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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Advanced Whole Air Sampler | AWAS | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | CFCs, HFCs, HCFCs, Halons, Solvents, VSLS, NMHCs, Organic Nitrates, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
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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 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 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 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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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 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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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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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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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 | ||||||||
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft | MOPITT-A | James Drummond (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Sounder | CO, CH4 | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer | MATR | John Gille (Prev PI) | NCAR | Citation | Radiometer | CO, CH4 | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 4.6 µm; 2.27 µm | TIR CO band | ||||
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 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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OSCAR lab | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
OSCAR portable | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment | PANTHER | James W. Elkins (Co-I) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Gas chromatography | (CH3)2CO, PAN, H2, CH4, CO, N2O, SF6, CFCl3, CF2Cl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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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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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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Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package | UAVAWSP | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | N2O, H2O isotopes, H2O, CO, CH4 | In situ
| 0.3 Hz
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Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument | VUV-CO | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Fluorescence | CO | In situ
| 1 Hz
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