Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

An optical particle size spectrometer for aircraft-borne measurements in IAGOS-CARIBIC

Hermann, Markus ; Weigelt, Andreas ; Assmann, Denise ; Pfeifer, Sascha ; Müller, Thomas ; Conrath, Thomas ; Voigtländer, Jens ; Heintzenberg, Jost ; Wiedensohler, Alfred and Martinsson, Bengt G. LU , et al. (2016) In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9(5). p.2179-2194
Abstract

The particle number size distribution is an important parameter to characterize the atmospheric aerosol and its influence on the Earth's climate. Here we describe a new optical particle size spectrometer (OPSS) for measurements of the accumulation mode particle number size distribution in the tropopause region on board a passenger aircraft (IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory: In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System - Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container). A modified KS93 particle sensor from RION Co., Ltd., together with a new airflow system and a dedicated data acquisition system, is the key component of the CARIBIC OPSS. The instrument records individual particle pulse signal... (More)

The particle number size distribution is an important parameter to characterize the atmospheric aerosol and its influence on the Earth's climate. Here we describe a new optical particle size spectrometer (OPSS) for measurements of the accumulation mode particle number size distribution in the tropopause region on board a passenger aircraft (IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory: In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System - Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container). A modified KS93 particle sensor from RION Co., Ltd., together with a new airflow system and a dedicated data acquisition system, is the key component of the CARIBIC OPSS. The instrument records individual particle pulse signal curves in the particle size range 130-1110 nm diameter (for a particle refractive index of 1.47-i0.006) together with a time stamp and thus allows the post-flight choice of the time resolution and the size distribution bin width. The CARIBIC OPSS has a 50 % particle detection diameter of 152 nm and a maximum asymptotic counting efficiency of 98 %. The instrument's measurement performance shows no pressure dependency and no particle coincidence for free tropospheric conditions. The size response function of the CARIBIC OPSS was obtained by a polystyrene latex calibration in combination with model calculations. Particle number size distributions measured with the new OPSS in the lowermost stratosphere agreed within a factor of 2 in concentration with balloon-borne measurements over western North America. Since June 2010 the CARIBIC OPSS is deployed once per month in the IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and , et al. (More)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and (Less)
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
volume
9
issue
5
pages
16 pages
publisher
Copernicus GmbH
external identifiers
  • scopus:84969751415
  • wos:000377855300014
ISSN
1867-1381
DOI
10.5194/amt-9-2179-2016
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
574265bd-0949-434c-ae09-f47ca6664bac
date added to LUP
2017-01-30 11:02:08
date last changed
2025-01-12 20:24:19
@article{574265bd-0949-434c-ae09-f47ca6664bac,
  abstract     = {{<p>The particle number size distribution is an important parameter to characterize the atmospheric aerosol and its influence on the Earth's climate. Here we describe a new optical particle size spectrometer (OPSS) for measurements of the accumulation mode particle number size distribution in the tropopause region on board a passenger aircraft (IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory: In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System - Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container). A modified KS93 particle sensor from RION Co., Ltd., together with a new airflow system and a dedicated data acquisition system, is the key component of the CARIBIC OPSS. The instrument records individual particle pulse signal curves in the particle size range 130-1110 nm diameter (for a particle refractive index of 1.47-i0.006) together with a time stamp and thus allows the post-flight choice of the time resolution and the size distribution bin width. The CARIBIC OPSS has a 50 % particle detection diameter of 152 nm and a maximum asymptotic counting efficiency of 98 %. The instrument's measurement performance shows no pressure dependency and no particle coincidence for free tropospheric conditions. The size response function of the CARIBIC OPSS was obtained by a polystyrene latex calibration in combination with model calculations. Particle number size distributions measured with the new OPSS in the lowermost stratosphere agreed within a factor of 2 in concentration with balloon-borne measurements over western North America. Since June 2010 the CARIBIC OPSS is deployed once per month in the IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory.</p>}},
  author       = {{Hermann, Markus and Weigelt, Andreas and Assmann, Denise and Pfeifer, Sascha and Müller, Thomas and Conrath, Thomas and Voigtländer, Jens and Heintzenberg, Jost and Wiedensohler, Alfred and Martinsson, Bengt G. and Deshler, Terry and Brenninkmeijer, Carl A M and Zahn, Andreas}},
  issn         = {{1867-1381}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{2179--2194}},
  publisher    = {{Copernicus GmbH}},
  series       = {{Atmospheric Measurement Techniques}},
  title        = {{An optical particle size spectrometer for aircraft-borne measurements in IAGOS-CARIBIC}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2179-2016}},
  doi          = {{10.5194/amt-9-2179-2016}},
  volume       = {{9}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}