Field Work Pictures

Field Work in the Atmospheric Chemistry Group

Here in the Atmos Group we carry out a wide variety of fieldwork. We have been on ships across the Atlantic, at remote stations in Borneo (measuring emissions from rainforests), Tasmania, the Cape Verde islands, the Arctic, up mountains at the Jungfraujoch in the Alps. We have also flown above Western Africa, Tenerife and much of Europe. Our laboratory work has taken us to many other universities and facilities to carry out chamber and instrument comparison experiments, such as at the EUPHORE chamber in Spain and the Jülich and PSI chambers in Germany and Switzerland.

Our latest trip took us all the way to our local airport - East Midlands, where we were measuring the changes in chemical behaviour of night time air and comparing it to that observed in the day. The chemistry of the atmosphere is usually powered by the sun, however very little is know about the processes which happen at night. On board this dusk flight is Dr Karen Hornsby bound for Endinburgh, she was taking measurements as part of the research project to discover changing chemical compositions. If you wish to take a look at the video of our research plane please press video clip.

Please take a look at our photos of the highlights and see the variety of our field work. New pictures are being added continually also some of our group members have written short profiles of their work - please follow link.

If you have any queries regarding instrumentation or future campaigns please email us.


Trip to East Midlands Airport -Probes for instrumentation mounted under the wing of the BAE 146 plane.	Installation of chemistry fit instruments on the plane.	View from the NERC operated BAe146 over the North Sea during a dusk flight at ~50 feet.

Some of the Atmos Group, Feb 2011.	'The Boss' - Professor Paul Monks, with his cocktail.	Karen and Rosie at the Meteorological Weather Station at Leicester.

Taking your breathe away! (pdf)	Iain in RAFT Laboratory in Leicester.	Demonstration of RAFT Apparatus.

The EUPHORE chamber, Valencia, Spain.	Mark operating the BBCEAS instrument at the EUPHORE chamber, Valencia, Spain.	The TRAPHOS project team outside the EUPHORE chamber in Valencia.

Installing the PERCA instrument, EUPHORE, Valancia, Spain.	Timo monitoring atmospheric conditions at the EUPHORE chamber in Valencia.	Iain in the EUPHORE Laboratory.

Sunset over the River Niger in West Africa, taken during the AMMA campaign.	CINDI MAX DOAS Intercomparison site-The Netherlands.	Cape Grim Observatory in Tasmania

Some of the Atmos group boarding their first flight on the BAe-146 FAAM aircraft to carry out measurements over the Malaysian rainforest.	Dan and Virginia using the PERCA instrument on board the aircraft over the rainforest.	Karun, one of our PhD students, calibrates the PERCA instrument in the rainforest.

You have to go to the top of our own 'Blackpool Tower' to get the view!	Three PhD students setting up equipment for measurements of soil emissions under the rainforest canopy in the Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.	A wonderful view over the rainforest canopy in Borneo.

No trouble with the neighbours here! The Cape Verde Islands Observatory in the Atlantic Ocean.	The Cape Verde Islands Observatory.	Michael, Roland and Karun at work with the instrument container on the Cape Verde Islands.

Mace Head Observatory, County Galway, Ireland.	View from the Mace Head Observatory in Ireland.	RSS Discovery in the Atlantic Ocean during the RHAMBLE campaign.

Beat that for a view! The Observatory on the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland.	A closer view of the Observatory on the Jungfraujoch mountain.	Alex on the Jungfraujoch - caption says it all really!