Instrumentation onboard the Falcon aircraft



Component Measurement technique Institute Contact person
NO, NOy Chemiluminescence detector
(Au converter)
DLR-IPA Hans Schlager
O3 UV-absorption photometer DLR-IPA Hans Schlager
JNO2 Filterradiometer DLR-IPA Hans Schlager
CO, CO2, CH4 Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer MPI Horst Fischer
HCHO Fluorescence detector
(Hantzsch reaction)
MPI Horst Fischer
Organics + PAN Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer MPI Jonathan Williams
NMHC Gas Chromatography
(Canister samples)
IMAU
MPI
Bert Scheeren
NMHC Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer IMAU Joost de Gouw
H2O Dew point Hygrometer /
Lyman-alpha / Vaisala sensor
DLR-FB Andreas Giez
Aerosol number
concentration
Condensation Particle Counter
(5 and 14 nm)
DLR-IPA Andreas Petzold
Aerosol absorption Soot Absorption Photometer DLR-IPA Andreas Petzold

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Instrumentation at the Finokalia station



Component Measurement technique Institute Contact person
Aerosol chemical
composition
Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
(SPLAT and AMS)
Uni Mainz / MPI Stephan Borrmann
Aerosol size
distribution
Optical Particle Counter,
SMPS, FSSP
Uni Mainz / MPI Stephan Borrmann
Aerosol number
concentration
CPC (TSI 3025A
and TSI 3010)
Uni Mainz / MPI Stephan Borrmann
Aerosol charge Aerosol electrometer Uni Mainz / MPI Stephan Borrmann
NMHC PTRMS, GC-FID MPI Jonathan Williams
PAN Gas Chromatography MPI Jonathan Williams
O3, NOx, CO Thermo Analyzer Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
Aerosol chemical
composition
Ion Chromatography
(filter samples)
Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
Black Carbon PSAP, Aethalometer Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
SO2, HNO3,
NH3
Ion Chromatography
(denuder samples)
Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
DMS Gas Chromatography Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
HCHO UV-Vis Spectrometer
(coffer samples)
Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
DMSO Ion Chromatography
(coffer samples)
Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
NO3, NO2 DOAS Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
Radon Radon Analyzer Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
JNO2, JO3 Photometer Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
W, Wdir,
T, P, RH
Meteorological
station
Crete University Nikos Mihalopoulos
Aerosol concentration
& size distribution
CPC (TSI 3025A)
Particle sizer (DSP 3040)
Crete University /
LSCE
Nikos Mihalopoulos
Jean Sciare
Aerosol composition
& mass distribution
Moudi Impactor Crete University /
LSCE
Nikos Mihalopoulos
Jean Sciare
(In)organic carbon
in aerosol
Dekati Impactor LSCE Jean Sciare
Aerosol size
distribution
GRIMM LSCE Jean Sciare
CO
Gas Chromatograph LSCE Jean Sciare
Aerosol chemical
composition
HPLC-MS-MS
(filter samples)
MPI Andreas Römpp
Aerosol Absorption Photo-acoustic
spectrometer
MPI M.O. Andreae
OH, H2SO4,
H2O, MSA
Chemical Ionization
Mass Spectrometry
DWD Harald Berresheim
Global and diffuse
solar irradiance
Pyranometer / Photodiode
Flux Radiometer
UCSD Bill Conant
Direct solar
irradiance
Pyrheliometer UCSD Bill Conant
Aerosol optical depth /
column H2O and O3
Sun photometer UCSD Bill Conant