TY - JOUR A1 - Pohl, T. A1 - Heweling, G. A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Weber, Konradin T1 - Traffic Influenced Nitrogen Dioxide, Ultrafine Particle and Black Carbon Concentrations at a Busy Urban Street in Duesseldorf, Germany JF - International Journal of Environmental Science N2 - In this study the road traffic related air pollution within a busy urban street canyon in the City of Duesseldorf, Germany was investigated. For the investigations the measurement truck of the laboratory for environmental measurement techniques of the HSD was equipped with different measurement devices for gaseous and aerosol species as well as meteorological sensors. The measurement truck was placed next to a stationary air quality measurement container of the Environmental State Agency of North-Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV). The measurement site is located at the Cornelius street, a direct north south connecting street through the city of Duesseldorf, which is highly frequented by road traffic with an daily amount of about 45,000 vehicles. The street is located within the low emission zone (LEZ). Additionally the pass through of vehicles with a higher weight than 7.5 tons is prohibited. Within this study over a period of several weeks the particle mass concentrations PM10, PM2.5 and PM1, and the particle number size distribution (PNSD) were measured over a broad range from 5 nm to 32 µm with a high temporal resolution. Additionally, an aethalometer was used to determine the proportion of black carbon in the particle ensembles. Gaseous pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide were measured as well. Nitrogen dioxide is a typical species originating from combustion processes. In this study the data from NO2 strongly correlate with ultrafine particle and black carbon concentrations and for this reason all three species are clearly influenced by road traffic. However, this effect is not so pronounced for the particle mass concentrations, which are additionally influenced by the varying local background concentrations. During the measurements, the averaged concentration for PM10 was on a moderate level at 20.6 µg/m³ (PM2.5 13.4 µg/m³, PM1 10.7 µg/m³). The averaged NO2 concentration was 54.2 µg/m³ during the measurement period, which is above the yearly limit value of 40 µg/m³. However, the hourly limit value of 200 µg/m³ was not exceeded during the measurement period of this study. The averaged particle number concentration (PNC5-250 nm) and black carbon concentration were on a low level compared with values from other studies at roadsides. The PNC5-250 nm was at 6,400 #/cm³ and for black carbon at 1.8 µg/m³. The lower values for PNC and BC are possibly explained as a result due to the measures from the clean air plan. The measurements of this study took place in summertime. The air pollution concentrations might be higher during colder times of the year due to domestic fuel burning. After all it can be stated, that the additional monitoring of ultrafine particles and black carbon is relevant and important to characterize the composition of the air quality at roadsides and offer a better understanding for the temporal resolution of air pollutants in cities. Moreover, estimations on the risk of air pollution for the human health can more precisely be specified. KW - Luftreinhaltung KW - urban air pollution KW - road traffic emissions KW - ultrafine particles KW - black carbon KW - nitrogen dioxide Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-50355 SN - 2367-8941 VL - 2 SP - 410 EP - 417 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - General, S. A1 - Pöhler, D. A1 - Sihler, H. A1 - Bobrowski, N. A1 - Frieß, U. A1 - Zielcke, J. A1 - Horbanski, M. A1 - Shepson, P. B. A1 - Stirm, B. H. A1 - Simpson, W. R. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Platt, U. T1 - The Heidelberg Airborne Imaging DOAS Instrument (HAIDI) – a novel imaging DOAS device for 2-D and 3-D imaging of trace gases and aerosols JF - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques N2 - Abstract. Many relevant processes in tropospheric chemistry take place on rather small scales (e.g., tens to hundreds of meters) but often influence areas of several square kilometer. Thus, measurements of the involved trace gases with high spatial resolution are of great scientific interest. In order to identify individual sources and sinks and ultimately to improve chemical transport models, we developed a new airborne instrument, which is based on the well established Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) method. The Heidelberg Airborne Imaging DOAS Instrument (HAIDI) is a passive imaging DOAS spectrometer, which is capable of recording horizontal and vertical trace gas distributions with a resolution of better than 100 m. Observable species include NO2, HCHO, C2H2O2, H2O, O3, O4, SO2, IO, OClO and BrO. Here we give a technical description of the instrument including its custom-built spectrographs and CCD detectors. Also first results from measurements with the new instrument are presented. These comprise spatial resolved SO2 and BrO in volcanic plumes, mapped at Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy), NO2 emissions in the metropolitan area of Indianapolis (Indiana, USA) as well as BrO and NO2 distributions measured during arctic springtime in context of the BRomine, Ozone, and Mercury EXperiment (BROMEX) campaign, which was performed 2012 in Barrow (Alaska, USA). KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-50179 SN - 1867-8548 VL - 7 IS - 10 SP - 3459 EP - 3485 PB - Copernicus ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Pohl, T. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - van Haren, G. A1 - Schweikert, W. ED - Lewis, Colin ED - Burgess, Douglas T1 - TATP stand-off detection with open path: FTIR techniques T2 - Optics and photonics for counterterrorism, crime fighting and defence VIII : 24 - 26 September 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-8194-9287-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974592 SN - 0277-786X VL - 8546 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Wash ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Carapezza, M. L. A1 - Barberi, F. A1 - Ranaldi, M. A1 - Ricci, T. A1 - Tarchini, L. A1 - Barrancos, José A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Granieri, D. A1 - Lucchetti, C. A1 - Melian, G. A1 - Perez, N. A1 - Tuccimei, P. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Weber, Konradin T1 - Hazardous gas emissions from the flanks of the quiescent Colli Albani volcano (Rome, Italy) JF - Applied Geochemistry KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2012 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.012 VL - 27 IS - 9 SP - 1767 EP - 1782 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Carapezza, M. L. A1 - Barberi, F. A1 - Ranaldi, M. A1 - Ricci, T. A1 - Tarchini, L. A1 - Barrancos, José A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Perez, N. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Di Piazza, A. A1 - Gattuso, A. T1 - Diffuse CO2 soil degassing and CO2 and H2S concentrations in air and related hazards at Vulcano Island (Aeolian arc, Italy) JF - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.06.010 VL - 207 IS - 3-4 SP - 130 EP - 144 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Eliasson, J. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Pohl, T. A1 - van Haren, G. A1 - Meier, M. A1 - Grobéty, B. A1 - Dahmann, D. T1 - Airborne in-situ investigations of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash plume on Iceland and over north-western Germany with light aircrafts and optical particle counters JF - Atmospheric Environment KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.030 SN - 1352-2310 VL - 48 SP - 9 EP - 21 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - General, S. A1 - Bobrowski, N. A1 - Pöhler, D. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Platt, U. T1 - Airborne I-DOAS measurements at Mt. Etna: BrO and OClO evolution in the plume JF - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.05.012 SN - 0377-0273 VL - 300 SP - 175 EP - 186 PB - Elsevier ER -