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

Observatories

Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO)

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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.

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Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radar Research

(CFARR)

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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.

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Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory

(WAO)

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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.

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Aerosols and Cloud Physics
Aircraft Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
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Chemical composition of sub-micron, none refactory aerosol, incl. mass loadings as a function of size and mass spectrums

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Airborne Particle Characteriser (APC)

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Miniature Small Ice Particle and Dust Detector
Airborne Particle Spectrometer with Single Particle Depolarisation

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0.3-20 µm, dust, water, ice, discrimination

Ground and Aircraft Cloud Particle Imagers (CPI)

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Images and counts particles in the size range of 15-2500 μm with imageshaving a nominal 2.3 μm resolution

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Differential Mobility Particle Sizer

(DMPS)

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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

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SPEC High Speed 2D-Spectroscopic Ice Particle Spectrometer (2D-S)

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Observations of ice particles aboard the FAAM146 aircraft

Ground based -airborne droplet analyzer

(GB ADA)

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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

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Ground Based Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

(GB AMS)

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Chemical composition of sub-micron, none refactory aerosol, incl. mass loadings as a function of size and mass spectrums

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Ground-based Hygroscopic Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer

(GB HTDMA)

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Photoacoustic Aerosol Spectrometer (3 wavelength)

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Black Carbon

Low Turbulence Inlet

(LTI)

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Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP-2)

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Scattering and absorbing aerosol and black carbon mass size distribution.
WIBS-4 Single particle aerosol spectrometer with multi-wavelength

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Bioaerosol detection

Ocean Optics S2000 UV-IR Spectrometer/Diode Array

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Gas Phase Chemistry
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Ultra fast CO analyser (AL5002). VUV resonance fluorescence instrument.

Measures CO at ppb level.

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Airborne Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (CIMS)

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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

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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.

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Miniature Continuous wave Quantum Cascade Laser Absorption Spectrometer (CW-QCLAS)

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1-10 Hz N20, CH4 and H2O measurements

Fluorecence Assay by Gas Expansion

(FAGE)

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OH, HO2 and IO radical measurements

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Dual Channel Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detectors.

GC -FID

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C2 - C7 hydrocarbons and selected oxygenated volatile hydrocarbons at ppt level

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Mobile Ozone and aerosol Lidar ozoneprofilermanchester.jpg

A remote sensing technique that user laser light to measure ozone and aerosols

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Rack-mounted Gas Chromatograph for use on board the FAAM BAe146 aircraft.

PAN GC

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Measures PAN in ppb every 90 seconds

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Thermo Ozone 49C

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Measures ozone every 4 seconds

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Thermo NOx 42C

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Measures NO, NO2 and NOx every 30 seconds

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Whole Air Sampling

(WAS-146)

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64 silco steel canisters available per flight for collection of air samples

Meteorology and Dynamics

 

Automatic Weather Station

(Campbell Scientific)

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Wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, Net radiometer, pressure, rainfalland soil moisture content

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Balloon

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Campbell Scientific 3D Sonic Anemometer (CSAT3) and 107 Temperature Probe

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Doppler Lidar

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1.5 micron pulsed doppler Lidar

 

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Radiometer

 

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Radiometer Physics microwave radiometer.


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Radiosonde Station

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Sodar

Acoustic sounder (Scintec FAS64)

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Mobile 1290 MHz WInd Profiler

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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

 

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Calibration and Laboratory Facilities

Enflo

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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.

 

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Manchester Ice Cloud Chamber

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The new ice cloud chamber facility consists of three large cold rooms arranged vertically above each other on three floors of the building.

 

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HIRAC Chamber

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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.

 

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Ozone Calibrator

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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.

 

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