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From the Lab

High quality atmospheric aerosol
instruments to make measurements that
help us better understand our planet

to the Sky

Particle Counting
and Sizing

Ice Nucleation

Particle Generation
and Conditioning

Products

The Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS) is a light-weight particle counter designed for aerosol size distribution measurements from unmanned aerial platforms and in indoor environments, ground-based sensor networks and clean room monitoring. Originally developed at NOAA, POPS is now being used to measure aerosol profiles by research organizations in a variety of challenging environments.

Handix Scientific manufactures several useful tools for aerosol measurements, including the Portable Aerosol Generation System (PAGS) and diffusion dryers. The PAGS produces test aerosol at user-controllable output
concentrations and is packaged in a convenient, battery-powered module for easy use in the field. The stainless steel diffusion dryers can be filled with various media to dry or otherwise condition sampled air streams.

The Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber, originally developed by Colorado State University, provides continuous measurements of ice nucleating particles at conditions relevant to mixed phase clouds. It is capable of quasi-autonomous and semi-continuous measurements from the ground with sufficient sensitivity to measure atmospherically relevant ice nucleating particle (INP) concentrations (~ 1 L-1).

Research

Handix Scientific is an active participant in atmospheric research, and has been involved in projects focusing on novel applications of existing measurement methods. Our projects include:

...working with the National Park Service to deploy our OPCRDS system in Great Smoky Mountains NP to study visibility.

...working with Ohio State University to compare the response of several BC instruments to smoke during the NOAA FIREX campaign.

...collaborating with Colorado State University to develop a method for measuring black carbon deposition.

Our instruments have participated in several pilot projects to explore potential applications in monitoring networks and the indoor environment. We also have on-going relationships with several research groups in China where we are assisting with some of the first semi-continuous ice nucleating particle measurements in that region. Finally, Handix Scientific is active in the development of new instruments and measurement techniques, working with university partners to bring technologies developed in their laboratories to the wider community.

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