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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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 | ||||||||
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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PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones | PANAK | Hanwant Singh (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | PPN, PAN, MEK, IPN, HCN, CH3OH, CH3NO3, CH3CN, CH3CHO, CH3CH2CHO, C2H5OH, C2H5NO3, C2Cl4, (CH3)2CO | In situ
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