Aircraft: M55 - Geophysica
Identification
| Aircraft acronym | M55 - Geophysica |
| Operated by | Myasishchev Design Bureau |
| Aircraft category | Land/Sea surface properties, Stratospheric , Troposphere |
| Registration number | 55204 |
| Manufacturer and aircraft type | Myasishchev Design Bureau, M-55 |
Max. scientific payload: 0 kg
Basic instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dew/Frost-point hygrometer | M55 ACH frost point hygrometer | Geophysica-GEIE | Dew Point | 10.3 kg | |
| Aerosol LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) | M55 ALTO | Geophysica-GEIE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 35.0 kg | |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) | M55 Mainz COPAS | Geophysica-GEIE | Number concentration of submicrometer aerosol particles | 25.6 kg | |
| Ozone Analyzer | M55 Electro-Chemical Ozone Cell | Geophysica-GEIE | O3 concentration | 15.0 kg | |
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | M55 Fast In Situ Hygrometer | Geophysica-GEIE | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 44.4 kg | |
| Non dew/frost point hygrometer | M55 FLASH | Geophysica-GEIE | Water Vapour, Relative Humidity | 10.0 kg | |
| Ozone by chemiluminescence | M55 Fast OZone ANalyzer | Geophysica-GEIE | Ozone mixing ratio | 12.0 kg | |
| Cloud Droplet Size Spectrometer | FZJ Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe 300 | Geophysica-GEIE | Cloud droplet size spectra, number concentration and water content, | 20.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | M55 GASCOD-A | Geophysica-GEIE | Trace Gas concentrations | 88.8 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | M55 High Altitude Gas Atmospheric Research | Geophysica-GEIE | Trace Gas concentrations | 83.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | M55 - HALOX-A | Geophysica-GEIE | Trace Gas concentrations | 265.0 kg | |
| Aerosol LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) | M55 MAL-down | Geophysica-GEIE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 27.0 kg | |
| Aerosol LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) | M55 MAL-up | Geophysica-GEIE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 27.0 kg | |
| Aerosol Scatterometer (multi-wavelength) | M55 MAS | Geophysica-GEIE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 37.6 kg | |
| Infrared Spectrometer | M55 MIPAS | Geophysica-GEIE | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 367.9 kg | |
| Temperature sensor (in situ) | M55 Rosemount PT | Geophysica-GEIE | Temperature | 23.0 kg | |
| Trace Gas Analyzer | Stratospheric Observation Unit for Nitrogen Oxid | DLR | Trace Gas concentrations | 305.0 kg |
Optional instruments
| Instrument type | Instrument name Serial type |
Operator | Measured parameter | Range | Weight added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosol LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) | Airborne Lidar Experiment | Geophysica-GEIE | Aerosol backscatter coefficient | 307.0 kg | |
| Infrared Spectrometer | M55 CRISTA New Frontiers | Geophysica-GEIE | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 360.0 kg | |
| Counter-flow Virtual Impactor (CVI) | M55 CVI package | Geophysica-GEIE | 337.0 kg | ||
| Infrared Spectrometer | M55 MARSCHALS | Geophysica-GEIE | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 330.0 kg | |
| Infrared Spectrometer | M55 SAFIRE-A | Geophysica-GEIE | IR spectra (for trace gas concentrations and brightness temperature) | 382.0 kg | |
| Broad Band Radiometer | M55 SORAD | Geophysica-GEIE | Hemispheric broadband radiance | 5.0 kg |