Schuchard, Malte; Bärfuss, Konrad; Bretschneider, Lutz; Käthner, Ralf; Lampert, Astrid; Pätzold, Falk; Pilz, Christian; Sandgaard, Jesper; Schlerf, Andreas; Voss, Anna; Harm-Altstädter, Barbara (2026): Spatial distribution of aerosol and meteorological parameters measured during flight SourceFFR_ALADINA_20241017_17 with the UAS ALADINA near Frankfurt airport in October 2024 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995370 (DOI registration in progress), In: Schuchard, M et al. (2026): Spatial distribution of aerosol and meteorological parameters measured with the UAS ALADINA near Frankfurt airport in October 2024 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995331
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Published: 2026-06-10
Abstract:
Exposure to ultrafine aerosol particles (UFPs) can cause adverse effects on human health, local environment and climate. Air traffic is associated with the emission of high numbers of UFPs, which results in increased UFP number concentrations close to airports. So far, the spatial distribution and variability of UFPs is poorly understood in the atmospheric boundary layer. The uncrewed aerial system (UAS) ALADINA (Application of Lightweight Aircraft for Detecting In-situ Aerosols, e.g. Altstädter et al., 2015) was operated close to the largest airport in Germany at Frankfurt airport (FRA) between 11 and 19 October 2024. The dataset provides airborne in-situ observations of the spatial distribution of aerosol particle number concentration with different sizes and meteorological parameters of temperature, humidity, wind, surface temperature and short-wave irradiance, as well as accurate position and orientation of ALADINA. Data are available from 26 measurement flights, comprising a number of 122 vertical profiles between ground and a maximum altitude of 750 m above mean sea level (ASL) and about 70 horizontal legs at different but constant altitude, e.g. in 100 m altitude intervals. Details about the ALADINA measurements will be provided in a publication (Harm-Altstädter et al., in prep.) soon.
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References:
Altstädter, Barbara; Platis, Andreas; Wehner, Birgit; Scholtz, Andreas; Wildmann, Norman; Hermann, Markus; Käthner, Ralf; Baars, Holger; Bange, Jens; Lampert, Astrid (2015): ALADINA – an unmanned research aircraft for observing vertical and horizontal distributions of ultrafine particles within the atmospheric boundary layer. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8(4), 1627-1639, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1627-2015
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Median Latitude: 50.077085 * Median Longitude: 8.563238 * South-bound Latitude: 50.073738 * West-bound Longitude: 8.555148 * North-bound Latitude: 50.080373 * East-bound Longitude: 8.571561
Date/Time Start: 2024-10-17T13:01:27 * Date/Time End: 2024-10-17T13:31:54
Minimum ALTITUDE: 142.9 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 758.5 m
Event(s):
SourceFFR_ALADINA_20241017_17 * Latitude Start: 50.078189 * Longitude Start: 8.562325 * Latitude End: 50.080346 * Longitude End: 8.568775 * Date/Time Start: 2024-10-17T13:01:27 * Date/Time End: 2024-10-17T13:31:54 * Location Start: Frankfurt-Schwanheim * Location End: Frankfurt-Schwanheim * Campaign: SourceFFR_ALADINA_2024 * Basis: UAV Aladina * Method/Device: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Comment:
This research was carried out as part of the UFP exposure study SOURCE FFR (Study On Ultrafine Particles in the Frankfurt Airport Region) commissioned by the Umwelt- und Nachbarschaftshaus (UNH).
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Schuchard, Malte | Geocode | ||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Schuchard, Malte | GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P | Geocode | |
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Schuchard, Malte | GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P | Geocode | |
| 4 | ALTITUDE | Altitude | m | Schuchard, Malte | GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P | Geocode |
| 5 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Schuchard, Malte | Finewire temperature sensor, TU Braunschweig Germany; and Temperature sensor, Measurement Specialists Ireland, TSYS01 | |
| 6 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Schuchard, Malte | Hygrometer, Innovative Sensor Technology, Rapid P14; and Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110 | complementary filtered |
| 7 | Pressure, at given altitude | PPPP | hPa | Schuchard, Malte | Pressure sensor, Analog Microelectronics Germany, AMS 5812 | |
| 8 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.004 µm to 1 µm | N_conc(0.004-1) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Condensation particle counter (CPC), TSI Inc. USA, 3007 | |
| 9 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.019 µm to 1 µm | N_conc(0.019-1) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Condensation particle counter (CPC), TSI Inc. USA, 3007 | |
| 10 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.3 µm to 0.5 µm | N_conc(0.3-0.5) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 1. channel of OPC |
| 11 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.5 µm to 0.7 µm | N_conc(0.5-0.7) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 2. channel of OPC |
| 12 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.7 µm to 1 µm | N_conc(0.7-1.0) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 3. channel of OPC |
| 13 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 1 µm to 2.5 µm | N_conc(1.0-2.5) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 4. channel of OPC |
| 14 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 2.5 µm to 5 µm | N_conc(2.5-5.0) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 5. channel of OPC |
| 15 | Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 5 µm to 10 µm | N_conc(5-10) | #/cm3 | Schuchard, Malte | Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S | from 6. channel of OPC |
| 16 | Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation | SWD | W/m2 | Schuchard, Malte | Pyranometer, EKO Instruments, ML-01 | |
| 17 | Short-wave upward (REFLEX) radiation | SWU | W/m2 | Schuchard, Malte | Pyranometer, EKO Instruments, ML-01 | |
| 18 | Surface temperature | Surf temp | °C | Schuchard, Malte | Temperature sensor, Melexis Belgium, MLX90614 | |
| 19 | Roll angle | Roll | deg | Schuchard, Malte | Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube | proxy values from autopilot system |
| 20 | Pitch angle | Pitch | deg | Schuchard, Malte | Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube | proxy values from autopilot system |
| 21 | Heading | Head | deg | Schuchard, Malte | Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube | proxy values from autopilot system |
| 22 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | Schuchard, Malte | proxy values from autopilot system and multi-hole probe | |
| 23 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Schuchard, Malte | proxy values from autopilot system and multi-hole probe |
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