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Laminar gas inlet – Part 2: Wind tunnel chemical transmission measurement and modelling
Da Yang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
Emmanuel Assaf
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Roy Mauldin
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Suresh Dhaniyala
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
Rainer Volkamer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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Short summary
Sulfuric acid forms particles in the atmosphere, but the airborne sampling faces challenges due to vapor losses in inlet lines. An innovative aircraft sampling system to sample sulfuric acid from the sea surface into the lower stratosphere (0–15 km) is described and characterized. Our results challenge the widely held view that laminar core sampling is the best strategy to sample condensable vapors, and identify better strategies to sample condensable vapors.
Sulfuric acid forms particles in the atmosphere, but the airborne sampling faces challenges due...
