TY - CHAP A1 - Pieri, D. C. A1 - Diaz, J. A. A1 - Bland, G. A1 - Fladeland, M. M. A1 - Abtahi, A. A1 - Alan, A. Jr. A1 - Alegria, O. A1 - Azofeifa, S. A1 - Berthold, R. A1 - Corrales, E. A1 - Fuerstenau, S. A1 - Gerardi, J. A1 - Herlth, D. A1 - Hickman, G. A1 - Hunter, G. A1 - Linick, J. A1 - Mardigal, Y. A1 - Makel, D. A1 - Miles, T. A1 - Realmuto, V. J. A1 - Storms, B. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Kolyer, R. A1 - Weber, Konradin T1 - Systematic observations of Volcán Turrialba, Costa Rica, with small unmanned aircraft and aerostats (UAVs): the Costa Rican Airborne Research and Technology Applications (CARTA) missions [Abstract] T2 - American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014 N2 - For several years, the University of Costa Rica, NASA Centers (e.g., JPL, ARC, GSFC/WFF, GRC) & NASA contractors-partners have made regular in situ measurements of aerosols & gases at Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica, with aerostats (e.g., tethered balloons & kites), & free-flying fixed wing UAVs (e.g., Dragon Eye, Vector Wing 100, DELTA 150), at altitudes up to 12.5Kft ASL within 5km of the summit. Onboard instruments included gas detectors (e.g., SO2, CO2), visible & thermal IR cameras, air samplers, temperature pressure & humidity sensors, particle counters, & a nephelometer. Deployments are timed to support bimonthly overflights of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) onboard the NASA Terra satellite (26 deployments to date). In situ observations of dilute plume SO2 concentrations (~1-20ppmv), plume dimensions, and associated temperature, pressure, & humidity profiles, validate detailed radiative transfer-based SO2 retrievals, as well as archive-wide ASTER band-ratio SO2 algorithms. Our recent UAV-based CO2 observations confirm high concentrations (e.g., ~3000ppmv max at summit jet), with 1000-1500ppmv flank values, and essentially global background CO2 levels (400ppmv) over distal surroundings. Transient Turrialba He detections (up to 20ppmv) were obtained with a small (~10kg) airborne mass spectrometer on a light aircraft—a UAV version (~3kg) will deploy there soon on the UCR DELTA 500. Thus, these platforms, though small (most payloads <500gm), can perform valuable systematic measurements of potential eruption hazards, as well as of volcano processes. Because they are economical, flexible, and effective, such platforms promise unprecedented capabilities for researchers and responders throughout Central and South America, undertaking volcanic data acquisitions uniquely suited to such small aircraft in close proximity to known hazards, or that were previously only available using full-sized manned aircraft. This work was carried out, in part, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology under NASA contract. We are grateful to the Universidad de Costa Rica, the NASA Airborne Science and Earth Surface & Interior Programs, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil de Costa Rica, and FH Düsseldorf for their support. KW - Luftreinhaltung KW - Vulkanismus KW - Messtechnik KW - Schwefeldioxid KW - Atmosphärisches Aerosol KW - Flugkörper Y1 - 2014 UR - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AGUFM.V41C4838P/abstract ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prata, A. J. A1 - Dezitter, F. A1 - Davies, I. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Birnfeld, M. A1 - Moriano, D. A1 - Bernardo, C. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Prata, G. S. A1 - Mather, T. A. A1 - Thomas, H. E. A1 - Cammas, J. A1 - Weber, M. T1 - Artificial cloud test confirms volcanic ash detection using infrared spectral imaging JF - Scientific reports N2 - Airborne volcanic ash particles are a known hazard to aviation. Currently, there are no means available to detect ash in flight as the particles are too fine (radii < 30 μm) for on-board radar detection and, even in good visibility, ash clouds are difficult or impossible to detect by eye. The economic cost and societal impact of the April/May 2010 Icelandic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull generated renewed interest in finding ways to identify airborne volcanic ash in order to keep airspace open and avoid aircraft groundings. We have designed and built a bi-spectral, fast-sampling, uncooled infrared camera device (AVOID) to examine its ability to detect volcanic ash from commercial jet aircraft at distances of more than 50 km ahead. Here we report results of an experiment conducted over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of France, confirming the ability of the device to detect and quantify volcanic ash in an artificial ash cloud created by dispersal of volcanic ash from a second aircraft. A third aircraft was used to measure the ash in situ using optical particle counters. The cloud was composed of very fine ash (mean radii ~10 μm) collected from Iceland immediately after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and had a vertical thickness of ~200 m, a width of ~2 km and length of between 2 and 12 km. Concentrations of ~200 μg m(-3) were identified by AVOID at distances from ~20 km to ~70 km. For the first time, airborne remote detection of volcanic ash has been successfully demonstrated from a long-range flight test aircraft. KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25620 VL - 6 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moxnes, E. D. A1 - Kristiansen, N. I. A1 - Stohl, A. A1 - Clarisse, L. A1 - Durant, A. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Vogel, A. T1 - Separation of ash and sulfur dioxide during the 2011 Grímsvötn eruption JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-50162 SN - 2169-8996 VL - 119 IS - 12 SP - 7477 EP - 7501 PB - American Geophysical Union (AGU) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Birmili, W. A1 - Rückerl, R. A1 - Hoffman, W. A1 - Weinmayer, G. A1 - Schins, R. A1 - Kuhlbusch, T. A. J. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Franck, U. A1 - Cyrys, J. A1 - Peters, A. T1 - Ultrafeine Partikel in der Außenluft: Perspektiven zur Aufklärung ihrer Gesundheitseffekte JF - Gefahrstoffe: Reinhaltung der Luft KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2014 SN - 1436-4891 VL - 74 IS - 11/12 SP - 492 EP - 500 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Vogel, Andreas A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Fischer, Christian A1 - Prata, A. J. A1 - Durant, A. J. T1 - Aircraft in situ and remote sensing measurements of emissions from Etna volcano, Sicily T2 - Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly 2012 N2 - Volcanoes emit particles (silicates and sulphate aerosol) and gases (e.g., water and sulphur dioxide) which influence the radiative balance of the atmosphere. The rate at which sulphur dioxide oxidises to sulphate aerosol is poorly constrained and measurements of downwind abundance are required to quantify the rate at which this process occurs. During July and November 2011, a series of measurements were performed in emissions from Etna Volcano, Sicily, using the University of Applied Sciences (Dusseldorf) research aircraft. Both in situ and remote sensing instrumentation was simultaneously deployed to quantify the down-wind characteristics of gases and particles in the plume emitted by the volcano. In situ particle characteristics were measured using a Grimm 1.109 optical particle counter (microparticles 0.25-32 microns) and Grimm 1320 diffusion electrometer (nanoparticles 25-300 nanometers). Column abundance of sulphur dioxide was measured using a vertically-pointing differential optical absorption spectrometer (DOAS). These measurements were compared to horizontal pathlength-integrated measurements of sulphur dioxide from the Airborne Volcanic Imaging Object Detector (AVOID). Down-wind plume dispersion was discriminated through a series of aircraft transects below and through the volcanic plume. The emissions contained large amounts of nanoparticles relative to microparticles, which reflects gas-phase nucleation of sulphate aerosol. The AVOID system discriminated horizontal layering of volcanic aerosol at altitudes of up to 12,000 ft from a detection range of >50 km. Plume boundaries were discriminated using a combination of the in situ and DOAS measurements in order to compare to the pathlength-integrated measurements from AVOID. KW - Luftreinhaltung KW - Forschungsflugzeug KW - Messtechnik KW - Telemetrie KW - Schwefeldioxid KW - Vulkanismus KW - Atmosphärisches Aerosol Y1 - 2012 PB - Copernicus CY - Göttingen 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 - Henin, S. A1 - Stelmaszczyk, K. A1 - Petrarca, M. A1 - Rohwetter, P. A1 - Hao, Z. Q. A1 - Lüder, J. A1 - Petit, Y. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Kasparian, J. A1 - Wöste, L. A1 - Wolf, J.-P. T1 - Laser Filament Induced Water Condensation JF - EPJ Web of Conferences N2 - C Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2013 Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134112008 VL - 41 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Joly, P. A1 - Petrarca, M. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Pohl, T. A1 - Nagy, T. A1 - Jusforgues, Q. A1 - Simon, P. A1 - Kasparian, J. A1 - Weber, K. A1 - Wolf, J.-P. T1 - Laser-induced condensation by ultrashort laser pulses at 248 nm JF - Applied Physics Letters KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4794416 VL - 102 IS - 9 PB - AIP 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 - 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 - Petrarca, M. A1 - Henin, S. A1 - Stelmaszczyk, K. A1 - Bock, S. A1 - Kraft, S. A1 - Schramm, U. A1 - Vaneph, C. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Kasparian, J. A1 - Sauerbrey, R. A1 - Weber, Konradin A1 - Wöste, L. A1 - Wolf, J.-P. T1 - Multijoule scaling of laser-induced condensation in air JF - Applied Physics Letters N2 - Using 100 TW laser pulses, we demonstrate that laser-induced nanometric particle generation in air increases much faster than the beam-averaged incident intensity. This increase is due to a contribution from the photon bath, which adds up with the previously identified one from the filaments and becomes dominant above 550 GW/cm2. It appears related to ozone formation via multiphoton dissociation of the oxygen molecules and demonstrates the critical need for further increasing the laser energy in view of macroscopic effects in laser-induced condensation. KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3646397 SN - 0003-6951 VL - 99 IS - 14 PB - AIP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petit, Y. A1 - Henin, S. A1 - Kasparian, J. A1 - Wolf, J. P. A1 - Rohwetter, P. A1 - Stelmaszczyk, K. A1 - Hao, Z. Q. A1 - Nakaema, W. M. A1 - Wöste, L. A1 - Vogel, A. A1 - Pohl, T. A1 - Weber, Konradin T1 - Influence of pulse duration, energy, and focusing on laser-assisted water condensation JF - Applied Physics Letters N2 - We investigate the influence of laser parameters on laser-assisted water condensation in the atmosphere. Pulse energy is the most critical parameter. Nanoparticle generation depends linearly on energy beyond the filamentation threshold. Shorter pulses are more efficient than longer ones with saturation at ∼1.5 ps. Multifilamenting beams appear more efficient than strongly focused ones in triggering the condensation and growth of submicronic particles, while polarization has a negligible influence on the process. The data suggest that the initiation of laser-assisted condensation relies on the photodissociation of the air molecules rather than on their photoionization. KW - Luftreinhaltung Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3546172 SN - 0003-6951 VL - 98 IS - 4 PB - AIP Publishing ER -