A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results
We present a novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer named ROMARA (ROcket-borne MAss spectrometer for Research in the Atmosphere) for measuring atmospheric positive and negative ions (atomic, molecular and cluster ions) and positively and negatively charged meteor smoke particles. Our ROMARA instru...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00055530 2023-05-15T13:25:42+02:00 A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results Stude, Joan Aufmhoff, Heinfried Schlager, Hans Rapp, Markus Arnold, Frank Strelnikov, Boris 2021-02 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-983-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055530 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00055181/amt-14-983-2021.pdf https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/983/2021/amt-14-983-2021.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications Atmospheric Measurement Techniques -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2505596 -- http://www.atmospheric-measurement-techniques.net/ -- 1867-8548 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-983-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055530 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00055181/amt-14-983-2021.pdf https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/983/2021/amt-14-983-2021.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2021 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-983-2021 2022-02-08T22:34:29Z We present a novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer named ROMARA (ROcket-borne MAss spectrometer for Research in the Atmosphere) for measuring atmospheric positive and negative ions (atomic, molecular and cluster ions) and positively and negatively charged meteor smoke particles. Our ROMARA instrument has, compared to previous rocket-borne ion mass spectrometers, a markedly larger mass range of up to m/z 2000 and a larger sensitivity, particularly for meteor smoke particle detection. The major objectives of this first ROMARA flight included the following: a functional test of the ROMARA instrument, measurements between 55 and 121 km in the mass range of atmospheric positive and negative ions, a first attempt to conduct mass spectrometric measurements in the mass range of meteor smoke particles with mass-to-charge ratios up to m/z 2000, and measurements inside a polar mesospheric winter echo layer as detected by ground-based radar. Our ROMARA measurements took place on the Arctic island of Andøya, Norway, at around noon in April 2018 and represented an integral part of the polar mesospheric winter radar echo (PMWE) rocket campaign. During the rocket flight, ROMARA was operated in a measurement mode, offering maximum sensitivity and the ability to qualitatively detect total ion signatures even beyond its mass-resolving mass range. On this first ROMARA flight we were able to meet all of our objectives. We detected atmospheric species including positive atomic, molecular and cluster ions along with negative molecular ions up to about m/z 100. Above m/z 2000, ROMARA measured strong negative-ion signatures, which are likely due to negatively charged meteor smoke particles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Andøya Arctic Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Andøya ENVELOPE(13.982,13.982,68.185,68.185) Arctic Arctic Island ENVELOPE(-74.766,-74.766,62.234,62.234) Norway Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 2 983 993 |
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article Verlagsveröffentlichung Stude, Joan Aufmhoff, Heinfried Schlager, Hans Rapp, Markus Arnold, Frank Strelnikov, Boris A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results |
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We present a novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer named ROMARA (ROcket-borne MAss spectrometer for Research in the Atmosphere) for measuring atmospheric positive and negative ions (atomic, molecular and cluster ions) and positively and negatively charged meteor smoke particles. Our ROMARA instrument has, compared to previous rocket-borne ion mass spectrometers, a markedly larger mass range of up to m/z 2000 and a larger sensitivity, particularly for meteor smoke particle detection. The major objectives of this first ROMARA flight included the following: a functional test of the ROMARA instrument, measurements between 55 and 121 km in the mass range of atmospheric positive and negative ions, a first attempt to conduct mass spectrometric measurements in the mass range of meteor smoke particles with mass-to-charge ratios up to m/z 2000, and measurements inside a polar mesospheric winter echo layer as detected by ground-based radar. Our ROMARA measurements took place on the Arctic island of Andøya, Norway, at around noon in April 2018 and represented an integral part of the polar mesospheric winter radar echo (PMWE) rocket campaign. During the rocket flight, ROMARA was operated in a measurement mode, offering maximum sensitivity and the ability to qualitatively detect total ion signatures even beyond its mass-resolving mass range. On this first ROMARA flight we were able to meet all of our objectives. We detected atmospheric species including positive atomic, molecular and cluster ions along with negative molecular ions up to about m/z 100. Above m/z 2000, ROMARA measured strong negative-ion signatures, which are likely due to negatively charged meteor smoke particles. |
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A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results |
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A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results |
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A novel rocket-borne ion mass spectrometer with large mass range: instrument description and first-flight results |
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