2006 TexAQS / GoMACCS
Texas Air Quality Study / Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study
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NOAA WP-3D Lockheed Orion Platform Instrumentation and Science Background
The science instrument payload is geared to supply information on the project science questions by studying daytime photochemistry, nighttime chemistry, aerosol composition and size distribution, the driving radiation fluxes, transport and chemical conversion.
| Acronyms: | |
| AMS | Aerosol Mass Spectrometer |
| CCN | Cloud condensation nucleus counter |
| CRDS | Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (NO3, N2O5) |
| CIMS | Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
| LPAS | Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy |
| NMASS | Nucleation Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer |
| PILS | Particle Into Liquid Sampling |
| PTRMS | Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WAS | Whole Air Sampling |
| Parameter | Method |
| Ozone (O3) | NO/O3 Chemiluminescence |
| Nitric Oxide (NO) | NO/O3 Chemiluminescence |
| Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) | Photolysis & NO/O3 Chemiluminescence |
| Total reactive Nitrogen Oxides (NOy) | Au Converter & NO/O3 Chemiluminescence |
| Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | Non-Dispersive InfraRed (NDIR) absorption |
| In-situ volatile organic compounds, VOCs | Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTRMS) |
| Canister VOCs | Canister Sampling, GC/FID, GC-MS |
| Ethylene | Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (LPAS) |
| Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) | UV Pulsed Fluorescence |
| Carbon Monoxide (CO) | VUV Resonance Fluorescence |
| Formaldehyde (CH2O) | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometry |
| PAN's (PAN, PPN) | Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (CIMS) |
| HNO3, NH3 | CIMS |
| Hydroxyl Radical (OH), peroxy radicals (HO2+RO2) | CIMS |
| NO3, N2O5 | Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) |
| Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) | CIMS |
| Aerosol Bulk Ionic Composition | Particle Into Liquid Sampling (PILS) |
| Aerosol Bulk Composition | Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) |
| Total (dry), sub-μm (as f(RH)) aerosol extinction | Cavity ringdown spectrometer |
| Dry sub-μm aerosol absorption (450, 550, 700 nm) | Particle soot absorption photometer (PSAP) |
| Fraction of absorbing aerosols | Soot incandescence |
| Cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) counter | CCN spectrometer |
| Actinic Flux | Spectrally Resolved Radiometer, Zenith & Nadir |
| Broadband Radiation | Pyrgeometer |
| Water Vapor (H2O) | Tunable Diode Laser (TDL) absorption |
| Air Temperature | Platinum RTD |
| Dewpoint/Frostpoint | Dewpoint/frostpoint hygrometer |
| Altitude | Barometric, Radar, GPS |
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