Instrumentation

Instrument development at CSL goes back decades indicating that we have continually been a leader in producing extraordinary instruments over the last 40 years. The CSL nature of collaboration allows for worldwide expertise in pursuing the most intuitive designs which fall into the categories of innovation, evolution, and adaptation.

Innovation: new instrument concept developed at CSL to achieve measurements previously unobtainable.
Evolution: CSL developed instruments that are continually being improved to produce better measurements.
Adaptation: developments to enhance the capability of commercially available instruments to meet CSL mission goals.

Research Program Instrumentation

Refer to each research program for more information, i.e. decommissioned instruments:

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* 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.