Aircraft: BAe146 - FAAM
Identification
| Aircraft acronym | BAe146 - FAAM |
| Operated by | Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements |
| Aircraft category | Atmospheric boundary layer, Land/Sea surface properties, Troposphere |
| Registration number | G-LUXE |
| Manufacturer and aircraft type | BAE Systems, BAe146-301 |
Max. scientific payload: 11000 kg
Basic instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trace Gas Analyzer | FAAM AeroLaser 5002 Fast CO Monitor | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Dropsonde | FAAM AVAPS Dropsonde RD93 | FAAM | Profiles of P, T, dew-point, u and v winds | 2.0 kg | |
| Cloud Droplet Size Spectrometer | FAAM DMT Cloud Droplet Probe | FAAM | Cloud droplet size spectra, number concentration and water content, | 15.0 kg | |
| Cloud/Aerosol Microphysics Multi-function Instrument | Cloud Imaging Probe, 100 micron | FAAM | Aerosol and cloud droplet properties | 15.0 kg | |
| Cloud/Aerosol Microphysics Multi-function Instrument | Cloud Imaging Probe, 15 micron (grey-scale) | FAAM | Aerosol and cloud droplet properties | 15.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | FAAM Red Dome Eppley BBR | FAAM | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 3.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | FAAM Clear Dome Eppley BBR | FAAM | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 3.0 kg | |
| Other | FAAM Core instrumentation | FAAM | 3000.0 kg | ||
| Filter Sampler | FAAM Filter Sampler | FAAM | Aerosols passive collector | 0.0 kg | |
| Incident flow vector probe | FAAM turbulence probe | FAAM | Airspeed; Incidence angle; Turbulence | 0.0 kg | |
| Inertial Reference/Navigation System | POSAV 510 combined GPS/Inertial Naviagtion unit | FAAM | Aircraft position, velocity and attitude | 10.0 kg | |
| Cloud Liquid Water Content | Johnson-Williams probe | FAAM | Liquid water content | 0.23 kg | |
| Cloud Liquid and Total Condensate | Nevzorov liquid and total water content probe | FAAM | Liquid and Ice water content | 1.5 kg | |
| Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | FAAM100X Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | FAAM | Aerosol concentration and size distribution spectra | 10.0 kg | |
| Camera - video | FAAM Phillips LTC 0600 Series Colour Cameras | FAAM | Colour movies | 0.5 kg | |
| Black Carbon | FAAM 'Sooty' Paricle Soot Absorbtion Photometer | FAAM | Density (µg/m<SUP>3</SUP>) or Absorption (Mm-1) | 9.7 kg | |
| RADAR | RDR 4B Navigation Weather Doppler Radar | FAAM | Reflectivity | 0.0 kg | |
| Temperature sensor (in situ) | FAAM Rosemount PT102AL/102BL | FAAM | Temperature | 10.0 kg | |
| Static Pressure | FAAM Static Pressure | FAAM | Static Pressure | 0.0 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | FAAM TECO Ozone | FAAM | O3 concentration | 0.0 kg | |
| Radio Altimeter | FAAM Radio Altimeter | FAAM | Aircraft height above surface | 0.0 kg | |
| Nephelometer | FAAM TSI 3563 Integrating Nephelometer | FAAM | Aerosol scattering coefficients | 31.0 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | FAAM TSI-3786 Ultra FIne water-based CPC | FAAM | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 5.5 kg | |
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | Met Office TWC | FAAM | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 10.0 kg |
Optional instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Aerodyne CH4 & N2O CW-Quantum Cascade LAS | UNIMAN | Trace Gas concentrations | 23.0 kg | |
| Incident flow vector probe | METOFFICE AIMMS-20 | METOFFICE | Airspeed; Incidence angle; Turbulence | 15.0 kg | |
| Mass Spectrometer | Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | FAAM | Mass/size of aerosol, hydrocarbons, VOC | 0.0 kg | |
| Infrared Spectrometer | Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System | FAAM | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 0.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | FAAM Photometers H720A, H720B, H656AB, H656AA | FAAM | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 0.0 kg | |
| Cloud Droplet Size Spectrometer | Backscatter Cloud Probe / Polarization Detection | UNIMAN | Cloud droplet size spectra, number concentration and water content, | 1.5 kg | |
| Dew/Frost-point hygrometer | Buck CR-2 Cryogenic Aircraft Hygrometer 2 | FAAM | Dew Point | 4.7 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | DMT dual-channel Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter | FAAM | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 43.8 kg | |
| Counter-flow Virtual Impactor (CVI) | Counterflow Virtual Impactor | METOFFICE | 110.0 kg | ||
| Microwave Radiometer | Dual-freq.Ext.toMicrowaveInflightObservingSystem | FAAM | Microwave brightness temperature | 0.0 kg | |
| Cloud/Aerosol Microphysics Multi-function Instrument | Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | UNIMAN | Aerosol and cloud droplet properties | 20.0 kg | |
| Aerosol LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) | Leosphere ALS 450 aerosol lidar | METOFFICE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Fluoresence Assay by Gas Expansion | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | FAAM UEA Formaldehyde | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | FAAM Flourescence Water Vapour Sensor | FAAM | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Imperial College TDLAS | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Microwave Radiometer | MicrowaveAirborneRadiometerScanningSystem - MARSS | FAAM | Microwave brightness temperature | 0.0 kg | |
| Global Positioning System | Navstar-XR5 | FAAM | Aircraft position, velocity and attitude | 0.5 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Cambridge NIR TDLAS | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | ORAC | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Gas Chromatograph (GC) | PAN | FAAM | Trace gas concentrations especially VOC | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | PERCA | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | FAAM Peroxide | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Mass Spectrometer | PTr-MS | FAAM | Mass/size of aerosol, hydrocarbons, VOC | 0.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | FAAM Pyrgeometer 4-50 um BBR | FAAM | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 0.0 kg | |
| Optical Particle Counter (OPC) | Small Ice Detector - Mark 2 | METOFFICE | Aerosol size distribution | 10.2 kg | |
| Black Carbon | Single Particle Soot Photometer | UNIMAN | Density (µg/m<SUP>3</SUP>) or Absorption (Mm-1) | 26.1 kg | |
| Optical Array Probe (OAP) | Manchester 2D-S (stereo) Optical Array Probe | UNIMAN | Particle shadow area/diameter | 15.0 kg | |
| Cloud Particle Imager | Manchester University SPEC Cloud Particle Imager | UNIMAN | Ice or droplet shape | 0.0 kg | |
| Visible/Near Infra Red Spectrometer | Short-Wave Spectrometer | FAAM | Radiance | 0.0 kg | |
| Infrared Spectrometer | TAFTS - Tropospheric Airborne Fourier Transform Sp | FAAM | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 80.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | TECO 43C SO2 analyzer | FAAM | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer | UNIMAN | Aerosol concentration and size distribution spectra | 31.0 kg | |
| Cloud/Aerosol Microphysics Multi-function Instrument | Volatile Aerosol Concentration and Composition | UNILEEDS | Aerosol and cloud droplet properties | 150.0 kg | |
| Whole Air Samples | FAAM Whole Air Sampling System | FAAM | VOC, Alkyl nitrates, halocarbons, CFCs, HCFCs | 0.0 kg | |
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | Water Vapour Sensing System | METOFFICE | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 3.46 kg |