FGAM Instruments

FGAM maintains a variety of instruments and measurement platforms across a range of disciplines;

Observatories
Aerosols and cloud physics
Gas Phase Chemistry
Meteorology and Dynamics
Calibration and Laboratory Facilities

Observatories
Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO)		The CVAO exists to advance understanding of climatically significant interactions between the atmosphere and acean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. More information...
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radar Research (CFARR)		CFARR is one of the worlds most advanced meteorological radar experimental facilities. In addition to it's ongoing research activities it frequently hosts visiting experiments and research teams from universities and other research organisations. More information...
Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO)		WAO is a coastal site located on the North Norfolk coastline near Weybourne. Site that has influences from shipping plumes, Europe, and clean Northen Hemispheric air. More information...
Aerosols and Cloud Physics
Aircraft Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)		Chemical composition of sub-micron, none refactory aerosol, incl. mass loadings as a function of size and mass spectrums More information...
Airborne Particle Characteriser (APC)	Awaiting image	Miniature Small Ice Particle and Dust Detector
Airborne Particle Spectrometer with Single Particle Depolarisation backscatter (APSD)	Awaiting image	0.3-20 µm, dust, water, ice, discrimination
Ground and Aircraft Cloud Particle Imagers (CPI)		Images and counts particles in the size range of 15-2500 μm with imageshaving a nominal 2.3 μm resolution More information...
Differential Mobility Particle Sizer (DMPS)		The DMPS is an instrument designed to measure aerosol size spectra down to very small sizes, currently from 3.5 nm to approx 470 nm More information...
SPEC High Speed 2D-Spectroscopic Ice Particle Spectrometer (2D-S)	Awaiting image	Observations of ice particles aboard the FAAM146 aircraft
Ground based -airborne droplet analyzer (GB ADA)		The ADA measures cloud droplet diameter and velocity simultaneously, and is capable of measuring droplets int eh size range of 0.5 - 200 microns with a better than 0.5 micron resolution More Information ...
Ground Based Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (GB AMS)		Chemical composition of sub-micron, none refactory aerosol, incl. mass loadings as a function of size and mass spectrums More information...
Ground-based Hygroscopic Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer (GB HTDMA)		The HTDMA is designed to measure size resolved aerosol hygroscopic properties, i.e. how an aerosol distribution responds to a change in relative humidity More Information ...
Photoacoustic Aerosol Spectrometer (3 wavelength)	Awaiting Image	Black Carbon
Low Turbulence Inlet (LTI)		More Information...
Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP-2)	Awaiting Image	Scattering and absorbing aerosol and black carbon mass size distribution.
WIBS-4 Single particle aerosol spectrometer with multi-wavelength fluorescence	Awaiting Image	Bioaerosol detection
Ocean Optics S2000 UV-IR Spectrometer/Diode Array	Awaiting Image
Gas Phase Chemistry
Aerolaser CO		Ultra fast CO analyser (AL5002). VUV resonance fluorescence instrument. Measures CO at ppb level. More Information...
Airborne Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (CIMS)	Awaiting Image	Instrument can be tuned to provide observations of a range of species including Sulphuric acid, HNO₃, SO₂, BrO, ClO, formic acid, acetic acid, NO₃, propanoic acid, n-butanoic acid, hydrochloric acid and PAN to ppt levels and at 1 Hz
Airborne Gas Chromtograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) for use onboard the FAAM BAe146 Aircraft and ground sites		The aircraft GC-MS is currently set up to measure a range of C₃ - C₁₂ hydrocarbons and monoterpenes. The time resolution is currrently 5 minutes. More Information...
Miniature Continuous wave Quantum Cascade Laser Absorption Spectrometer (CW-QCLAS)	Awaiting Image	1-10 Hz N₂0, CH₄ and H₂O measurements
Fluorecence Assay by Gas Expansion (FAGE)		OH, HO₂ and IO radical measurements More Information ...
Dual Channel Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detectors. GC -FID		C₂ - C₇ hydrocarbons and selected oxygenated volatile hydrocarbons at ppt level More Information...
Mobile Ozone and aerosol Lidar		A remote sensing technique that user laser light to measure ozone and aerosols More information...
Rack-mounted Gas Chromatograph for use on board the FAAM BAe146 aircraft. PAN GC		Measures PAN in ppb every 90 seconds More Information...
Thermo Ozone 49C		Measures ozone every 4 seconds More Information...
Thermo NO_x 42C		Measures NO, NO₂ and NO_x every 30 seconds More Information...
Whole Air Sampling (WAS-146)		64 silco steel canisters available per flight for collection of air samples
Meteorology and Dynamics
Automatic Weather Station (Campbell Scientific)		Wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, Net radiometer, pressure, rainfalland soil moisture content More information...
Balloon		More information...
Campbell Scientific 3D Sonic Anemometer (CSAT3) and 107 Temperature Probe		More information...
Doppler Lidar		1.5 micron pulsed doppler Lidar More information...
Radiometer		Radiometer Physics microwave radiometer. More information...
Radiosonde Station		More information...
Sodar Acoustic sounder (Scintec FAS64)		More information...
Mobile 1290 MHz WInd Profiler		The mobile wind profiler is a 'clear air' UHF Dopplar radar system designed to measure both wind speed and direction 24 hours a day under all weather conditions More information...
Calibration and Laboratory Facilities
Enflo		EnFlo has a Meteorological wind tunnel at Surrey University, with the capability of setting a vertical temperature profile at the inlet to the working section, and can heat or cool the tunnel floor panels to achieve the computer controlled setpoint temperatures. These systems can be used to simulate the atmospheric boundary layer in neutral, stable and unstable conditions. More information...
Manchester Ice Cloud Chamber		The new ice cloud chamber facility consists of three large cold rooms arranged vertically above each other on three floors of the building. More information...
HIRAC Chamber		The Highly Instrumented Reactor for Atmospheric Chemistry, HIRAC, is a NERC funded atmospheric simulation chamber developed with the ability to control temperature, pressure and photolysis rates during experiments. HIRAC may be used to test instruments under a range of atmospherically relevant conditions, providing, for example, a calibration facility for FGAM airborne instrumentation at a range of temperatures and pressures consistent with conditions experienced during airborne measurements. More information...
Ozone Calibrator		A number of ozone monitors are operated by individual University research groups and monitoring sites throughout the UK, each with their own operating protocols and calibration procedures. The facility aims to link each of these instruments to a common, certified calibration scale by coordinating the use of a portable ozone primary standard to maintain accuracy of observations and allow direct comparisons to be drawn between the datasets collected. More information...