An Instrumented Aircraft Facility to Provide Vertical Profiles of Wind, Temperature, Turbulence, Sensible Heat, Aerosol and Trace-Gas Concentrations and Fluxes within the Urban Boundary Layer

URGENT Air Project No GST/02/2225 – Duration: 1/4/1999 - 31/3/2002.

Contents

  1. Project overview
  2. People
  3. Data collection
  4. Data summaries
  5. Other related URGENT projects

1. Project overview

See the project summary at the Central URGENT Web Site.

2. People

Lead researcher Dr Martin W. Gallagher UMIST Data acquisition software and analysis. Aerosol instrumentation preparation and calibration.
Data manager Dr Karl Beswick UMIST Also: Data acquisition software and analysis.
Other team members Dr Ian Stromberg UMIST Aircraft systems integration and flight operation.
Dr K.N. Bower UMIST Aircraft mission specialist. Aerosol instrumentation preparation and calibration.
Dr Rachel Burgess UMIST Trace gas instruments calibration and QA/QC flight preparation. Data acquisition software and analysis.
Mr James R. Dorsey UMIST Interpretation of micrometeorology and pollutant flux measurements.
Mr. M. Flynn UMIST Server administrator and computer networking.

3. Data collection

Location West Midlands, boundary layer.
Dates 16 June - 9 July 1999
2 - 11 February 2000
Platform CESSNA aircraft.
Air base Woodford, Greater Manchester.
Instrumentation KT19 Surface T
Five Hole Probe
GFAS O3
LMA4 NOX
LiCor H2O
ASASP Aerosol
TSI 3010 CPC

4. Data summaries

GST/02/2225 Data Summary A list of flight dates, measured parameters, etc.
GST/02/2225 Flight Tracks Charts displaying the flight tracks of all flights.

5. Other related URGENT projects

GST/02/1981 Observation, Modelling and Management of Urban Air Pollution - Ground-based measurements of meteorological and chemical data at urban and suburban sites in and around the West Midlands.