Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS-II | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Spectrometer | N2O, CH4, CO, HCl, NO2 | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 1 Hz
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Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, H2O isotopes, H2O, CO, CH4, CO2 isotopes, HCl | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument | ARGUS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 3.3 µm; 4.7 µm | CH4 | |||||
Balloon Borne Frost Point Hygrometer | Balloon FPH | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O, O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer | CO2-WEBS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter | CFSTGC | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | Balloon, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | NOAA O3 Classic | Erik Richard (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon, WB-57 - JSC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer | Harvard CO2 | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer | MkIV | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | Balloon, DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HNO4, N2O5, H2O2, ClONO2, HOCl, HCl, HF, COF2, CF4, SF6, CF2ClCFCl2, CHF2Cl, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CCl4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, OCS, HCN, N2, O2, CO2 | ||||||||
Lightweight Balloon Interferometer | LWBI | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Interferometer | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
| 3000 m
| 1.8-15.5 µm | |||||
NOAA NOy Instrument | NOAA NOy | Patrick Veres (PI) | NCAR | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy | In situ
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Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Submillimeter Limb Sounder | SLS | Robert Stachnik (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | ClO, O3, HCl, HNO3, N2O | In situ
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