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 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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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | CIT-CIMS | Paul Wennberg (PI) | Cal Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | CIMS | HNO3, H2O2, CH3OOH, HCN, PAA, SO2, multifunctional VOC oxidation products. | In situ
| 10 Hz
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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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Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide | LIF-SO2 | Andrew Rollins (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Fluorescence | SO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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