HR: 1340h
AN: A13C-0953 [Abstracts]
TI: The new CARIBIC Airbus A340-600 based observational system
AU: * Slemr, F
EM: slemr@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
AF: Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, P.O.Box 3060, Mainz, D-55020
Germany
AU: Brenninkmeijer, C
EM: carlb@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
AF: Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, P.O.Box 3060, Mainz, D-55020
Germany
AU: Dix, B
EM: barbara.dix@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
AF: Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, INF229, Heidelberg, D-69120
Germany
AU: Filippi, D
EM: dominique.filippi@dsm-mail.saclay.cea.fr
AF: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de lEnvironnement, Unite mixte CNRS/CEA, CEA Saclay, Orme des
Merisiers, Bat. 703, Piece 26, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, F-91191
France
AU: Ciais, P
EM: philippe.ciais@dsm-mail.saclay.cea.fr
AF: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de lEnvironnement, Unite mixte CNRS/CEA, CEA Saclay, Orme des
Merisiers, Bat. 703, Piece 26, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, F-91191
France
AU: Ebinghaus, R
EM: ralf.ebinghaus@gkss.de
AF: GKSS Research Centre, Institute for Coastal Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, Geesthacht, D-21502
Germany
AU: Fischer, H
EM: herbert.fischer@imk.fzk.de
AF: Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Weberstrasse 5, Karlsruhe,
D-76133
Germany
AU: Heintzenberg, J
EM: heintzenberg@tropos.de
AF: Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, D-04303
Germany
AU: Hermann, M
EM: hermann@tropos.de
AF: Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, D-04303
Germany
AU: Leuenberger, M
EM: leuenberger@climate.unibe.ch
AF: Institute for Physics of Climate and Environment, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Bern, CH-3012
Switzerland
AU: Martinsson, B
EM: bengt.martinsson@nuclear.lu.se
AF: uUniversity of Lund, Fysiska Institutionen, P.O.Box 118, Lund, S-22100
Sweden
AU: Platt, U
EM: ulrich.platt@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
AF: Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, INF229, Heidelberg, D-69120
Germany
AU: Schlager, H
EM: hans.schlager@dlr.de
AF: Institute for Physics of Atmosphere, Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Wessling, D-82234
Germany
AU: Schumann, U
EM: ulrich.schumann@dlr.de
AF: Institute for Physics of Atmosphere, Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Wessling, D-82234
Germany
AU: Sprung, D
EM: detlev.sprung@imk.fzk.de
AF: Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Weberstrasse 5, Karlsruhe,
D-76133
Germany
AU: van Velthoven, P
EM: velthove@knmi.nl
AF: Royal Dutch meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 201, de Bilt, NL-3730 AE
Netherlands
AU: Waibel, A
EM: andreas.waibel@dlh.de
AF: Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt Airport Center, Hugo-Eckener-Ring B.649, Frankfurt/M., D-60549
Germany
AU: Zahn, A
EM: andreas.zahn@imk.fzk.de
AF: Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Weberstrasse 5, Karlsruhe,
D-76133
Germany
AU: Ziereis, H
EM: helmut.ziereis@dlr.de
AF: Institute for Physics of Atmosphere, Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Wessling, D-82234
Germany
AB:
An airfreight container equipped with automated analysers was deployed onboard of a passenger Boeing 767 ER of LTU
International Airways during regular long-distance flights. From November 1997 to the decommissioning of the aircraft in May
2002, 86 flights were carried out on routes to Southern India, the Caribbean, and Southern Africa providing data on
distribution of O3, CO, aerosols (nuclei > 4, 12, 18 nm) in the tropopause region from continuous measurements and of CO2,
H2, CO, their isotopic composition, halocarbons, hydrocarbons, N2O, CH4, SF6, and elemental aerosol composition from analyses
of samples. Based on this experience a totally new and more powerful CARIBIC system has been developed and put into
operation, based on a sophisticated inlet system and a new container with a largely extended instrumentation. The inlet
system is designed for sampling of small aerosol particles. In addition, it contains 3 separate probes to sample air for
measurements of trace gases (heated and PFA coated), total and gaseous water (heated electropolished stainless steel). It
also accommodates 3 telescopes of a mini differential optical absorption spectrometer (MAX-DOAS) and a camera for information
about clouds. The current instrument package comprises analysers for total and gaseous H2O, O3, NO and NOy, CO, CO2, O2, Hg,
and three condensation nuclei counters for particles larger than 4, 12, and 18 nm. A proton transfer mass spectrometer
(PTR-MS) and an optical particle counter are installed to measure selected organic compounds and the particle size
distributions, respectively. Samples of aerosol, of air (glass canisters) and of VOC and OVOC (adsorption tubes) are taken as
well. This allows for a broad spectrum of laboratory analyses. The new CARIBIC system onboard a new passenger Lufthansa
Airbus 340-600 has been in operation since December 2004 on a regular long-distance routes from Frankfurt to Santiago de
Chile or Manila. The system is planned to flight monthly for a period of 10 years. Important aspects of the new CARIBIC
system and first results will be presented.
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906)
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005