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 Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. | 4.5-13 µm | |||||||
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer | ALIS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O, CO2 isotopes, CO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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ARC Picarro | Warren Gore (Co-I) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, DC-8 - AFRC | CH4, CO2 | In situ
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Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere | AVOCET | Joshua P. DiGangi (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version | Nader Abuhassan (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | CO2 | In situ
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Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment | CARAFE | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-23 Sherpa - WFF | Laser absorption | CO2, CH4, H2O concentrations and fluxes | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer | CO2LAS | Gary Spiers (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
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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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Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement | DACOM | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CO, CH4, CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Fabry-Perot Interferometer | FPI | Jay R. Herman (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | O2, CO2 | Integrated vertical column
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer | FTIR | Michael Coffey (PI) | NASA HQ | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | HCl, ClONO2, N2O, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, CH4, C2H6, H2O, CO2, CF2Cl2, O3 | Integrated vertical column
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking
| 10 Hz
| 6 channels at 2-15 µm | ||||
G2301-f | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, H2O | ||||||||||
G2301-m | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, H2O | ||||||||||
Harvard Tracer Suite | HTS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2, CH4, N2O | In situ
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Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer | HUPCRS | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH4, CO2, CO | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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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 | ||||||||
Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America | MACDONNA | Stephanie A. Vay (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | CO2 | In situ
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Medusa Whole Air Sampler | Medusa | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | O2, CO2, N2, Argon, CO2 isotopes | In situ
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NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument | AO2 | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | O2, CO2 | In situ
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NOAA Picarro | Kathryn McKain (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, Alpha Jet | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, CO | In situ
| 1.2 Hz
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Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector | NIRAD | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 10 Hz
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OSCAR lab | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
OSCAR portable | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer | Picarro | Frank Flocke (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler | PFP | Stephen (Steve) Montzka (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | N2O, SF6, H2, CS2, OCS, CO2, CH4, CO, CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs, Solvents, Methyl Halides, Hydrocarbons, Perfluorocarbons | In situ
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Quantum Cascade Laser System | QCLS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | NCAR G-V, NOAA P-3, DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption | CO2, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms | TOTCAP | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | O3, H2O, CO2 | In situ
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