Autonomous airborne mid-infrared spectrometer for high-precision measurements of ethane during the NASA ACT-America studies

Weibring, Petter; Richter, Dirk; Walega, James G.; Fried, Alan; DiGangi, Joshua; Halliday, Hannah; Choi, Yonghoon; Baier, Bianca; Sweeney, Colm; Miller, Ben; Davis, Kenneth J.; Barkley, Zachary; Obland, Michael D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6095-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6095-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6095-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Research article

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17 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 17 Nov 2020

Autonomous airborne mid-infrared spectrometer for high-precision measurements of ethane during the NASA ACT-America studies

Petter Weibring, Dirk Richter, James G. Walega, Alan Fried, Joshua DiGangi, Hannah Halliday, Yonghoon Choi, Bianca Baier, Colm Sweeney, Ben Miller, Kenneth J. Davis, Zachary Barkley, and Michael D. Obland

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RC1: 'Review of Weibring et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Petter Weibring, 18 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Comments on "Autonomous Airborne Mid-IR Spectrometer for High Precision Measurements of Ethane during the NASA ACT-America Studies'' by Weibring et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Petter Weibring, 18 Sep 2020

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AR by Petter Weibring on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Sep 2020) by Maria Dolores Andrés Hernández

AR by Petter Weibring on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2020)

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.