The California Air Resources Board (CARB) deploys a Mobile Measurement Platform (MMP), equipped with advanced technologies to measure atmospheric gas- and particle-phase pollutants to conduct research that supports the development and evaluation of the NAAQS attainment strategies and climate change mitigation projects. Over the past decade, CARB's MMPs have been used to measure a variety of source emissions, study air pollution impacts on communities, and identify fugitive methane leaks throughout California. CARB will deploy its MMP during FIREX-AQ to study the interaction of urban and wildfire emissions. The MMP deployment will be coordinated with the NASA DC-8 and NASA ER-2 for flights over the Central Valley of California 15 - 16 July.
Instrument / Method | Measurement | Type |
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2B Model 405 NOx Monitor | NO, NO2, NOx | Gas phase |
2B Model 205 O3 Monitor | O3 | Gas phase |
Picarro G2301 | CH4, CO2, H2O | Gas phase |
Teledyne T300 CO/CO2 analyzer or equivalent | CO, CO2 | Gas phase |
Ecotech Serinus 51 SO2/H2S Analyzer | SO2, H2S | Gas phase |
Aethalometer | 7-λ absorption (for BC) | Aerosol optics |
UC Berkeley DEFCON VOC/PM sampler | Aerosol and VOC (offline analysis) | Aerosol and VOC composition and mass |