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- Title
Airborne Mid-Infrared Cavity enhanced Absorption spectrometer (AMICA).
- Authors
Kloss, Corinna; Tan, Vicheith; Leen, J. Brian; Madsen, Garrett L.; Gardner, Aaron; Xu Du; Kulessa, Thomas; Schillings, Johannes; Schneider, Herbert; Schrade, Stefanie; Chenxi Qiu; von Hobe, Marc
- Abstract
We describe the Airborne Mid-Infrared Cavity enhanced Absorption spectrometer (AMICA) designed to measure trace gases in situ on research aircraft using Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy (OA-ICOS). AMICA contains two largely independent and exchangeable OA-ICOS arrangements, allowing for the simultaneous measurement of multiple substances in different infrared wavelength windows tailored to scientific questions related to a particular flight mission. Three OA-ICOS setups have been implemented to measure OCS, CO2, CO and H2O at 2050 cm-1, O3, NH3 and CO2 at 1035 cm-1, and HCN, C2H2 and N2O at 3331 cm-1. The 2050 cm-1 setup has been fully characterized in the lab and successfully used for atmospheric measurements during two campaigns with the research aircraft M55-Geophysica and one with the German HALO aircraft. Nominal measurement precision is 30 ppt for OCS, 1 ppm for CO2, 3 ppb for CO and 100 ppm for H2O. The 1035 and 3331 cm-1 arrangements have only partially been characterized and are still in development. The ~100 kg instrument with a typical in-flight power consumption of about 500 VA is dimensioned to fit into one 19 inch rack typically used for deployment inside the aircraft cabin. Its rugged design and a pressurized and temperature stabilized compartment containing the sensitive optical and electronic hardware also allow for deployment in payload bays outside the pressurized cabin even at high altitudes of 20 km. A sample flow system with two parallel proportional solenoid valves of different size orifices allows for precise regulation of cavity pressure over the wide range of inlet port pressures encountered between the ground and maximum flight altitudes. Sample flow on the order of 1 SLM maintained by an exhaust-side pump limits the useful time resolution to about 2.5 s (corresponding to the average cavity flush time).
- Subjects
RESEARCH aircraft; AIRCRAFT cabins; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE gases; ABSORPTION
- Publication
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2021, p1
- ISSN
1867-8610
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/amt-2021-28