National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer
instrumentairborne instrumentIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
UHSAS optical aerosol spectrometer (DMT) measuring size-resolved aerosol concentration in 99 bins over ~55–1000 nm by light scattering; the rack (UHSAS-G) version is modified by RAF for in-flight pressure variation, and the wing (UHSAS-A) version is no longer requestable.
Official page
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/217
Open official page (opens in a new tab)Contact
- Contact
- Mike Reeves
Details
- Keywords
- aerosol size distribution, droplet measurement technologies, laminar flow element, psl calibration, wing pod, uhsas-g rack version
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Key spec
- 55–1000 nm; 99 size bins
- Equipment class
- Optical aerosol spectrometer (light scattering)
- Associated entity
- NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (site)
- Identifier
- UHSAS ; UHSAS-G ; The UHSAS-G, the rack or 'ground' version of the probe, is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies, Inc. It measures the size-resolved concentration of a…