In‐flight intercomparisons of some aircraft meteorological and chemical measurement techniques

Boatman, Joe F.; Wellman, D. L.; Schnell, R. C.; Busness, K.M.; Luria, Menachem; Valin, C. Van

doi:10.1029/gb002i001p00001

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“…Laboratory tests showed that 12.5% of the ambient ozone was destroyed in the compressor. In-flight comparisons of this monitor and one flown on the NOAA King Air (Boatman et al, 1988), and comparisons with surface ozone measurements at Barrow during the AGASP-II flights exhibited excellent agreement when the 12.5% correction was applied.…”

Section: Dasibi Ozone Monitormentioning

confidence: 96%

NOAA WP-3D instrumentation and flight operations on AGASP-II

1989

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The second Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program (AGASP-II) was conducted across the non-Soviet Arctic in March and April 1986, to study the aerosol, gaseous, chemical, and optical properties of Arctic haze. One component of the program was supported with an instrumented NOAA WP-3D atmospheric research aircraft. Measurements of wind, temperature, ozone, water vapor, condensation nucleus concentration, and aerosol scattering extinction coefficient were used to determine the locations and properties of haze layers. The first three NOAA WP-3D research flights were conducted north of Barrow, Alaska, and over the Beaufort Sea northeast of Barter Island, Alaska. The next three sampled conditions in the high Arctic near Alert, Northwest Territories, Canada. All basic meteorological, gas, and aerosol systems are described. The WP-3D flight tracks and operations are presented.KEY WORDS. Arctic haze, AGASP-II, Arctic airborne atmospheric measurements, aircraft gas and aerosol sampling systems, Arctic flight operations.

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Section: Dasibi Ozone Monitormentioning

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NOAA WP-3D instrumentation and flight operations on AGASP-II

1989

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“…The accuracy of the pressure measurements, as given by the Office of Aircraft Operations (OAO), is 2 mbar or less. Intercomparison of pressure measurements between the NOAA WP-3D and King Air during WATOX [Boatman et al, 1988] indicated a difference between the two pressure measuring systems of less than 1 mbar.…”

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wp‐3d Meteorolgical, Aerosol, and Gas Systems, and flight operations, on Watox‐86

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration WP‐3D meteorological research aircraft was instrumented with a wide range of gas and aerosol sampling equipment to conduct a component of the Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment (WATOX‐86) intensive study. The added instrumentation provided for measurements of condensation nuclei, aerosol scattering extinction, ozone, soot carbon, NOx, SO2, H2O2, NO2, peroxyacetyl nitrate, CO, HNO3, and aerosol particle size/number. Discrete air samples were collected in both glass and metal flasks for analyses of a wide range of gaseous species. Aerosol collections included bulk samples on high‐volume filters, single‐particle collections with impactors, continuous size segregated aerosol impactors (with up to nine size cuts), and a range of specialty filters designed to collect gases and gases adsorbed on aerosols. Operational aspects of the four WP‐3D WATOX flights are described along with pertinent observer notes and comments.

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