HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite Facility
Instrument
Outdoor sensors and samplers
| # | Equipment |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10-m AWS tower (Horizontal wind, Pressure, Rainfall, RH, Solar irradiance, Temperature) with Visibility Sensor (Model 6000, Belfort Instrument Company) |
| 2 | Hi Vol Air Samplers (G1200-2.5, Andersen Instruments Inc.) |
| 3 | SASS Air Samplers (SASS Speciation Sampler, Met ONE Instruments Inc.) |
| 4 | Sequential Air Samplers (Partisol-Plus 2025, Thermal Scientific) |
| 5 | 3D Doppler LIDAR (WINDCUBE 100S, Leosphere) |
Indoor instrumentation
| # | Instrument | Measurements |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARGA Ambient Air Analyzer (ADI 2080 1S, Metrohm AG) | Ions in the ambient, e.g. ammonium and sulfate |
| 2 | Synchronized Hybrid Ambient Real-time Particulate Monitor SHARP (5030, Thermo Scientific) | PM2.5 |
| 3 | Aethalometer (AE33, Magee Scientific) | Black carbon |
| 4 | Micro Pulse Lidar (MPL-4B-532, Sigma Space Corporation) | Vertical profile of atmospheric aerosols |
| 5 | Gas Analyzers System including SO2 (100A, API Inc.), NO/NO2/NOx (200E, Teledyne Instruments Inc.), CO (300A, API Inc.), O3 (400E, Teledyne Instruments Inc.) and CO2 (360E, Teledyne Instruments Inc.) | CO, O3, NO/NO2/NOx, SO2 and CO2 |
| 6 | Online EC/OC Analyzer (Sunset) | Elemental carbon and organic carbon in atmospheric aerosols |
| 7 | Real-Time VOC Analyzer (AIRSENSE, V&F Analyse- und Messtechnik GmbH) - temporarily moved to laboratory for aerosol experiments | Ambient VOC |
| 8 | High-resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS, Aerodyne Research Inc.) | Non-refractory composition of aerosols |
| 9 | Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (CCN-200, Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc.) | Cloud condensation nuclei |
| 10 | Humidified Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer (2000C, Brechtel Manufacturing Inc.) | Hygroscopic growth of aerosols |
| 11 | Fast Mobility Particle Sizer Spectrometer (3091 FMPS, TSI Inc.) | Number size distribution of ultrafine particles |
| 12 | Online XRF monitor | Metals in atmospheric aerosols |
| 13 | TAG/GC-MS | Semi-volatiles in atmospheric aerosols |