Gutenberg Open Science: The realization of autonomous, aircraft-based, real-time aerosol mass spectrometry in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

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dc.contributor.author	Dragoneas, Antonis	-
dc.contributor.author	Molleker, Sergej	-
dc.contributor.author	Appel, Oliver	-
dc.contributor.author	Hünig, Andreas	-
dc.contributor.author	Böttger, Thomas	-
dc.contributor.author	Hermann, Markus	-
dc.contributor.author	Drewnick, Frank	-
dc.contributor.author	Schneider, Johannes	-
dc.contributor.author	Weigel, Ralf	-
dc.contributor.author	Borrmann, Stephan	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-13T09:01:08Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-04-13T09:01:08Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8860	-
dc.description.abstract	We report on the developments that enabled the field deployment of a fully automated aerosol mass spectrometer, especially designed for high-altitude measurements on unpressurized aircraft. The merits of the two main categories of real-time aerosol mass spectrometry, i.e. (a) single-particle laser desorption and ionization and (b) continuous thermal desorption and electron impact ionization of aerosols, have been integrated into one compact apparatus with the aim to perform in situ real-time analysis of aerosol chemical composition. The demonstrated instrument, named the ERICA (European Research Council Instrument for Chemical composition of Aerosols), operated successfully aboard the high-altitude research aircraft M-55 Geophysica at altitudes up to 20 km while being exposed to ambient conditions of very low atmospheric pressure and temperature. A primary goal of those field deployments was the in situ study of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL). During 11 research flights, the instrument operated for more than 49 h and collected chemical composition information of more than 150 000 single particles combined with quantitative chemical composition analysis of aerosol particle ensembles. This paper presents in detail the technical characteristics of the main constituent parts of the instrument, as well as the design considerations for its integration into the aircraft and its autonomous operation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). Additionally, system performance data from the first field deployments of the instrument are presented and discussed, together with exemplary mass spectrometry data collected during those flights.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	530 Physik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	530 Physics	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	540 Chemie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	540 Chemistry and allied sciences	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	600 Technik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	600 Technology (Applied sciences)	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	620 Engineering and allied operations	en_GB
dc.title	The realization of autonomous, aircraft-based, real-time aerosol mass spectrometry in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8844	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatik	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.number	7940	-
jgu.organisation.number	7950	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	de
jgu.journal.volume	15	de
jgu.journal.issue	19	de
jgu.pages.start	5719	de
jgu.pages.end	5742	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Copernicus GmbH EGU	de
jgu.publisher.place	Katlenburg-Lindau	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1680-7375	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	530	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	540	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	600	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	620	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.5194/amt-15-5719-2022	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Naturwissenschaften	de
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