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Uccle, Belgium, 50.5°N, 4°E

Introduction

In the framework of the AGACC-2 project , a mini-MAXDOAS instrument has been installed at Uccle since May 2011, on the roof of the IRM-KMI building. On the site, Brewer and CIMEL instruments are also operated continuously.

View of the MiniDOAS instrument, on the Uccle site.

Instrument and operation

The mini-MAXDOAS is a commercial system from Hoffmann Messtechnik GmbH, consisting of an Ocean Optics spectrograph, diffraction grating, and a CCD detector. The whole instrument is contained in a compact metal box (13×19×14 cm3) mounted on a stepper motor, allowing the change in viewing elevation angle.

The BIRA miniDOAS covers the 290-435 nm wavelength region with a resolution of ~0.6nm.

Scientific highlights

List of publications
 
Last update on 13 Dec 2011