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INTEX-A Sensors and Parameters
DC-8 | AIRMAP

INTEX-A DC-8 Sensors/Parameters

Sensor(s) Parameter(s)
NO/O3 chemiluminescence Ozone
UV Lidar Ozone & aerosol profile
Laser Induced Flourescence NO, NO2, HCHO
Laser Induced Flourescence & thermal dissociation NO2, NOy
GC-ECD/PID/RGD PANs, OVOCs, nitriles
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry HNO3, H2O2, organic acids
Deriavative HPLC & flourescence H2O2, CH3OOH, HCHO
Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometry HCHO
Laser Induced Flourescence OH, HO2, napthalene
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry SO2, HNO4
Whole air sample collection; GC-FID/EC/MS analysis VOCs (NMHC, halocarbons, alkyl nitrates)
Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometry CO, CH4, N2O
Non-Dispersive Infrared CO2
Open path Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometry H2O
Particle Into Liquid Sampling (PILS)/IC Aerosol bulk ionic composition
Mist chamber/IC Bulk aerosol composition, HNO3
Particle measuring probes, differential mobility analyzer, CN counters Aerosol composition, microphysics, and optical properties
CN counters, cloud aerosol & precipitation Spectrometer, soot photometer Aerosol number density, size, light scattering properties; cloud liquid water content
Spectrally resolved radiometer, Zenith & Nadir Actinic fluxes & photolytic frequencies
DC-8 Data Acquisition and Distribution, Crogenic hygrometer, actinometer NAV, MET, In Situ Water Vapor/Cryo and J(NO2) Measurements

INTEX-A AIRMAP Parameters

Instrument and Sensor information are provided in data file header.
Parameters:
  • Aerosols
  • Amonium (NH4)
  • Calcium (Ca)
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO)
  • Carbon Monoxide (CO2)
  • Magnesium (Mg)
  • Meterology data
  • Methane (CH4)
  • Nitric Oxide (NO)
  • Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
  • Nitrate (NO3)
  • Nitrogen Oxides (NOy)
  • Nitric Acid (HNO3)
  • Ozone (O3)
  • Photolysis rate of Nitrogen Dioxide (JNO2)
  • Potasium (K)
  • Relative humidity
  • Sodium (Na)
  • Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
  • Sulfate (SO4)

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