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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Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer | ASUR | Harry Kullmann (PI) | U Bremen | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | ClO, HCl, HNO3, N2O, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 604.3-662.3 GHz | |||||
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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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | NOAA CIMS | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | H2O, HNO3, HCl | In situ
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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | GT-CIMS | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | HNO3, SO2, HNO4, HCl, Br2, BrO, PAN | In situ
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||||||
NDACC MLO FTIR | MLOFTIR | James W. Hannigan (PI) | NCAR | Interferometer | CO, CH4, ClONO2, HCOOH, C2H6, HCN, HCl, HF, HNO3, H2O, HDO, OCS, N2O, O3, CH2O | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
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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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