Universal Cloud and Aerosol Sonde System (UCASS)

通用云和气溶胶探空系统 (UCASS)

• 批准号: NE/L002809/1
• 负责人: Zbigniew Ulanowski
• 金额: $ 12.62万
• 依托单位: University of Hertfordshire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FL002809%2F1
• 关键词: Universal; Cloud; Aerosol; Sonde; System

Meteorology and atmospheric research make wide use of systems called "radiosondes", which supply essential, routine measurements for weather prediction on the one hand, and for wider atmospheric research on the other hand. However, radiosondes and their aircraft-launched equivalents called "dropsondes" are limited to providing three or four basic measurements, including temperature, pressure, humidity and sometimes ozone concentration. Missing through lack of technical capability is any information on atmospheric particulates, such as aerosol or cloud particles. This project aims to develop, test and commercialize a modular, low-cost, atmospheric sonde for the characterization of cloud and aerosol particles, including volcanic ash. The module will be compatible with several widely used commercial sounding systems giving standard meteorological quantities, but will be complementary to them, as it will provide variables not yet routinely measurable. Initially, we will focus on the most basic property, that is particle size, but this can be extended in the future to particle shape. The sonde system will be deployable using meteorological balloons, manned aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles. Therefore, it will allow accessing environments where direct measurements are not currently possible. Applications extend from weather prediction, through air quality monitoring, to civil contingencies, such as volcanic eruptions, as well as numerous uses in atmospheric research, including climate change, extreme weather events or the validation of satellite remote-sensing measurements.

气象学和大气研究广泛使用称为“无线电探空仪”的系统，这些系统一方面为天气预报提供必要的常规测量，另一方面为更广泛的大气研究提供必要的常规测量。然而，无线电探空仪及其由飞机发射的被称为“下投式探空仪”的等同物仅限于提供三种或四种基本测量，包括温度、压力、湿度，有时还包括臭氧浓度。由于缺乏技术能力，缺少任何关于大气微粒的信息，如气溶胶或云粒子。 该项目旨在开发、测试和商业化一种模块化、低成本的大气探测仪，用于确定云和气溶胶粒子，包括火山灰的特征。该模块将与提供标准气象量的几个广泛使用的商业探测系统兼容，但将是它们的补充，因为它将提供尚不能常规测量的变量。最初，我们将关注最基本的性质，即颗粒大小，但这可以在未来扩展到颗粒形状。探测系统将可使用气象气球、有人驾驶飞机或无人驾驶飞行器进行部署。因此，它将允许进入目前无法直接测量的环境。其应用范围从天气预报到空气质量监测，再到火山爆发等民事紧急情况，以及在大气研究中的许多用途，包括气候变化、极端天气事件或验证卫星遥感测量结果。

项目成果

Cloud characterization using a particle-counter dropsonde

使用粒子计数器下投式探空仪进行云表征

• 发表时间: 2015
• 作者: 126. Ulanowski Z.

The Universal Cloud and Aerosol Sounding System (UCASS): a low-cost miniature optical particle counter for use in dropsonde or balloon-borne sounding systems

通用云和气溶胶探测系统 (UCASS)：一种低成本微型光学粒子计数器，用于下投探空仪或气球载探测系统

• DOI: 10.5194/amt-2019-70
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Smith H

Profiling of atmospheric volcanic ash layers using an aerosol radiosonde

使用气溶胶无线电探空仪对大气火山灰层进行剖面分析

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: InternatIonal Conference on Atmospheric Dust, Book of Abstracts
• 作者: Ulanowski Z.

Dust layer profiling using an aerosol dropsonde

使用气溶胶下投式探空仪进行灰尘层分析

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: International Conference on Atmospheric Dust, Castellaneta Marina, Italy
• 作者: Ulanowski ZU

Vertical profiles of aerosol and droplet particle size distributions obtained from balloon borne radiosondes during the Ice in Clouds Experiment - Dust (ICE-D) campaign

在云中冰实验 - 灰尘 (ICE-D) 活动期间从气球载无线电探空仪获得的气溶胶和液滴粒径分布的垂直剖面

• 发表时间: 2016
• 作者: Smith H.