A sampler for atmospheric volatile organic compounds by copter unmanned aerial vehicles

McKinney, Karena A.; Wang, Daniel; Ye, Jianhuai; de Fouchier, Jean-Baptiste; Guimarães, Patricia C.; Batista, Carla E.; Souza, Rodrigo A. F.; Alves, Eliane G.; Gu, Dasa; Guenther, Alex B.; Martin, Scot T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3123-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3123-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3123-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 6

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13 Jun 2019

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A sampler for atmospheric volatile organic compounds by copter unmanned aerial vehicles

Karena A. McKinney, Daniel Wang, Jianhuai Ye, Jean-Baptiste de Fouchier, Patricia C. Guimarães, Carla E. Batista, Rodrigo A. F. Souza, Eliane G. Alves, Dasa Gu, Alex B. Guenther, and Scot T. Martin

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviews', Karena McKinney, 30 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Drone-based VOC sampling', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviews', Karena McKinney, 30 Jan 2019

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AR by Karena McKinney on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Feb 2019) by Eric C. Apel

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Feb 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Mar 2019) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Karena McKinney on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Apr 2019) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Karena McKinney on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Apr 2019) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Karena McKinney on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2019)

Short summary

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions influence air quality and particulate distributions, particularly in major source regions such as the Amazon. A sampler for collecting VOCs from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. Field tests of its performance and an initial example data set collected in the Amazon are also presented. The low cost, ease of use, and maneuverability of UAVs give this method the potential to significantly advance knowledge of the spatial distribution of VOCs.