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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1017-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1017-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
15 Mar 2017
Research article |
| 15 Mar 2017
A new Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy instrument to study atmospheric chemistry from a high-altitude unmanned aircraft
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bodo Werner
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Max Spolaor
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lisa Scalone
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
James Festa
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Catalina Tsai
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ross Cheung
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Santo F. Colosimo
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ugo Tricoli
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Rasmus Raecke
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Ryan Hossaini
Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Wuhu Feng
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Ru-Shan Gao
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Eric J. Hintsa
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
James W. Elkins
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Fred L. Moore
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Bruce Daube
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Jasna Pittman
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Steven Wofsy
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Data sets
ATTREX 2012–2013 Deployment Global Hawk files NASA ESPO data archive https://espoarchive.nasa.gov/archive/browse/attrex/id2/GHawk
Short summary
A new limb-scanning Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) instrument was developed for NASA’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial system during the Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment to study trace gases in the tropical tropopause layer. A new technique that uses in situ and DOAS O3 observations together with radiative transfer calculations allows the retrieval of mixing ratios from the slant column densities of BrO and NO2 at high accuracies of 0.5 ppt and 15 ppt, respectively.
A new limb-scanning Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) instrument was developed...
