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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14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer | AATS-14 | Stephen Broccardo (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Twin Otter International, C130H - WFF | Photometer | Aerosol, H2O, O3, Optical Depth, NO2 | Integrated vertical column
| Solar tracking
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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 Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar | AROTAL | Thomas J. McGee (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar, Raman spectrometer | Temperature, , O3, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 308 nm; 332 nm; 355 nm; 387 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | N2 Raman | ||||
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder | A-SMLS | Nathaniel Livesey (PI) | JPL | WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits), ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | H2O, O3, CO, primary, also: HNO3, CH2O, N2O, HCN, CH3CN, CH3OH, SO2, HDO, H2O2, NO2, CH3Cl, (CH3)2CO, depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading. | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 2000 m
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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 | |||||
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer | ATLAS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CH4, CO, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Alpha Jet Ozone Instrument | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet | Spectrometer (in situ) | O3 | In situ
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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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Differential Absorption Lidar | DIAL | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 288 nm; 300 nm; 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | O3 | ||||
Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer | DIAS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Aerosol, Optical Depth, O3 | Integrated slant column
| Solar tracking
| 280-650 nm | |||||
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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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 | ||||
HAIS Fast-O3 | Fast-O3 | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
| 1 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 | ||||||||
Langley In Situ Fast-Response Ozone Measurements | FASTOZ | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
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NCAR NOxyO3 | NOxyO3 | Andrew Weinheimer (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
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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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NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone | NOyO3 | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) | UASO3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
| 2 Hz
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O3 Photometer (NOAA) | NOAA O3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | 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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Rapid Ozone Experiment | ROZE | Reem A. Hannun (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | O3 | In situ
| 10 Hz
| 265 nm | ||||||
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | 4STAR | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )
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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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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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UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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