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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6095-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6095-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
17 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 17 Nov 2020
| 17 Nov 2020
Autonomous airborne mid-infrared spectrometer for high-precision measurements of ethane during the NASA ACT-America studies
Petter Weibring
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Dirk Richter
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
James G. Walega
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Alan Fried
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO, USA
Joshua DiGangi
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Hannah Halliday
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Yonghoon Choi
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Hampton, VA, USA
Bianca Baier
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
Colm Sweeney
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
Ben Miller
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, USA
Kenneth J. Davis
Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Zachary Barkley
Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Michael D. Obland
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Data sets
ACT-America: L3 Merged In Situ Atmospheric Trace Gases and Flask Data K.J. Davis, M. D. Obland, B. Lin, T. Lauvaux, C. O'Dell, B. Meadows, E. V. Browell, J. P. DiGangi, C. Sweeney, M. J. McGill, J. D. Barrick, A. R. Nehrir, M. M. Yang, J. R. Bennett, B. C. Baier, A. Roiger, S. Pal, T. Gerken, A. Fried, S. Feng, R. Shrestha, M. A. Shook, G. Chen, L. J. Campbell, Z. R. Barkley, and R. M. Pauly. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1593
Short summary
The present study describes an autonomously operated instrument for high-precision (20–40 parts per trillion in 1 s) measurements of ethane during actual airborne operations on a small aircraft platform (NASA's King Air B200). This paper discusses the dynamic nature of airborne performance due to various aircraft-induced perturbations, methods devised to identify such events, and solutions we have enacted to circumvent these perturbations.
The present study describes an autonomously operated instrument for high-precision (20–40 parts...
