Instrumentation and measurement strategy for the NOAA SENEX aircraft
campaign as part of the Southeast Atmosphere Study 2013

Warneke, Carsten; Trainer, Michael; de Gouw, Joost A.; Parrish, David D.; Fahey, David W.; Ravishankara, A. R.; Middlebrook, Ann M.; Brock, Charles A.; Roberts, James M.; Brown, Steven S.; Neuman, Jonathan A.; Lerner, Brian M.; Lack, Daniel; Law, Daniel; Hübler, Gerhard; Pollack, Iliana; Sjostedt, Steven; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Gilman, Jessica B.; Liao, Jin; Holloway, John; Peischl, Jeff; Nowak, John B.; Aikin, Kenneth C.; Min, Kyung-Eun; Washenfelder, Rebecca A.; Graus, Martin G.; Richardson, Mathew; Markovic, Milos Z.; Wagner, Nick L.; Welti, André; Veres, Patrick R.; Edwards, Peter; Schwarz, Joshua P.; Gordon, Timothy; Dube, William P.; McKeen, Stuart A.; Brioude, Jerome; Ahmadov, Ravan; Bougiatioti, Aikaterini; Lin, Jack J.; Nenes, Athanasios; Wolfe, Glenn M.; Hanisco, Thomas F.; Lee, Ben H.; Lopez-Hilfiker, Felipe D.; Thornton, Joel A.; Keutsch, Frank N.; Kaiser, Jennifer; Mao, Jingqiu; Hatch, Courtney D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3063-2016

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Instrumentation and measurement strategy for the NOAA SENEX aircraft campaign as part of the Southeast Atmosphere Study 2013

Carsten Warneke^1,2, Michael Trainer², Joost A. de Gouw^1,2, David D. Parrish^1,2, David W. Fahey², A. R. Ravishankara^2,a, Ann M. Middlebrook², Charles A. Brock², James M. Roberts², Steven S. Brown², Jonathan A. Neuman^1,2, Brian M. Lerner^1,2, Daniel Lack^1,2, Daniel Law^1,2, Gerhard Hübler^1,2, Iliana Pollack^1,2,a, Steven Sjostedt^1,2, Thomas B. Ryerson², Jessica B. Gilman^1,2, Jin Liao^1,2, John Holloway^1,2, Jeff Peischl^1,2, John B. Nowak^1,2,b, Kenneth C. Aikin^1,2, Kyung-Eun Min^1,2,c, Rebecca A. Washenfelder^1,2, Martin G. Graus^1,2,d, Mathew Richardson^1,2, Milos Z. Markovic^1,2,e, Nick L. Wagner^1,2, André Welti^1,2,f, Patrick R. Veres^1,2, Peter Edwards^1,2,g, Joshua P. Schwarz², Timothy Gordon^1,2, William P. Dube^1,2, Stuart A. McKeen^1,2, Jerome Brioude^1,2, Ravan Ahmadov^1,2, Aikaterini Bougiatioti³, Jack J. Lin³, Athanasios Nenes^3,11,12, Glenn M. Wolfe^4,9, Thomas F. Hanisco⁴, Ben H. Lee⁵, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker⁵, Joel A. Thornton^5,i, Frank N. Keutsch^6,h, Jennifer Kaiser^6,j, Jingqiu Mao^7,10, and Courtney D. Hatch⁸ Carsten Warneke et al.

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¹Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA USA
²Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
³Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
⁴NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
⁶University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
⁷Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA, Princeton, NJ, USA
⁸Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, AR, USA
⁹University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
¹⁰Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
¹¹Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Hellas, Athens, Greece
¹²National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
^anow at: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO, USA
^bnow at: Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
^cnow at: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
^dnow at: Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
^enow at: Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^fnow at: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
^gnow at: University of York, York, UK
^hnow at: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
ⁱnow at: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
^jnow at: Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA

¹Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA USA
²Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
³Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
⁴NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
⁶University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
⁷Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA, Princeton, NJ, USA
⁸Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, AR, USA
⁹University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
¹⁰Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
¹¹Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Hellas, Athens, Greece
¹²National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
^anow at: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO, USA
^bnow at: Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, USA
^cnow at: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea
^dnow at: Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
^enow at: Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
^fnow at: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
^gnow at: University of York, York, UK
^hnow at: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
ⁱnow at: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
^jnow at: Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA

Correspondence: Carsten Warneke (carsten.warneke@noaa.gov)

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Received: 09 Dec 2015 – Discussion started: 20 Jan 2016 – Revised: 17 May 2016 – Accepted: 18 May 2016 – Published: 18 Jul 2016

Abstract. Natural emissions of ozone-and-aerosol-precursor gases such as isoprene and monoterpenes are high in the southeastern US. In addition, anthropogenic emissions are significant in the southeastern US and summertime photochemistry is rapid. The NOAA-led SENEX (Southeast Nexus) aircraft campaign was one of the major components of the Southeast Atmosphere Study (SAS) and was focused on studying the interactions between biogenic and anthropogenic emissions to form secondary pollutants. During SENEX, the NOAA WP-3D aircraft conducted 20 research flights between 27 May and 10 July 2013 based out of Smyrna, TN.

Here we describe the experimental approach, the science goals and early results of the NOAA SENEX campaign. The aircraft, its capabilities and standard measurements are described. The instrument payload is summarized including detection limits, accuracy, precision and time resolutions for all gas-and-aerosol phase instruments. The inter-comparisons of compounds measured with multiple instruments on the NOAA WP-3D are presented and were all within the stated uncertainties, except two of the three NO₂ measurements.

The SENEX flights included day- and nighttime flights in the southeastern US as well as flights over areas with intense shale gas extraction (Marcellus, Fayetteville and Haynesville shale). We present one example flight on 16 June 2013, which was a daytime flight over the Atlanta region, where several crosswind transects of plumes from the city and nearby point sources, such as power plants, paper mills and landfills, were flown. The area around Atlanta has large biogenic isoprene emissions, which provided an excellent case for studying the interactions between biogenic and anthropogenic emissions. In this example flight, chemistry in and outside the Atlanta plumes was observed for several hours after emission. The analysis of this flight showcases the strategies implemented to answer some of the main SENEX science questions.

How to cite. Warneke, C., Trainer, M., de Gouw, J. A., Parrish, D. D., Fahey, D. W., Ravishankara, A. R., Middlebrook, A. M., Brock, C. A., Roberts, J. M., Brown, S. S., Neuman, J. A., Lerner, B. M., Lack, D., Law, D., Hübler, G., Pollack, I., Sjostedt, S., Ryerson, T. B., Gilman, J. B., Liao, J., Holloway, J., Peischl, J., Nowak, J. B., Aikin, K. C., Min, K.-E., Washenfelder, R. A., Graus, M. G., Richardson, M., Markovic, M. Z., Wagner, N. L., Welti, A., Veres, P. R., Edwards, P., Schwarz, J. P., Gordon, T., Dube, W. P., McKeen, S. A., Brioude, J., Ahmadov, R., Bougiatioti, A., Lin, J. J., Nenes, A., Wolfe, G. M., Hanisco, T. F., Lee, B. H., Lopez-Hilfiker, F. D., Thornton, J. A., Keutsch, F. N., Kaiser, J., Mao, J., and Hatch, C. D.: Instrumentation and measurement strategy for the NOAA SENEX aircraft campaign as part of the Southeast Atmosphere Study 2013, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3063–3093, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3063-2016, 2016.