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Tropospheric Chemistry: Instruments

Pod containing CO instrument on NOAA WP-3D aircraft.

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Principle of the Measurement

Vacuum ultraviolent fluorescence

Species Measured

CO

Time Response

1 Hz

Detection Limit

1 ppbv

Manufacturer

custom built

Field Projects

• SOS 1994
• SOS 1995
• NARE 1996
• STEREO 1996
• NARE 1997
• SOS 1999
• TexAQS 2000
• PACJET 2001
• ITCT 2002
• ITCT/ICARTT 2004
• TexAQS 2006
• ARCPAC 2008
• CalNex 2010

Contact

John Holloway

Key Publications

Holloway, J.S., R.O. Jakoubek, D.D. Parrish, C. Gerbig, A. Volz-Thomas, S. Schmitgen, A. Fried, B. Wert, B. Henry, and J.R. Drummond, Airborne intercomparison of vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence and tunable diode laser absorption measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 24251-24261, doi:10.1029/2000JD900237, 2000.