The airborne mass spectrometer AIMS – Part 2: Measurements of trace gases with stratospheric or tropospheric  origin in the UTLS

Jurkat, Tina; Kaufmann, Stefan; Voigt, Christiane; Schäuble, Dominik; Jeßberger, Philipp; Ziereis, Helmut

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1907-2016

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29 Apr 2016

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| 29 Apr 2016

The airborne mass spectrometer AIMS – Part 2: Measurements of trace gases with stratospheric or tropospheric origin in the UTLS

Tina Jurkat, Stefan Kaufmann, Christiane Voigt, Dominik Schäuble, Philipp Jeßberger, and Helmut Ziereis

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RC C4560: 'Review of "The airborne mass spectrometer AIMS – Part 2" by T. Jurkat et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Dec 2015
- AC C5780: 'Authors response to comments of referee #1 C4560', Tina Jurkat, 22 Mar 2016
RC C4785: 'Review of "The airborne mass spectrometer AIMS – Part 2" - Referee 2', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jan 2016
- AC C5781: 'Authors response to comments of referee #2 C4785', Tina Jurkat, 22 Mar 2016
RC C4831: 'Review of “The airborne mass spectrometer AIMS – Part2: Measurements of trace gases with stratospheric or tropospheric origin in the UTLS', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Jan 2016
- AC C5782: 'Authors response to comments of referee #2 C4831', Tina Jurkat, 22 Mar 2016

Short summary

The paper details novel mass spectrometric measurements with AIMS-TG aboard the new German research aircraft HALO. The measurements comprise a wide range of tracers with characteristic source regions. Using these tracers, stratospheric and tropospheric air in the UTLS is tagged. The instrument is equipped with a new discharge ionization source, an in-flight calibration and improved transmission of adhesive gases like HNO₃ and HCl. AIMS was built to characterize transport and mixing in the UTLS.