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Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
Trace gas and aerosol data sets from DLR aircraftcampaigns - of use for validation in GEMS?Andreas Minikin, Martin Dameris, Heidi Huntrieser, Andreas Petzold, Hans Schlager, Ulrich SchumannDLR, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany(associated partner in GEMS)
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Trace gas & aerosol in situ measurementswith the DLR Falcon• altitude range: up to 12 km (190 hPa), FT & UT! • data sets from different experiments / different regions:
mainly mid-latitudes, but also polar, tropics, ferry flights• limited temporal representativeness:
(an "average" campaign: 3-4 weeks, 30-60 flight hours, 8-12 flights)• but: accurate measurements, high vertical resolution
Falcon in situ measurements (data not for all campaigns available)trace gases humidity, CO, ozone, NO/NOy, CO2
aerosol number concentration (ultrafine, Aitken, accumulation mode), number size distribution, non-volatile particle fraction, (absorption coefficient)
cloud microphysics
number density, size distribution, extinction
atmospheric state
temperature, pressure, wind, aircraft position
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Aircraft measurement campaigns with DLR participation
TROCCINOX2004 & 2005
SCOUT 2005
CARIBIC
INCA 2000
INCA 2000POLINAT
ASTAR 2004
CONTRACE 2001 & 2003EULINOX 1998
ICARTT/ITOP 2004KONVEX 1999
LACE 1998LINOX 1996PAZI 2005
SCAVEX 2001 & 2002UFA & UFA/EXPORT 1999 & 2000
MINOS 2001
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http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/aerosol/campaigns
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PCASP-100XFSSP-300
multi-channel CPCDMA
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