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Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes: Instruments

Abbreviation Name Measurement Research Program Contact
ACOS Airborne Carbonic Oxides and Sulfide Spectrometer Carbonyl sulfide (OCS), CO, CO2, H2O Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Drew Rollins
Colin Gurganus
CPMA * Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer Mass/charge of selected aerosol particles Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Shuka Schwarz
HD-SP2 Humidified Dual Single Particle Soot Photometer Refractory black carbon Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Shuka Schwarz
NightFOX Nighttime Fire Observations eXperiment remote sensing payload IR, fire radiative power (FRP) Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Troy Thornberry
Joey Taylor
NO-LIF Nitric Oxide Laser Induced Flouresence Nitric oxide Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Drew Rollins
POPS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer Particle size and number Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Troy Thornberry
SO2-LIF Sulfur Dioxide Laser Induced Flourescence Sulfur dioxide Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Drew Rollins
SP2 Single Particle Soot Photometer Refractory black carbon Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Shuka Schwarz
Strat-CIMS High altitude Chemical Ionization mass spectrometer N2O5, HNO2, halogens, oxygenated organics Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Drew Rollins
UASO3 Unmanned Aircraft System Ozone Photometer Ozone Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Troy Thornberry
Water Tunable Diode Laser absorption spectrometer Water vapor/total water Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Troy Thornberry
Drew Rollins
WIBS Wide Band Bioaerosol Sensor Bioaerosol size, characterization Atmospheric Composition & Chemical Processes Shuka Schwarz

* CSL has a Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer (CPMA), a device for selecting aerosol particles by their mass-to-charge ratio. The CPMA is available throughout the lab to help advance our science. Use the NOAA CSL CPMA Calendar to reserve the instrument.