USOS Instruments

NOAA Twin Otter

aircraft payload schematic
Proposed instrument layout for NOAA Twin Otter aircraft
InstrumentMeasurementInstitution / PI
Micro-pulse Doppler lidar3D wind velocitiesNOAA CSL / Sunil Baidar, Alan Brewer, Max Holloway, Scott Sandberg
Picarro GHG analyzerCO, CH4, CO2, H2ONOAA ARL / Xinrong Ren
Aeris MIRA UltraCH4/C2H6NOAA ARL / Xinrong Ren
Teledyne CAPSNO, NO2NOAA ARL / Xinrong Ren
Ozone analyzerO3NOAA ARL / Xinrong Ren
Filter radiometersUpward and downward actinic flux / NO2 photolysis rateNOAA CSL
Met packageT, P, RH, Winds, GPS PositionNOAA CSL

NOAA Air Resources Car (ARC)

NOAA Air Resources Car (ARC)

The NOAA Air Resources Laboratory ARC mobile platform payload

CSL Mobile Laboratory

RackInstrumentSpecies MeasuredInstitution / PI
1Met packageT, P, RH, Winds, GPS PositionNOAA CSL
1Filter RadiometerActinic flux / NO2 photolysis rateNOAA CSL
2Picarro GHG analyzerCO, CH4, CO2, H2ONOAA CSL / Jeff Peischl, Nell Schaefer
2Iodide time of flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer (I- ToF CIMS)Speciated reactive N, Speciated halogens, Oxygenated VOCNOAA CSL / Mike Robinson, Chris Jernigan
3LIF NONO, NO2, NOy, O3NOAA CSL / Drew Rollins, Eleanor Waxman, Wyndom Chace, Kristen Zuraski
3Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)Particle size distributions, surface area, PM massNOAA CSL / Chuck Brock
3Ozone analyzerO3NOAA CSL
3Picarro FormaldehydeHCHO
4Integrated Whole Air Sampler (iWAS)Speciated VOC analyzed by GC-MSNOAA CSL / Jessica Gilman, Victoria Treadaway, Morgan Selby
4Proton transfer reaction time of flight mass spectrometer (PTR ToF MS)In-situ speciated VOCNOAA CSL / Carsten Warneke, Chelsea Stockwell, Matt Coggon, Kelvin Bates
van layout van schematic
Proposed CSL Mobile laboratory instrument layout
mobile lab
CSL Mobile Laboratory