Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3827-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3827-2022
Research article
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27 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 27 Jun 2022

Air quality observations onboard commercial and targeted Zeppelin flights in Germany – a platform for high-resolution trace-gas and aerosol measurements within the planetary boundary layer

Ralf Tillmann, Georgios I. Gkatzelis, Franz Rohrer, Benjamin Winter, Christian Wesolek, Tobias Schuldt, Anne C. Lange, Philipp Franke, Elmar Friese, Michael Decker, Robert Wegener, Morten Hundt, Oleg Aseev, and Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-360', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Dec 2021
    • RC2: 'Reply on RC1', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Dec 2021
      • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Ralf Tillmann, 23 Feb 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Ralf Tillmann, 22 Feb 2022
  • RC3: 'Comment on amt-2021-360', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Dec 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC3', Ralf Tillmann, 22 Feb 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Ralf Tillmann on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Manuscript 
EF by Polina Shvedko (01 Apr 2022)  Author's tracked changes 
ED: Publish as is (12 Apr 2022) by Eric C. Apel
AR by Ralf Tillmann on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2022)
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Short summary
We report in situ measurements of air pollutant concentrations within the planetary boundary layer on board a Zeppelin in Germany. The low costs of commercial flights provide an affordable and efficient method to improve our understanding of changes in emissions in space and time. The experimental setup expands the capabilities of this platform and provides insights into primary and secondary pollution observations and planetary boundary layer dynamics which determine air quality significantly.