Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1441-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1441-2025
Research article
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25 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2025

The Flying Laboratory FLab: development and application of a UAS to measure aerosol particles and trace gases in the lower troposphere

Lasse Moormann, Thomas Böttger, Philipp Schuhmann, Luis Valero, Friederike Fachinger, and Frank Drewnick

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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 egusphere-2024-3566', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jan 2025
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Lasse Moormann, 20 Jan 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3566', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jan 2025
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Lasse Moormann, 20 Jan 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Lasse Moormann on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (23 Jan 2025) by Mingjin Tang
AR by Lasse Moormann on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2025)
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Short summary
The drone-based Flying Laboratory FLab was developed to simultaneously measure aerosol (number concentration, size distribution, and black carbon), trace gas (O3, CO2), and meteorological variables. FLab was characterized in the field regarding limitations and biases due to different flight maneuvers. Two application cases are presented: analysis of the development of the lowermost troposphere (up to 300 m) and successfully bridging ground-based and aircraft- and radiosonde-based measurements.
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