A newly developed grab sampling system for collecting stratospheric air over Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hideyuki Honda, Shinji Morimoto, Hiromitsu Akiyama, Gen Hashida, Shuhji Aoki, Hirotaka Ui, Takakiyo Nakazawa, Nobuyuki Yajima, Takashi Yamanouchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1996
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Syowa Station; Landing The; Antarc*; Antarctica; E. Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008930; https://doaj.org/article/51f534ebb93b43c1b3d57c96d91b2232

In order to measure the concentrations of various minor constituents and their isotopic ratios in the stratosphere over Antarctica, a simple grab sampling system was newly developed. The sampling system was designed to be launched by a small number of personnel using a rubber balloon under severe ex...