Atmospheric mercury measurements onboard the CARIBIC passenger aircraft

Franz Slemr, Andreas Weigelt, Ralf Ebinghaus, Hans H. Kock, Jan Bödewadt, Carl A M Brenninkmeijer, Armin Rauthe-Schöch, Stefan Weber, Markus Hermann, Julia Becker, Andreas Zahn, Bengt Martinsson

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    Abstract

    Goal of the project CARIBIC (Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container) is to carry out regular and detailed observations of atmospheric composition (particles and gases) at cruising altitudes of passenger aircraft, i.e. at 9-12km. Mercury has been measured since May 2005 by a modified Tekran instrument (Tekran Model 2537 A analyser, Tekran Inc., Toronto, Canada) during monthly intercontinental flights between Europe and South and North America, Africa, and Asia. Here we describe the instrument modifications, the post-flight processing of the raw instrument signal, and the fractionation experiments.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2291-2302
    Number of pages12
    JournalAtmospheric Measurement Techniques
    Volume9
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 May 24

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

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