Aerosol Surface Emissions and Transport
Dr. Friederike Fachinger, Project Team Leader
![Investigating the transport of surface emissions up to the tropopause region [schematic: Dom Jack, MPIC]](/5572766/original-1722524912.webp?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTYwLCJmaWxlX2V4dGVuc2lvbiI6IndlYnAiLCJvYmpfaWQiOjU1NzI3NjZ9--1a37c8b30bb4c0d02dd046c624fb40a71f6481e0 "Investigating the transport of surface emissions up to the tropopause region [schematic: Dom Jack, MPIC]")
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In a subproject within the DFG funded collaborative research center TPChange – The Tropopause Region in a Changing Atmosphere – (www.tpchange.de) we investigate the coupling of ground-based emissions to pollutant concentrations in the Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere. During two measurement campaigns (in the Swabian Alps and downwind Frankfurt) we investigate the concentration of different pollutants with the Mobile Laboratory MoLa, while a drone, specifically developed for this purpose, measures vertical profiles of different variables on a regular basis within the lowermost 500 m of the troposphere. Thus, we analyze the distribution and transport of pollutants within the planetary boundary layer, while by means of measurement balloons, launched up to three times a day, the transport up to the stratosphere is investigated. This is a joint project of MPI-C, University of Mainz and Technical University Darmstadt.
Members:
Friederike Fachinger (Team Leader)
Lasse Moormann