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SABRE 2025 Payload

WB-57 payload diagram — 2025 payload for the NASA WB-57

Instrument	Measurement	Location	PI	Institution
Aerosol
AMP	Aerosol size distribution	Pallet Bay (position 1)	Chuck Brock	NOAA CSL
NISSA	Experimental low turbulence aerosol inlet	Pallet Bay (position 2)	Suresh Dhaniyala	Clarkson University
SP2	Black carbon particle mass and number	Pallet Bay (position 2)	Shuka Schwarz	NOAA CSL
PALMS-NG	Aerosol particle composition	Nose	Gregg Schill	NOAA CSL
CAPS	Cirrus cloud and coarse mode aerosol particle size and number	R Spear Pod	Bernadett Weinzierl	University of Vienna
State Parameters
MMS	Temperature, pressure, winds	Nose (sensors) + Forward Trans (electronics)	Paul Bui	NASA ARC
Trace Gas
LIF-SO2	SO₂ mixing ratio	Pallet Bay (position 3)	Drew Rollins	NOAA CSL
LIF-NO	NO and NO₂ mixing ratios and total reactive nitrogen (NOy)	Pallet Bay (position 3)	Drew Rollins	NOAA CSL
Strat-CIMS	Halogen species, acids, organic species	Pallet Bay (position 4)	Drew Rollins	NOAA CSL
UASO3	Ozone mixing ratio	L Super Pod	Troy Thornberry	NOAA CSL
DLH	Water vapor	L Spear Pod / Wing Hatch / Nacelle	Glenn Diskin	NASA LaRC
UCATS	CO, CO₂, N₂O, CH₄, SF₆, CFCs	R Spear Pod + R Wing Hatch	Eric Hintsa	NOAA GML