Characterisation of the filter inlet system on the FAAM BAe-146 research aircraft and its use for size-resolved aerosol composition measurements

Sanchez-Marroquin, Alberto; Hedges, Duncan H. P.; Hiscock, Matthew; Parker, Simon T.; Rosenberg, Philip D.; Trembath, Jamie; Walshaw, Richard; Burke, Ian T.; McQuaid, James B.; Murray, Benjamin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5741-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5741-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5741-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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30 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 30 Oct 2019

Characterisation of the filter inlet system on the FAAM BAe-146 research aircraft and its use for size-resolved aerosol composition measurements

Alberto Sanchez-Marroquin, Duncan H. P. Hedges, Matthew Hiscock, Simon T. Parker, Philip D. Rosenberg, Jamie Trembath, Richard Walshaw, Ian T. Burke, James B. McQuaid, and Benjamin J. Murray

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5741-2019-supplement

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Data associated with 'Characterisation of the filter inlet system on the BAE-146 research aircraft and its use for size resolved aerosol composition measurements' University of Leeds A. Sanchez-Marroquin, D. H. P. Hedges, M. Hiscock, S. T. Parker, P. D. Rosenberg, J. Trembath, R. Walshaw, I. T. Burke, J. B. McQuaid, and B. J. Murray https://doi.org/10.5518/724

Short summary

Sampling coarse-mode aerosol from a fast-moving research aircraft is challenging and can be subject to substantial losses and enhancements. We characterise these losses and enhancements for an inlet system designed to collect aerosol onto filters. We go on to present an application of this inlet system where we use electron microscopy to study the size and composition of the collected aerosol particles.