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Download N43RF Instrument Layout (latest version 16 March 2015)
Location | Abbreviation | Full name | Description | PI | Affiliation |
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Sta. FD |
LTI |
Low Turbulence Inlet |
decelerating inlet to provide sample air to aerosol instruments in fuselage |
NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 2 |
ultrahigh sensitivity aerosol size spectrometer |
counts and sizes 0.07-1.0 μm aerosol particles; samples from LTI |
NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 2 |
YAS |
Yale Adsorbent Sampler |
Adsorbent cartridge sampling for large hydrocarbons |
Drew Gentner | Yale University |
Sta. 2 |
ISAF |
Laser Induced Fluorescence |
formaldehyde (HCHO) |
Frank Keutsch / Tom Hanisco, Glen Wolfe | University of Wisconsin / NASA |
Sta. 3 |
H2S, CH4 |
Picarro |
H2S and CH4 with IR laser absorption in a high-finesse cavity |
Environment Canada |
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Sta. 3 |
I- CIMS |
acid Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
organic and inorganic acids using chemical ionization mass spectrometry with acetate as reagent ion |
Joel Thornton | University of Washington |
Sta. C3X |
nitrogen oxides and ozone |
chemiluminescence detection with photolytic or catalytic conversion |
Steve Sjostedt, Tom Ryerson | NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 4 |
PAN CIMS |
PeroxyAcyl Nitrate Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
PANs using chemical ionization mass spectrometry with I- as reagent ion |
Patrick Veres, Jim Roberts | NOAA ESRL |
Sta. 5 |
ethane |
ethane |
Aerodyne ethane analyzer |
NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 5 |
Picarro |
CO2 and methane with IR laser absorption in a high-finesse cavity |
NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 6a |
sulfur dioxide |
SO2 using pulsed UV fluorescence |
John Holloway | NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 6b |
Airborne Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer |
Glyoxal using Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy |
Kyle Zarzana, Rebecca Washenfelder | NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 7 |
nitric, formic, and nitrous acids Chemical ionization mass spectrometer |
nitric acid, formic acid, and nitrous acid using chemical ionization mass spectrometry with iodide as reagent ion |
NOAA ESRL |
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Sta. 7 |
NH3 Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
Ammonia using chemical ionization mass spectrometry with the protonated acetone dimer as reagent ion |
Scott Eilerman | NOAA ESRL |
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Dual passenger |
NOxCARD |
NOx cavity ringdown absorption spectrometer |
NOx/NOy/O3 in laser absorption in high-finesse cavities |
Robert Wild | NOAA ESRL |
Sta. 8 |
H3O+CIMS |
H3O+ Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
various VOCs using chemical ionization mass spectrometer using H3O+ as reagent ion |
Bin Yuan, Abby Koss | NOAA ESRL |
AMPS pod |
NMASS |
Nucleation Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer |
0.004-0.07 nm aerosol particles number and size |
NOAA ESRL |
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AMPS pod |
iWAS2 |
Whole Air Sampler |
hydrocarbons, alkyl nitrates and halocarbons using canister samples for immediate GC-MS analysis |
Jessica Gilman, Brian Lerner | NOAA ESRL |
CO pod |
carbon monoxide |
CO using vacuum UV resonance fluorescence |
John Holloway | NOAA ESRL |
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