Development of a portable instrument for measuring personal exposure to Black Carbon and atmospheric vertical profiles of Black Carbon. The first-ever pocket meter of aerosolized Black Carbon is small, light and will measure with a resolution of a second. It measures personal exposure to Black Carbon – the primary product of incomplete combustion of fuels – without hindering the wearer. Black Carbon concentrations in the air are strongly positively correlated with cancer, lung and cardiovascular diseases.

The instrument enables the measurement of atmospheric vertical profiles of Black Carbon by meteorological balloons and drones. The heat released due to the absorption of sunlight in aerosolized Black Carbon has a significant effect on the warming of the Earth – Black Carbon is the second most important anthropogenic cause of climate change. By measuring vertical profiles, it will be possible to validate climate calculation models and quantify the influence of Black Carbon on the weather.