EUROPE's SOLUTION FOR GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE MONITORING
The CARIBIC Instrument Container: All equipment, together with power supplies, cooling ducts, smoke detectors, and electronic controllers/data loggers is mounted in a strong frame inside a standard air luggage/freight container which is positioned in the forward cargo bay, behind the bulkhead. The instrument container is based on a commercial LD11 chassis frame with sandwich floor plate for highest stability constructed by Alcan Singen GmbH, Singen/ Htwl., Germany, modified and adapted for aicraft measurment needs by Enviscope GmbH, Frankfurt (Main), Ger. The construction as well as the operating is supervised by Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Ger.	Front view of the new CARIBIC Lufthansa Airbus container: The instrument container (318x154x163cm) fits into the A340-400 cargo compartment - the lockable front site shows in flight direction.
Right: The LTU B747 container from the 1997-2002 campain.