National facility MOBILE FTIR

The national facility Mobile FTIR consists of a Bruker 80V FT spectrometer. It is housed in a container, but can also used stand alone. The University of Bremen can provide devices which are necessary to operate the instrument. This includes

  1. IP equipment
  2. Equipment to provide dry air to operate and purge the instrument.
  3. The Uni Bremen provides assistence to set up the instrument.


Campaigns the Mobile FTIR has been used in

NH3 measurement campaign

Cooperation partner
 Dr Enrico Dammers, TNO Netherlands
Time period
 May - September 2023
Location
 Cabauw, Netherlands
Primary target species
 Ammonia
 
Impressions


Preliminary results
NH3 Cabauw

The diurnal variation of NH3 is readily observable . During night the amount of NH3 is low, because it is cool. When sun rises the NH3 is mobilized and emitted from soil.

Temporary replacement of the FTIR instrument at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland


Coperation partner
 Dr. Emmanuel Mahieu, University Liège, Belgium
Time period
 May 2024 -
Location
Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Primary target species
 O., HCL, HF, N2O, CH4. CLONO2, C2H6, NO2, NO, CO, HCN, OCS, H2CO


Impressions



Instrument on in the Jungfraujoch station




Instrument in action


Sunspot on aperture

Last edited 2024-11-28 by mathias.palm(at)uni-bremen.de