Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products
From 2016 to 2018 a DC-8 aircraft operated by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made four series of flights, profiling the atmosphere from 180 m to ∼12 km above sea level (km a.s.l.) from the Arctic to the Antarctic over both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This program, t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0922706905224d26a49f2baeaa2a8d8f 2023-05-15T14:01:48+02:00 Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products C. A. Brock C. Williamson A. Kupc K. D. Froyd F. Erdesz N. Wagner M. Richardson J. P. Schwarz R.-S. Gao J. M. Katich P. Campuzano-Jost B. A. Nault J. C. Schroder J. L. Jimenez B. Weinzierl M. Dollner T. Bui D. M. Murphy 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3081-2019 https://doaj.org/article/0922706905224d26a49f2baeaa2a8d8f EN eng Copernicus Publications https://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/12/3081/2019/amt-12-3081-2019.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1867-1381 https://doaj.org/toc/1867-8548 doi:10.5194/amt-12-3081-2019 1867-1381 1867-8548 https://doaj.org/article/0922706905224d26a49f2baeaa2a8d8f Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol 12, Pp 3081-3099 (2019) Environmental engineering TA170-171 Earthwork. Foundations TA715-787 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3081-2019 2022-12-31T05:38:34Z From 2016 to 2018 a DC-8 aircraft operated by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made four series of flights, profiling the atmosphere from 180 m to ∼12 km above sea level (km a.s.l.) from the Arctic to the Antarctic over both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This program, the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom), sought to sample the troposphere in a representative manner, making measurements of atmospheric composition in each season. This paper describes the aerosol microphysical measurements and derived quantities obtained during this mission. Dry size distributions from 2.7 nm to 4.8 µ m in diameter were measured in situ at 1 Hz using a battery of instruments: 10 condensation particle counters with different nucleation diameters, two ultra-high-sensitivity aerosol size spectrometers (UHSASs), one of which measured particles surviving heating to 300 ∘ C, and a laser aerosol spectrometer (LAS). The dry aerosol measurements were complemented by size distribution measurements from 0.5 to 930 µ m diameter at near-ambient conditions using a cloud, aerosol, and precipitation spectrometer (CAPS) mounted under the wing of the DC-8. Dry aerosol number, surface area, and volume, and optical scattering and asymmetry parameters at several wavelengths from the near-UV to the near-IR ranges were calculated from the measured dry size distributions (2.7 nm to 4.8 µ m). Dry aerosol mass was estimated by combining the size distribution data with particle density estimated from independent measurements of aerosol composition with a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer and a single-particle soot photometer. We describe the instrumentation and fully document the aircraft inlet and flow distribution system, the derivation of uncertainties, and the calculation of data products from combined size distributions. Comparisons between the instruments and direct measurements of some aerosol properties confirm that in-flight performance was consistent with calibrations and within stated uncertainties for the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Arctic Pacific The Antarctic Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 6 3081 3099 |
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From 2016 to 2018 a DC-8 aircraft operated by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made four series of flights, profiling the atmosphere from 180 m to ∼12 km above sea level (km a.s.l.) from the Arctic to the Antarctic over both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This program, the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom), sought to sample the troposphere in a representative manner, making measurements of atmospheric composition in each season. This paper describes the aerosol microphysical measurements and derived quantities obtained during this mission. Dry size distributions from 2.7 nm to 4.8 µ m in diameter were measured in situ at 1 Hz using a battery of instruments: 10 condensation particle counters with different nucleation diameters, two ultra-high-sensitivity aerosol size spectrometers (UHSASs), one of which measured particles surviving heating to 300 ∘ C, and a laser aerosol spectrometer (LAS). The dry aerosol measurements were complemented by size distribution measurements from 0.5 to 930 µ m diameter at near-ambient conditions using a cloud, aerosol, and precipitation spectrometer (CAPS) mounted under the wing of the DC-8. Dry aerosol number, surface area, and volume, and optical scattering and asymmetry parameters at several wavelengths from the near-UV to the near-IR ranges were calculated from the measured dry size distributions (2.7 nm to 4.8 µ m). Dry aerosol mass was estimated by combining the size distribution data with particle density estimated from independent measurements of aerosol composition with a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer and a single-particle soot photometer. We describe the instrumentation and fully document the aircraft inlet and flow distribution system, the derivation of uncertainties, and the calculation of data products from combined size distributions. Comparisons between the instruments and direct measurements of some aerosol properties confirm that in-flight performance was consistent with calibrations and within stated uncertainties for the ... |
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Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products |
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Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products |
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Aerosol size distributions during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): methods, uncertainties, and data products |
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