NOAA WP-3D Payload

instrument layout for NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft

Download N43RF Instrument Layout (latest version 16 March 2015)
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 BrockNOAA ESRL
Sta. 2 UHSAS ultrahigh sensitivity aerosol size spectrometer counts and sizes 0.07-1.0 μm aerosol particles; samples from LTI Chuck BrockNOAA ESRL
Sta. 2 YAS Yale Adsorbent Sampler Adsorbent cartridge sampling for large hydrocarbons Drew GentnerYale University
Sta. 2 ISAF Laser Induced Fluorescence formaldehyde (HCHO) Frank Keutsch / Tom Hanisco, Glen WolfeUniversity 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 ThorntonUniversity of Washington
Sta. C3X NO/NO2/NOy/O3 nitrogen oxides and ozone chemiluminescence detection with photolytic or catalytic conversion Steve Sjostedt, Tom RyersonNOAA 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 RobertsNOAA ESRL
Sta. 5 ethane ethane Aerodyne ethane analyzer Jeff Peischl, Tom RyersonNOAA ESRL
Sta. 5 CH4, CO2 Picarro CO2 and methane with IR laser absorption in a high-finesse cavity Jeff Peischl, Tom RyersonNOAA ESRL
Sta. 6a SO2 sulfur dioxide SO2 using pulsed UV fluorescence John HollowayNOAA ESRL
Sta. 6b ACES Airborne Cavity Enhanced Spectrometer Glyoxal using Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy Kyle Zarzana, Rebecca WashenfelderNOAA 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 NeumanNOAA 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 EilermanNOAA ESRL
Dual passenger NOxCARD NOx cavity ringdown absorption spectrometer NOx/NOy/O3 in laser absorption in high-finesse cavities Robert WildNOAA 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 KossNOAA ESRL
AMPS pod NMASS Nucleation Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer 0.004-0.07 nm aerosol particles number and size Chuck BrockNOAA ESRL
AMPS pod iWAS2 Whole Air Sampler hydrocarbons, alkyl nitrates and halocarbons using canister samples for immediate GC-MS analysis Jessica Gilman, Brian LernerNOAA ESRL
CO pod CO carbon monoxide CO using vacuum UV resonance fluorescence John HollowayNOAA ESRL