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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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 | |||||
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 Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission | COBALT | James Podolske (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption | CO | In situ
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Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames | COMA | Roy R. Johnson (Mgr) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | CO, N2O, H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 | COLD 2 | Francesco D'Amato (PI) | CNRI | WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | CO and N2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer | CLH | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O (total) | In situ
| 0.8 Hz
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 | CLH2 | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-230 - NSF, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O (total) | In situ
| 45 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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Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer | DCALS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3OH, CH2O | In situ
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Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment | HOx | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence, Laser absorption | OH, HO2 | In situ
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Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy | ICOS | David Sayres (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
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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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Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research | HIGEAR | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | U Hawaii | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CN counter, Differential mobility, Laser absorption, Optical particle counter, Photometer, Spectrometer | Particle Absorption, CCN, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Size Distribution, Black Carbon | ||||||||
Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer | IRIS | Hans-Jürg Jost (PI) | NASA ARC | M-55, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O isotopes | In situ
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Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer | Langley SP2 | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Laser absorption | Black carbon mass concentrations | In situ
| 1 Hz
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NOAA Water | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | H2O, H2O (total) | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2.7 µm | DFB laser to scan 2 H2O lines and CO2 line for additional diagnostic | |||||
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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