atmospheric behaviour of biogenic and anthropogenic VOCs and semi-VOCs, aerosol and other product formation, pesticide degradation and the chemistry of complex mixtures ,e.g. vehicles or biomass burning, whose emissions and evolution (night and daytime conditions) can be assessed. Contaminants with an impact on air quality, health and climate are studied and relevant conditions simulated. EUPHORE also supports the validation and optimization of photochemical models and exposure studies. It provides technological and innovative services to the industry and policymakers , being a versatile testbed for intercomparison of instruments, prototype optimization, and the evaluation of environmental and depolluting technologies.

• https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02157
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121592
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119541
• https://doi.org/10.1021/es103572j
• https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00526
• https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9521-2015