Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory

Instrumentation

AMF Longterm

Details of the current instrumentation used for the AMF long-term measurements is summarised on the AMF webpages. Please click on the relevant link for more details.

By instrument

• Flame Ionisation Detector on the Clarus 500 Greenhouse Gas Chromatograph
• Electron Capture Detector on the Clarus 500 Greenhouse Gas Chromatograph
• Reduction Gas Analyser
• Siemens Ultramet 6E & Sable Systems Oxzilla II
• Automatic Weather Station

By Species

CH₄, H₂, CO, CO₂, O₂, N₂O, SF₆

 

Other Instrumentation

 

By instrument

These instruments are available upon request or are routinely operated at WAO as non AMF instruments. For more information contact Grant Forster.

Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTRMS)
Perkin Elmer Clarus 500 Gas Chromatograph with TurboMatrix ATD
Thermo Scientific 43i sulphur dioxide (SO2) analyser
Thermo Scientific 42i (NO-NO2-NOx) analyser
METEK SODAR-RASS