Tropospheric Chemistry: Instruments

SO2 instrument installed in rack on NOAA WP-3D aircraft.

Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

Principle of the Measurement

Pulsed ultraviolent fluorescence

Species Measured

SO2

Time Response

0.5 Hz

Detection Limit

0.5 ppbv

Manufacturer

Thermo Electron Corporation (TECO)

Field Projects

SOS 1999
TexAQS 2000
ITCT 2002
ITCT/ICARTT 2004
MILAGRO 2006
TexAQS 2006
ARCPAC 2008
Erie Tower 2008
CalNex 2010

Contact

John Holloway

Key Publications

Ryerson, T. B., M. P. Buhr, G. J. Frost, P. D. Goldan, J. S. Holloway, G. Hübler, B. T. Jobson, W. C. Kuster, S. A. McKeen, D. D. Parrish, J. M. Roberts, D. T. Sueper, M. Trainer, J. Williams, F. C. Fehsenfeld, Emissions lifetimes and ozone formation in power plant plumes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(D17), 22569-22583, doi:10.1029/98JD01620, 1998.