Aircraft: ENDURO - KIT
Identification
| Aircraft acronym | ENDURO - KIT |
| Operated by | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Aircraft category | Troposphere |
| Registration number | D-MIFU |
| Manufacturer and aircraft type | Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler, Enduro |
Max. scientific payload: 80 kg
Basic instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident flow vector probe | 5 hole turbulence probe on Enduro noseboom | KIT, IMK-IFU | Airspeed; Incidence angle; Turbulence | 0.4 kg | |
| Optical Particle Counter (OPC) | IMK Grimm Aerosol Spectrometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Aerosol size distribution | 1.2 kg | |
| Nephelometer | Airborne Visibility Meter | KIT, IMK-IFU | Aerosol scattering coefficients | 2.5 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | KIT Kipp&Zonen CGR4 Pyrgeometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 0.55 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | KIT Licor RAD_Up/Down | KIT, IMK-IFU | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 0.03 kg | |
| Laser Altimeter | Laser Technology Inc Universal Laser Sensor | KIT, IMK-IFU | Aircraft height above surface | 1.2 kg | |
| Black Carbon | Magee AE42 Aethelometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Density (µg/m<SUP>3</SUP>) or Absorption (Mm-1) | 7.0 kg | |
| Dew/Frost-point hygrometer | IMK Meteolabor Dewpoint Mirror Hygrometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Dew Point | 0.4 kg | |
| Inertial Reference/Navigation System | IMK-IFU Inertial Navigation System | KIT, IMK-IFU | Aircraft position, velocity and attitude | 2.4 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | KIT PSI OZONE-UV-ANALYZER | KIT, IMK-IFU | O3 concentration | 2.4 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | KIT TSI-3010 CPC | KIT, IMK-IFU | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 4.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | KIT Walz UV Pyranometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 0.5 kg |
Optional instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visible/Near Infra Red Spectrometer | 4PI-SR Actinic Spectroradiometer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Radiance | 5.0 kg | |
| CO2 and H20 by InfraRed absorption | IMK OP-2 CO2/H2O | KIT, IMK-IFU | CO2, H2O | 0.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | IMK Hantzsch-Fluorimeter | KIT, IMK-IFU | Trace Gas concentrations | 2.5 kg | |
| Cloud Droplet Size Spectrometer | IMK Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe 100 | KIT, IMK-IFU | Cloud droplet size spectra, number concentration and water content, | 5.2 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer | KIT, IMK-IFU | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 6.0 kg |