On-flight intercomparison of three miniature aerosol absorption sensors using unmanned aerial systems (UASs)

Pikridas, Michael; Bezantakos, Spiros; Močnik, Griša; Keleshis, Christos; Brechtel, Fred; Stavroulas, Iasonas; Demetriades, Gregoris; Antoniou, Panayiota; Vouterakos, Panagiotis; Argyrides, Marios; Liakakou, Eleni; Drinovec, Luka; Marinou, Eleni; Amiridis, Vassilis; Vrekoussis, Mihalis; Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos; Sciare, Jean

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6425-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6425-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6425-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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09 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2019

On-flight intercomparison of three miniature aerosol absorption sensors using unmanned aerial systems (UASs)

Michael Pikridas, Spiros Bezantakos, Griša Močnik, Christos Keleshis, Fred Brechtel, Iasonas Stavroulas, Gregoris Demetriades, Panayiota Antoniou, Panagiotis Vouterakos, Marios Argyrides, Eleni Liakakou, Luka Drinovec, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, and Jean Sciare

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RC1: 'Review of Pikridas et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Michael Pikridas, 01 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review of amt-2019-191', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Michael Pikridas, 01 Oct 2019

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ED: Publish as is (07 Oct 2019) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Michael Pikridas on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2019)

Short summary

This work evaluates the performance of three sensors that monitor black carbon (soot). These sensors exhibit similar behavior to their rack-mounted counterparts and are therefore promising for more extended use. A reconstruction of the black carbon mass vertical distribution above Athens, Greece, is shown using drones, similar to those acquired by remote-sensing techniques. The potential of combining miniature sensors with drones for at least the lower part of the atmosphere is exhibited.