24 1001 Loewenstein, M., Jost, H., Sharer, P., Grose, J., Jensen, S., Mai, N., Marmie, J. NASA/Ames Methane (Argus) OMS/POLARIS 1 1 1997 06 30 1997 08 01 0 Elapsed time in UT seconds from 0 hours on the given flight date 1 1.0 9999.999 Methane Mixing Ratio (ppb) 5 This is a preliminary data set for this flight. The dataset is subject to revision for refined data quality control and laboratory calibrations of the instrument. While both the data and the analysis appear secure, it is too early to assign error estimates 4 ****************PRELIMINARY DATASET************** Data from the Dual Channel Laser Spectrometer, ARGUS, flown aboard the OMS in situ gondola from Fairbanks, AK UTsec N2O(ppb) 55491.0 1681.22 55508.0 1684.00 55524.0 1683.23 55540.0 1734.77 55557.0 1689.19 55573.0 1711.39 55590.0 1761.43 55606.0 1696.45 55623.0 1704.33 55639.0 1723.52 55656.0 1711.63 55672.0 1672.97 55689.0 1723.51 55705.0 1678.88 55722.0 1676.37 55738.0 1687.13 55755.0 1671.83 55771.0 1657.57 55788.0 1613.05 55805.0 1608.33 55821.0 1602.65 55837.0 1610.84 55854.0 1617.04 55870.0 1579.64 55887.0 1607.71 55903.0 1572.19 55919.0 1622.86 55936.0 1594.20 55952.0 1583.04 55969.0 1634.87 55985.0 1608.90 56002.0 1567.19 56018.0 1574.96 56035.0 1605.30 56051.0 1556.13 56068.0 1551.78 56084.0 1568.47 56101.0 1557.59 56117.0 1547.69 56134.0 1583.48 56150.0 1545.99 56167.0 1581.67 56183.0 1570.47 56232.0 1544.42 56249.0 1501.70 56265.0 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