@article{FischerWeberLangeetal.2016, author = {Fischer, Christian and Weber, Konradin and Lange, Martin and Fr{\"u}hsorger, Alexander and Roßkopf, C. and Pesch, Markus and Ziegler, V.}, title = {Bestimmung der Filtereffizienz von High Volume Air Condition (HVAC)-Systemen von verschiedenen Pkw mit realen Feinstaubbelastungen in Peking}, series = {Gefahrstoffe: Reinhaltung der Luft}, volume = {76}, journal = {Gefahrstoffe: Reinhaltung der Luft}, number = {11-12}, publisher = {Springer-VDI}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, issn = {1436-4891}, pages = {437 -- 441}, year = {2016}, subject = {Luftfilter}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{EliassonPalssonWeber2017, author = {Eliasson, Jonas and Palsson, Thorgeir and Weber, Konradin}, title = {State of volcanic ash dispersion prediction}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The Eyjafjallajokull 2010 and Grimsvotn 2011 eruptions created great problems for commercial aviation in Western Europe and in the North Atlantic region. Comparison of satellite images of the visible and predicted ash clouds showed the VAAC prediction to be much larger than the actual ash clouds. No official explanation of this discrepancy exists apart from the definition of the ash cloud boundary. Papers on simulation of the Eyjafjallaj{\"o}kull ash cloud in peer reviewed journals, typically attempted to simulate the VAAC predictions rather than focusing on the satellite pictures. Sporadic measurements made in-situ showed much lower ash concentrations over Europe than the predicted values. Two of the weak points in ash cloud prediction have been studied in airborne measurements of volcanic ash by the Universities in Kyoto Japan, Iceland and D{\"u}sseldorf Germany of eruptions in Sakurajima, Japan. It turns out that gravitational deformation of the plume and a streak fallout process make estimated ash content of clouds larger than the actual, both features are not included in the simulation model. Tropospheric plumes tend to ride in stable inversions this causes gravitational flattening (pancaking) of the volcanic plume, while diffusion in the mixing layer is insignificant. New rules from ICAO, effective from November 2014, reiterate that jetliners should avoid visible ash, this makes information on visible ash important. A procedure developed by JMA′s Tokyo VAAC uses satellite images of visible ash to correct the prediction. This and the fact that meteorological data necessary to model gravitational dispersion and streak fallout do not exist in the international database available to the VAAC′s. This shows that close monitoring by airborne measurements and satellite and other photographic surveillance is necessary.}, subject = {Vulkanismus}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberHewelingFischeretal.2017, author = {Weber, Konradin and Heweling, Georg and Fischer, Christian and Lange, Martin and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Octocopter investigation of the vertical and horizontal variation of ultrafine particles, fine particulate matter and soot in the traffic plume emitted from a Rhine river bridge in Duesseldorf, Germany}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, volume = {19}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2017}, abstract = {For this study an octocopter UAV was used for carrying an ultrafine (UFP) particle monitor, an optical particle counter (OPC) and a micro aethalometer. The UFP-monitor, based on electrical charging of UFPs, was able to count the number of UFPs and give an estimated mean diameter of the measured particles. The OPC, based on the particle induced light scattering of a laser beam, was able to detect aerosols in a size range of about 250 nm to 32 μm in 31 bins. The micro aethalometer measured the soot by optical attenuation of a light beam which is caused by carbon particulate matter. The octocopter with a lift off weight by 10.5 kg was especially designed and constructed at the University of Applied Sciences, Duesseldorf, for the measurement of air pollutants. It was equipped with eight 900 W electric engines and a pixhawk flight control. Technically this octocopter was able to climb up to altitudes of up to 2 km AGL. However, during this study an altitude range of several 10 meters was used. During this study about 60 octocopter flights were performed. The flights clearly revealed a plume of UFPs coming from the traffic on the bridge. This result was confirmed by various upwind and downwind measurements with the octocopter in the region of the bridge.}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberScharifiFischeretal.2017, author = {Weber, Konradin and Scharifi, Emad and Fischer, Christian and Pohl, Tobias and Lange, Martin and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Mobile measurements of air pollutants with an instrumented car in populated areas}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, volume = {19}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Detailed mobile measurement of gases and fine particulate matter has been reported in the literature to be suitable to exhibit the air pollutants concentration in populated areas. This concentration is linked to the increase of number of cars, construction areas, industries and other emission sources. However, fixed measurement stations, mostly operated by environmental agencies, are limited in numbers and cannot cover a large area in monitoring. For this reason, to overcome this drawback, mobile measurements of the variability of gases (such as O3, NO, NO2) and particulate matter concentration were carried out during this study using an instrumented car. This car was able to deliver measurement results of all these compounds in a large area. The experimental results in this work demonstrate a large spatial variability of gases and fine particulate matters mainly depended on the traffic density and the location. These effects are especially obvious in the city core and the high traffic roads. In terms of fine particulate matter, this becomes evident for PM 10 and PM 2.5, where the mass and number concentration increases with arriving these zones.}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberFischerLangeetal.2017, author = {Weber, Konradin and Fischer, Christian and Lange, Martin and Schulz, Uwe and Naraparaju, Ravisankar and Kramer, Dietmar}, title = {Design and construction of a testbed for the application of real volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallaj{\"o}kull and Grimsv{\"o}tn eruptions to microgas turbines}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, volume = {19}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2017}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2017}, abstract = {It is well known that volcanic ash clouds emitted from erupting volcanoes pose a considerable threat to the aviation. The volcanic ash particles can damage the turbine blades and their thermal barrier coatings as well as the bearings of the turbine. For a detailed investigation of this damaging effect a testbed was designed and constructed, which allowed to study the damaging effects of real volcanic ash to an especially for these investigations modified microgas turbine. The use of this microgas turbine had the advantage that it delivers near reality conditions, using kerosene and operating at similar temperatures as big turbines, but at a very cost effective level. The testbed consisted out of a disperser for the real volcanic ash and all the equipment needed to control the micro gas turbine. Moreover, in front and behind the microgas turbine the concentration and the distribution of the volcanic ash were measured online by optical particle counters (OPCs). The particle concentration and size distribution of the volcanic ash particles in the intake in front of the microgas turbine was measured by an optical particle counter (OPC) combined with an isokinetic intake. Behind the microgas turbine in the exhaust gas additionally to the measurement with a second OPC ash particles were caught with an impactor, in order to enable the later analysis with an electron microscope concerning the morphology to verify possible melting processes of the ash particles. This testbed is of high importance as it allows detailed investigations of the impact of volcanic ash to jet turbines and appropriate countermeasures.}, subject = {Vulkanismus}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberKramerFischeretal.2018, author = {Weber, Konradin and Kramer, Tim and Fischer, Christian and Pohl, Tobias and Schulenberg, Malte and Heweling, Georg and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Testing and evaluation of low-cost sensors for fine particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2018}, volume = {20}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2018}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2018}, abstract = {It is well known from medical studies that fine particulate matter has adverse effects to human health. However, exceeding of limit values for fine particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5 is still a problem in major German cities. Therefore, fine particulate matter is monitored in Germany by environmental state agencies at fixed stations with certified instruments. These certified instruments are able to deliver reliable and high quality results. However, because of the costs of these certified instruments and the maintenance efforts, only few measurements stations are placed in the cities at places, which are regarded as representative for the air pollution. On the other hand, it is of interest to know the concentration of fine particulate matter in areas and at places, which are not covered by the fixed measurement stations of the environmental state agencies. In this situation citizen science projects started in Germany using low cost sensors for fine particulate matter. In principle, with these low cost sensors citizens could measure fine particulate matter at places and in situations of their interests. However, at that point the question of reliability of the low cost sensor data arises. Therefore the Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences (HSD) in Germany started a project for the testing and evaluation of low-cost sensors. For this reason 20 low-cost sensor units have been built up based on the SDS 011 sensor of Nova Fitness Inc. within the Laboratory for Environmental Measurement Techniques at HSD. The sensor measurement data can be transferred into a network and can be visualized on a digital map. This testing and evaluation at HSD of the low-cost sensors comprised: • Short term and long term comparison studies within the laboratory and at different urban sites with a certifiedwide range aerosol measurement system (Grimm WRAS). • Short term and long term comparison studies within the laboratory and at different urban sites with mid-cost sensors (Alphasense AN2). • Intercomparison testing and evaluation of sensors of the same production charge. • Intercomparison testing and evaluation of sensors of different production charges. • Testing and evaluation of the sensors at different meteorological conditions. The results of this testing and evaluation will be presented at the conference. Moreover, the potential of additional applications for low-cost sensors, e.g. for mobile measurements (multicopter UAS, bicycles, pedestrians) or for the validation of air pollution models, will be discussed}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @article{AsbachHellackSchumacheretal.2018, author = {Asbach, Christof and Hellack, Bryan and Schumacher, Stefan and B{\"a}ssler, Michael and Spreitzer, Michael and Pohl, Tobias and Weber, Konradin and Monz, Christian and Bieder, Stefan and Schultze, Thorsten and Todea, Ana Maria}, title = {Anwendungsm{\"o}glichkeiten und Grenzen kosteng{\"u}nstiger Feinstaubsensoren}, series = {Gefahrstoffe: Reinhaltung der Luft}, volume = {78}, journal = {Gefahrstoffe: Reinhaltung der Luft}, number = {6}, pages = {242 -- 250}, year = {2018}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeberKramerPohletal.2019, author = {Weber, Konradin and Kramer, Tim and Pohl, Tobias and Fischer, Christian}, title = {Evaluation und Vergleich von kosteng{\"u}nstigen Sensoren f{\"u}r Feinstaub}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft e.V.}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft e.V.}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.}, address = {Bad Honnef}, year = {2019}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeberHewelingPohletal.2019, author = {Weber, Konradin and Heweling, Georg and Pohl, Tobias and Fischer, Christian and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Untersuchung der raum-zeitlichen Variabilit{\"a}t verschiedener Luftschadstoffe in der Innenstadt D{\"u}sseldorfs mit mobilen Messungen}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft e.V.}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft e.V.}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.}, address = {Bad Honnef}, year = {2019}, subject = {Luftverunreinigender Stoff}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeberThielkeFischer2019, author = {Weber, Konradin and Thielke, Jan and Fischer, Christian}, title = {Evaluation of selected physical parameters measured with smartphones}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.}, address = {Bad Honnef}, year = {2019}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberKramerFischeretal.2019, author = {Weber, Konradin and Kramer, Tim and Fischer, Christian and Pohl, Tobias and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Evaluation of low cost and mid cost sensors for fine particulate matter at urban sites}, series = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2019}, volume = {21}, booktitle = {Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2019}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, year = {2019}, abstract = {High ambient air concentrations of fine particulate matter are a problem in many European cities, especially in traffic loaded street canyons. Therefore, the introduction of traffic restricted or traffic reduced areas is discussed as a countermeasure in several towns. However, at that point it is not always clear, in what extent the restriction of traffic in presently overloaded streets causes the exceeding of limit values in other areas of the town after the redirection of the traffic. Presently this cannot be recorded appropriately, when the concentrations of fine particulate matter are monitored only at rarely distributed single points by the official measurement systems of the environmental state agencies. On the other hand, meanwhile there are low cost and mid cost sensors for the measurement of fine particulate matter available, which enable the parallel monitoring with many measurement systems in an extended area of the town. By this way, the effect of traffic restrictions on the distribution of fine particulate matter in the city can potentially be observed. However, at this point the question arises, how reliable the results are, which are delivered by the low and mid cost sensors for fine particulate matter. For this reason different low cost and mid cost sensors have been evaluated for this study and intercompared with certified reference measurement systems for fine particulate matter. The study comprised the sensors SDS011 (Nova Fitness), which is in use already for several citizen science projects in Germany, SPS30 (Sensirion), OPC-R1 (Alphasense), OPC-N2 (Alphasense) and OPC-N3 (Alphasense). This study was performed at urban sites in D{\"u}sseldorf (Germany) for several weeks and covered different traffic loads and different meteorological situations, in order to get representative results. As atmospheric humidity can influence the measurement results, the humidity was measured in parallel to the fine particulate matter. It could be shown that the validity of the measurement results of fine particulate matter could be improved, when the parallel readings of the humidity were taken into account.}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PohlWeberFischeretal.2019, author = {Pohl, Tobias and Weber, Konradin and Fischer, Christian and Kramer, Tim}, title = {Investigation of the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Ultrafine Particles with Stationary and Mobile Measurements at the International Airport in Duesseldorf}, series = {European Aerosol Conference 2019, 25.-30. August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, booktitle = {European Aerosol Conference 2019, 25.-30. August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, year = {2019}, subject = {Feinstaub}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberKramerFischeretal.2019, author = {Weber, Konradin and Kramer, Tim and Fischer, Christian and Pohl, Tobias and B{\"o}hlke, Christoph}, title = {Application and Feld-Testing of Different Low Cost Sensors for Particulate Matter}, series = {European Aerosol Conference 2019, 25.-30. August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, booktitle = {European Aerosol Conference 2019, 25.-30. August 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden}, year = {2019}, subject = {Messtechnik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberFischerAmend2020, author = {Weber, Konradin and Fischer, Christian and Amend, Detlef}, title = {A new development of drop-sondes for the measurement of CO2-concentrations at extended volcanic areas}, series = {Physics of Volcanoes 2020}, booktitle = {Physics of Volcanoes 2020}, pages = {32}, year = {2020}, abstract = {One of the main compounds emitted by volcanoes or volcanic fields is CO2. This is not only emitted from localized craters, but can emerge as distributed and fugitive emissions on extended volcanic areas. In this situation it is of interest to explore the distribution and horizontal concentration profiles of the CO2-emissions. For this purpose new drop-sondes for sensor measurements of CO2 emissions are under development at the Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences. These drop-sondes are designed to be dropped from aircraft or drones over volcanic areas in order to map the distributed CO2 concentrations over longer times in an unattended way. They are very lightweight and cheap, so that a large number of drop-sondes might be deployed even over remote areas or regions with difficult access. The data are transmitted with GSM broadcasting and can be visualized on a geographical map. The drop-sondes use an NDIR CO2 sensor as a base for the measurement unit. Additionally to CO2 the atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity are measured. The sensor unit is mounted in a special shock absorbing housing, which is designed to absorb impacts from the touch down after dropping of the sensor and is able to resist even adverse weather conditions. First measurement results and more details of the design of the sensor unit will be presented in this contribution}, subject = {Sonde}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Weber1992, author = {Weber, Konradin}, title = {Bestimmung von Verfahrenskenngr{\"o}ßen bei Meßverfahren f{\"u}r gasf{\"o}rmige Luftverunreinigungen nach VDI-Richtlinien und DIN/ISO-Normen}, series = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 10. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 10th International Congress}, booktitle = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 10. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 10th International Congress}, editor = {Wener, Christian and Klein, Volker and Weber, Konradin}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {9783540552482}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-50980-3_20}, pages = {131 -- 140}, year = {1992}, subject = {Lasermesstechnik}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{DiehlKleinWeber1992, author = {Diehl, W. and Klein, V. and Weber, Konradin}, title = {Optische Fernmeßverfahren zur Bestimmung gasf{\"o}rmiger Luftschadstoffe in der Troposph{\"a}re}, series = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 10. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 10th International Congress}, booktitle = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 10. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 10th International Congress}, editor = {Werner, Christian and Klein, Volker and Weber, Konradin}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {9783540552482}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-50980-3_18}, pages = {113 -- 121}, year = {1992}, subject = {Lasermesstechnik}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WeberWeitkamp1994, author = {Weber, Konradin and Weitkamp, C.}, title = {Standardisierung auf dem Gebiet der optischen Fernmeßverfahren in Deutschland}, series = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 11. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 11th International Congress}, booktitle = {Laser in der Umweltmeßtechnik / Laser in Remote Sensing: Vortr{\"a}ge des 11. Internationalen Kongresses / Proceedings of the 11th International Congress}, editor = {Werner, Christian and Waidelich, Wilhelm}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {9783540574439}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-08252-2_33}, pages = {201 -- 205}, year = {1994}, subject = {Telemetrie}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LampWeberWeidemannetal.1994, author = {Lamp, Torsten and Weber, Konradin and Weidemann, Johannes and van Haren, Guenther}, title = {Application of FTIR spectroscopy to open-path measurements at industrial sites in Germany}, series = {SPIE Proceedings, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring}, volume = {2365}, booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring}, editor = {Simpson, Orman A.}, publisher = {SPIE}, issn = {0277-786X}, doi = {10.1117/12.210782}, pages = {6 -- 14}, year = {1994}, subject = {FT-IR-Spektroskopie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{WeberWeidemannvanHarenetal.1995, author = {Weber, Konradin and Weidemann, Johannes and van Haren, Guenther and Lamp, Torsten}, title = {Open-path FTIR measurements at an urban area in Germany}, series = {SPIE Proceedings, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring}, volume = {2365}, booktitle = {SPIE Proceedings, Optical Sensing for Environmental and Process Monitoring}, editor = {Simpson, Orman A.}, publisher = {SPIE}, issn = {0277-786X}, doi = {10.1117/12.210818}, pages = {37 -- 46}, year = {1995}, subject = {FT-IR-Spektroskopie}, language = {en} } @article{KuttlerLampWeber2002, author = {Kuttler, Wilhelm and Lamp, Torsten and Weber, Konradin}, title = {Summer air quality over an artificial lake}, series = {Atmospheric Environment}, volume = {36}, journal = {Atmospheric Environment}, number = {39-40}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {1352-2310}, doi = {10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00776-8}, pages = {5927 -- 5936}, year = {2002}, subject = {Luftqualit{\"a}t}, language = {en} }