The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic
The chemical composition of cloud water can be used to infer the sources of particles upon which cloud droplets and ice crystals have formed. In order to obtain cloud water for analysis of chemical composition for elevated clouds in the pristine high Arctic, balloon-borne active cloud water sampling...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:173937 2023-05-15T14:26:52+02:00 The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic Zinke, J Salter, ME Leck, C Lawler, MJ Porter, GCE Adams, MP Brooks, IM Murray, BJ Zieger, P 2021-05-08 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/173937/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/173937/1/The%20development%20of%20a%20miniaturised%20balloon%20borne%20cloud%20water%20sampler%20and%20its%20first%20deployment%20in%20the%20high%20Arctic.pdf en eng Taylor & Francis Open Access https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/173937/1/The%20development%20of%20a%20miniaturised%20balloon%20borne%20cloud%20water%20sampler%20and%20its%20first%20deployment%20in%20the%20high%20Arctic.pdf Zinke, J, Salter, ME, Leck, C et al. (6 more authors) (2021) The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 73 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0280-6509 cc_by_4 CC-BY Article NonPeerReviewed 2021 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:38:29Z The chemical composition of cloud water can be used to infer the sources of particles upon which cloud droplets and ice crystals have formed. In order to obtain cloud water for analysis of chemical composition for elevated clouds in the pristine high Arctic, balloon-borne active cloud water sampling systems are the optimal approach. However, such systems have not been feasible to deploy previously due to their weight and the challenging environmental conditions. We have taken advantage of recent developments in battery technology to develop a miniaturised cloud water sampler for balloon-borne collection of cloud water. Our sampler is a bulk sampler with a cloud drop cutoff diameter of approximately 8 µm and an estimated collection efficiency of 70%. The sampler was heated to prevent excessive ice accumulation and was able to operate for several hours under the extreme conditions encountered in the high Arctic. We have tested and deployed the new sampler on a tethered balloon during the Microbiology-Ocean-Cloud-Coupling in the High Arctic (MOCCHA) campaign in August and September 2018 close to the North pole. The sampler was able to successfully retrieve cloud water samples that were analysed to determine their chemical composition as well as their ice-nucleating activity. Given the pristine conditions found in the high Arctic we have placed significant emphasis on the development of a suitable cleaning procedure to minimise background contamination by the sampler itself. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic North Pole White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Arctic North Pole |
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The chemical composition of cloud water can be used to infer the sources of particles upon which cloud droplets and ice crystals have formed. In order to obtain cloud water for analysis of chemical composition for elevated clouds in the pristine high Arctic, balloon-borne active cloud water sampling systems are the optimal approach. However, such systems have not been feasible to deploy previously due to their weight and the challenging environmental conditions. We have taken advantage of recent developments in battery technology to develop a miniaturised cloud water sampler for balloon-borne collection of cloud water. Our sampler is a bulk sampler with a cloud drop cutoff diameter of approximately 8 µm and an estimated collection efficiency of 70%. The sampler was heated to prevent excessive ice accumulation and was able to operate for several hours under the extreme conditions encountered in the high Arctic. We have tested and deployed the new sampler on a tethered balloon during the Microbiology-Ocean-Cloud-Coupling in the High Arctic (MOCCHA) campaign in August and September 2018 close to the North pole. The sampler was able to successfully retrieve cloud water samples that were analysed to determine their chemical composition as well as their ice-nucleating activity. Given the pristine conditions found in the high Arctic we have placed significant emphasis on the development of a suitable cleaning procedure to minimise background contamination by the sampler itself. |
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Zinke, J Salter, ME Leck, C Lawler, MJ Porter, GCE Adams, MP Brooks, IM Murray, BJ Zieger, P The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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The development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high Arctic |
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development of a miniaturised balloon-borne cloud water sampler and its first deployment in the high arctic |
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