RS41 Ozone Soundings User Guide - RS41-SGP - RS41-SG

Product status
Document code: M211486EN
Revision: G
Language: English
Product: RS41-SGP; RS41-SG
Document type: User guide

About this document
Version information
Related manuals
Documentation conventions
Trademarks
Safety
Lithium battery warnings
Transporting RS41 radiosondes with lithium batteries
Transporting ozone sensors with lithium batteries
ESD protection
Product and system component overview
Introduction to ozone sounding with RS41
Ozone sensor unit
Ozone interface kit RSA411 and RSA412
Ozone interface board OIF411 and OIF412
Radiosonde RS41 additional sensor interface
Equipment and material needed
Ozone Sounding Startup Kit
Ozonizer/Test Unit KTU-3
Ozone destruction filter
Pump test unit
Laboratory ware set
Ozone chemicals
Air flow meter
Other equipment and material
Balance
Thermometer
Protective gloves
Accessories and spare parts
Constructing ozone sounding
Sounding preparation phases and schedule
Preparing cathode and anode solutions
Preparations 7 to 3 days before release
Using air flow meter
Preparation steps 7 to 3 days before release
Preparation steps on the day of release
Preparations just before release (2 - 0 hours)
Starting preparations
Attaching radiosonde holder to flight box
Attaching OIF to SPC’s ozone sensor frame
Attaching OIF to EN-SCI ozone sensor frame
Connecting ozone sensor wires to OIF
Preparing radiosonde and OIF
Connecting ozone sensor pump to OIF
Connecting ozone pump battery to OIF
Connecting thermistor cable to ozone sensor pump
Connecting additional sensor cable to OIF
Connecting heating battery to OIF (optional)
Preparing radiosonde with ground check device
Constructing sounding accessories
Pump motor battery
Recording surface ozone
Launching balloon
Recording post-launch data
Ozone calculation
Ozone calculation overview
Averaging and eliminating irrelevant measuring results
Ozone partial pressure calculation
Ozone sensor operating principle
Ozone sensor reactions
Calculation of local ozone values
Background current correction (IBG)
Pumping time for 100 ml of air (t)
Measured airflow temperature (TP)
Pump efficiency correction (Cef)
Additional correction factor (Cref)
Total ozone calculation
Total ozone from sounding
Residual ozone (total ozone after balloon burst)
Ozone in μg/m³
Ozone Interface Board OIF data interpretation
Measurement data
ID data
Additional data
Storage and transportation
Storage
Transportation
MW41 ozone data
Calculating ozone data in MW41
Reporting ozone data in MW41
Archived ozone data in MW41
Additional sensor data from RS41
Additional sensor data from RS92
Calculated ozone data
OIF or OIF92 ozone parameters
Ozone results
Raw ozone data
Safety instructions for balloon operators
Performance review literature
Warranty
Technical support
Recycling

Back to home page