Instruments from CSD aboard the NASA DC-8 research aircraft for ATom.
Abbreviation | Description | Measurement | Instrument Team |
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AMP | Aerosol Microphysical Properties - Spectrometer (in situ) | dry aerosol particle size distribution, cloud droplet size distribution, dust size distribution, precipitation size, cloud liquid water content | Chuck Brock, Aga Kupc, Christina Williamson |
NOyO3 | Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone - Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | Tom Ryerson, Chelsea Thompson, Jeff Peischl |
PALMS | Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry (in situ) | particle composition, aerosol | Karl Froyd, Dan Murphy |
SP2 | Single Particle Soot Photometer | black carbon, scattering aerosols | Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz, Joe Katich, Laurel Watts, Ru-Shan Gao |
I- ToF CIMS | Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | halogens and nitrogen compounds | J. Andy Neuman, Patrick Veres |
Forecasters and modelers from CSD providing support for ATom.