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The project has led to a new type of platform for measuring global scale air pollution, in particular the release of unwanted chemicals into the atmosphere. The platform is an economical solution to bridge the gap between the use of research aircraft (very expensive, very small coverage) and satellite (very expensive and only a limited spatial and chemical resolution).
Air pollution can be measured in detail in the free troposphere:
1. Important information about nearly ALL greenhouse gases is obtained. Only the United States of America has at present this information in appropriate amounts (NOAA/CMDL).
2. Information about the very small concentrations of forbidden (viz. the ozone depleters) substances in the air is obtained. Also an inventory of the replacement substances is obtained.
3. The impact of biomass burning in part of the tropics is better documented and understood.
Project URL: http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/
We have developed and applied a new tool in atmospheric chemistry which offers an excellent solution for contributing substantially to improve the situation with respect to the severe lack of detailed atmospheric observations.
This is in particular so from an European Perspective. Europe, unlike the USA, does not have information about the global change in the 2 most important chemically active gases, i.e. CH4 and CO
CARIBIC, standing for Civil Aircraft for remote sensing and In situ observation of the tropopause region, based on the Instrumentation Container concept, started as a small initiative by 3 institutes in Germany. It now is becoming a true European Project, with an enormous scope for extension, and usage over many years to come. Together with Sweden, and the Netherlands, and England to join soon, the CARIBIC aircraft flies with a special large instrument container to do in situ measurements and to collect air samples. With the regular long range flights, with the many instruments, with the flexibility of the container to change equipment, and with the cooperation of the aviation industry high quality atmospheric research is being carried out.
What makes CARIBIC not a 'putting some equipment on an aircraft' is the very fact that aerosols are measured in flight and even are collected. Further a very fast ozone sensor is employed, giving unprecendented detailed pictures of ozone distribution at cruising altitude. Further high accuracy CO measurements are carried out and air samples are collected. On these samples, over forty trace gases and trace gas properties are analyzed in the laboratory. This give a unique detail of the air masses traversed.
The CARIBIC data are valuable for making further progress in 3D global modeling of the atmosphere.
The outcome of scientific research are new insights made public through publication in international journals. CARIBIC has led to many conference contributions, to several papers published, with many to follow. We refer to the final report for further information.
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