Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2125-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2125-2025
Research article
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15 May 2025
Research article |  | 15 May 2025

A modular approach to volatile organic compound samplers for tethered balloon and drone platforms

Meghan Guagenti, Darielle Dexheimer, Alexandra Ulinksi, Paul Walter, James H. Flynn III, and Sascha Usenko

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A robust, automatic volatile organic compound (VOC) collection system was developed for vertical VOC sampling associated with the 2022 DOE ARM-program-led TRACER in Houston, Texas.  This modular sampler has been developed to measure vertical profiles of VOCs to improve near-surface characterization. This article helps fill the current lack of commercially available options for aerial VOC sampling and serves to support and encourage researchers to build and develop custom samplers. 
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