Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder | A-SMLS | Nathaniel Livesey (PI) | JPL | WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits), ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | H2O, O3, CO, primary, also: HNO3, CH2O, N2O, HCN, CH3CN, CH3OH, SO2, HDO, H2O2, NO2, CH3Cl, (CH3)2CO, depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading. | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 2000 m
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Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | CAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Spectrally resolved actinic flux and photolysis frequencies typically calculated for the following species: O3, NO2, NO3, CH2O, HONO, HNO3, N2O5, HNO4, PAN, H2O2, CH3OOH, CH3ONO2, CH3CH2ONO2, CH3CHO, CH3CH2CHO, CHOCHO, CH3COCHO, 2, 3-Butanedione, Methacrolein, MVK, (CH3)2CO, MEK, Br2, BrO, BrNO, BrNO2, BrONO, BrONO2, BrCl, HOBr, CHBr3, Cl2, ClO, ClNO2, ClONO, ClONO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment | CAFE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, C-23 Sherpa - WFF, HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer | CAMS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O, HCOOH | In situ
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Compact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment | COFFEE | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | CH2O | ||||||||||
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment | COFFEE(GSFC) | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | Alpha Jet | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer | DFGAS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O | In situ
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Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer | DCALS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3OH, CH2O | In situ
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GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer | GCAS | Scott Janz (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, CH2O | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 2 Hz
| 300-900 nm | Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm | |||
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence | GT-LIF | David Tan (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO, CH2O, NO2 | In situ
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In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde | ISAF | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WP-3D Orion - NOAA, C-130 - NSF, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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NDACC MLO FTIR | MLOFTIR | James W. Hannigan (PI) | NCAR | Interferometer | CO, CH4, ClONO2, HCOOH, C2H6, HCN, HCl, HF, HNO3, H2O, HDO, OCS, N2O, O3, CH2O | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
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URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument | POPS | Brian Heikes (PI) | URI | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O2, CH3OOH, CH2O | In situ
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