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@ARTICLE{Weigel:280305,
author = {Weigel, R. and Spichtinger, P. and Mahnke, C. and
Klingebiel, M. and Afchine, Armin and Petzold, Andreas and
Krämer, Martina and Costa, Anja and Molleker, S. and
Jurkat, T. and Minikin, A. and Borrmann, S.},
title = {{T}hermodynamic correction of particle concentrations
measured by underwing probes on fast flying aircraft},
journal = {Atmospheric measurement techniques discussions},
volume = {8},
issn = {1867-8610},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernicus},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-00094},
pages = {13423-13469},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Particle concentration measurements with underwing probes
on aircraft are impacted by air compression upstream of the
instrument body as a function of flight velocity. In
particular for fast-flying aircraft the necessity arises to
account for compression of the air sample volume. Hence, a
correction procedure is needed to invert measured particle
number concentrations to ambient conditions that is commonly
applicable for different instruments to gain comparable
results. In the compression region where the detection of
particles occurs (i.e. under factual measurement
conditions), pressure and temperature of the air sample are
increased compared to ambient (undisturbed) conditions in
certain distance away from the aircraft. Conventional
procedures for scaling the measured number densities to
ambient conditions presume that the particle penetration
speed through the instruments' detection area equals the
aircraft speed (True Air Speed, TAS). However, particle
imaging instruments equipped with pitot-tubes measuring the
Probe Air Speed (PAS) of each underwing probe reveal PAS
values systematically below those of the TAS. We conclude
that the deviation between PAS and TAS is mainly caused by
the compression of the probed air sample. From measurements
during two missions in 2014 with the German Gulfstream G-550
(HALO – High Altitude LOng range) research aircraft we
develop a procedure to correct the measured particle
concentration to ambient conditions using a thermodynamic
approach. With the provided equation the corresponding
concentration correction factor ξ is applicable to the high
frequency measurements of each underwing probe which is
equipped with its own air speed sensor (e.g. a pitot-tube).
ξ-values of 1 to 0.85 are calculated for air speeds (i.e.
TAS) between 60 and 260 m s−1. From HALO data it is found
that ξ does not significantly vary between the different
deployed instruments. Thus, for the current HALO underwing
probe configuration a parameterisation of ξ as a function
of TAS is provided for instances if PAS measurements are
lacking. The ξ-correction yields higher ambient particle
concentration by about 15–25 $\%$ compared to conventional
procedures – an improvement which can be considered as
significant for many research applications. The calculated
ξ-values are specifically related to the considered HALO
underwing probe arrangement and may differ for other
aircraft or instrument geometries. Moreover, the
ξ-correction may not cover all impacts originating from
high flight velocities and from interferences between the
instruments and, e.g., the aircraft wings and/or fuselage.
Consequently, it is important that PAS (as a function of
TAS) is individually measured by each probe deployed
underneath the wings of a fast-flying aircraft.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/amtd-8-13423-2015},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280305},
}