Location:
Aerosol chamber facility AIDA
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research
Atmospheric Aerosol Research Division (IMK-AAF)
Transportation logistics:
The Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe provides assistance for organising the transport (carrier?) of scientific equipment to/from the research centre including customs issues. For this purpose you may contact Johannnes Kauffmann (EKM-MW, Reseach Centre Karlsruhe, Phone: ++49-7247-82-5382) as early as possible.
Use this link for further information on locations, accommodation, access to Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, and instrument shipping.
Experimental facility:
The AIDA aerosol and cloud simulation chamber allows controlled variation of the following parameters:
- Temperature range: 183 to 313 K
- Water concentrations: 0.3 ppm (1atm) to nearly saturation with respect to ice at static (T,p)-conditions
- Ice saturation ratios of more than 2 during dynamic expansion experiments (for time periods from a few minutes up to about 30 min)
- Total pressure: 0.01 to 1000 hPa (experiments are typically conducted above 100 hPa)
- With/without aerosol particles or water/ice clouds (including supersaturation)
The basic instrumentation of the AIDA chamber includes a dew/frost point mirror (MBW 373LX) and a photo-acoustic water sensor, both sampling via heated stainless steel tubes. Furthermore, a TDL system measures the water vapour in situ by direct absorption spectroscopy at 1372 nm.
The AIDA team will run the simulation chamber and provides support for the installation of the different instruments.