Aircraft: Aztec - SAFIRE
Identification
| Aircraft acronym | Aztec - SAFIRE |
| Operated by | Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement |
| Aircraft category | Troposphere |
| Registration number | F-BLEB |
| Manufacturer and aircraft type | Piper Aircraft, PA23-250 Aztec |
Max. scientific payload: 180 kg
Basic instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | SAFIRE relative humidity sensor | SAFIRE | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 0.0 kg | |
| Incident flow vector probe | Aztec Nose Boom | SAFIRE | Airspeed; Incidence angle; Turbulence | 0.0 kg | |
| Radio Altimeter | King Radio Altimeter | SAFIRE | Aircraft height above surface | 0.0 kg | |
| Static Pressure | SAFIRE Rosemount 1201 pressure sensor | SAFIRE | Static Pressure | 0.0 kg | |
| Temperature sensor (in situ) | SAFIRE Rosemount PT102E2AL | SAFIRE | Temperature | 0.0 kg |
Optional instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dew/Frost-point hygrometer | SAFIRE ATR Buck 1011C hygrometer | SAFIRE | Dew Point | 0.7 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | SAFIRE Environnement 0341M ozone analyzer | SAFIRE | O3 concentration | 0.0 kg | |
| Dew/Frost-point hygrometer | SAFIRE General Eastern 1011B hygrometer | SAFIRE | Dew Point | 0.0 kg | |
| Imaging Spectrometer | PELICAN Multispectral imaging 8 spectral bands | ONERA | Radiance Spectra | 15.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Thermo-Electron 42C NOx sensor | SAFIRE | Trace Gas concentrations | 0.0 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | NLR Thermo-Electron 49PS Ozone | NLR | O3 concentration | 0.0 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | SAFIRE THERMO-ELECTRON 49PS | SAFIRE | O3 concentration | 0.0 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | SAFIRE THERMO-ELECTRON 49S | SAFIRE | O3 concentration | 22.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | SAFIRE CO instrument | SAFIRE | Trace Gas concentrations | 25.0 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | SAFIRE TSI-3022 CPC | SAFIRE | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 0.0 kg |