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instrument layout for NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft

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Location	Abbreviation	Full name	Description	PI	Affiliation

Sta. FD	LTI	Low Turbulence Inlet	decelerating inlet to provide sample air to aerosol instruments in fuselage	Chuck Brock	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 2	UHSAS	ultrahigh sensitivity aerosol size spectrometer	counts and sizes 0.07-1.0 μm aerosol particles; samples from LTI	Chuck Brock	NOAA ESRL
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
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	NO/NO₂/NOy/O₃	nitrogen oxides and ozone	chemiluminescence detection with photolytic or catalytic conversion	Steve Sjostedt, Tom Ryerson	NOAA ESRL
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	Jeff Peischl, Tom Ryerson	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 5	CH₄, CO₂	Picarro	CO₂ and methane with IR laser absorption in a high-finesse cavity	Jeff Peischl, Tom Ryerson	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 6a	SO₂	sulfur dioxide	SO₂ using pulsed UV fluorescence	John Holloway	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 6b	ACES	Airborne Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer	Glyoxal using Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy	Kyle Zarzana, Rebecca Washenfelder	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 7	HNO₃ CIMS	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	Andy Neuman	NOAA ESRL
Sta. 7	NH₃ CIMS	NH₃ Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer	Ammonia using chemical ionization mass spectrometry with the protonated acetone dimer as reagent ion	Scott Eilerman	NOAA ESRL
Dual passenger	NOxCARD	NOx cavity ringdown absorption spectrometer	NO_x/NO_y/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	Chuck Brock	NOAA ESRL
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	CO	carbon monoxide	CO using vacuum UV resonance fluorescence	John Holloway	NOAA ESRL