| |
AIDA as a platform for pre-flight tests of HALO instruments
The Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF) of
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe offers the opportunity to use the
AIDA
(Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere) facility for
operating and testing instruments which are developed or adapted
for the new HALO research aircraft. This includes in particular
instrumentation for water vapour, aerosols, cloud droplets, and ice particles.
During the tests, the instruments can be operated under typical in-flight
temperature and pressure conditions. Housings with the dimension of
PMS canisters are already available to fit respective probes in
vertical orientation to the AIDA chamber and to maintain sampling
of aerosol, droplets and ice particles with flow speeds up to 50 m/s.
Aircraft probes like the Cloud Particle Imager (CPI), Cloud Droplet Probe
(CDP) or Small Ice Detector (SID) were already successfully operated
under low temperature and reduced pressure conditions.
Pre flight tests at the AIDA facility can help to improve the
performance, accuracy and reliability and are therefore highly
recommended for all qualified in situ instruments.
|
