Lenka Suchánková from the Aerosol Chemistry and Physics Research Group spoke about her work in an interview for the server Novinky.cz, which was published on 14th February. Her work was also mentioned in the Masaryk University magazine, Magazín M.
She spoke, among other things, about the scientific workplace located 250 meters above the ground, the atmospheric tall tower in Košetice near Pelhřimov. In Central Europe, we would look in vain for a higher building designed for scientific purposes. Although the 230-meter-high journey to the scientific site is made easier by an elevator, it still takes about 20 minutes to reach the workplace. Lenka Suchánková regularly goes up to check, calibrate and possibly service installed instruments and sensors and to collect data from them. She studies the physical and chemical properties of atmospheric aerosols, tiny particles dispersed in the atmosphere that influence human health, climate, and visibility. In addition, scientists at the atmospheric station Košetice also measure the concentration of greenhouse gases, mercury, other atmospheric pollutants, and meteorological parameters. The instruments are located on the ground, as well as at the different heights of the atmospheric tall tower, to obtain valuable data about the vertical distribution of measured parameters, long-range transport, their sources, and the air quality.
Lenka Suchánková working on her Ph.D. thesis at our institute in the Aerosol Chemistry and Physics Research Group under the supervision of Dr. Vladimír Ždímal and Prof. Ivan Holoubek. In addition to her work at our institute, she has a part-time position at Global Change Research Institute CAS under the supervision of Prof. Ivan Holoubek, and her Ph.D. studies are carried out at Masaryk University in Brno.
Fig. 1: Double rainbow captured 230 m above ground on the atmospheric tall tower
Fig. 2: View from the scientific laboratory installed 230 m above ground on the atmospheric tall tower
Fig. 3: Photography of the atmospheric tall tower taken by a drone