AAF Information

Field Campaigns

AAF Contacts

AAF Baseline Instruments

The following instruments represent available capabilities. The needs of each field campaign will be assessed and additional instruments may be added upon request. For a list of past campaign instruments and their data, see the Airborne Observations instruments.

Examples of cabin configurations for the G-1 from past and upcoming campaigns are also available.

Payload Example from 2010

Payload Example from 2011

Example of Upcoming Payload in 2012

Example of Upcoming Payload in 2014

Aerosol Properties

Instrument	Description	Source/Supplier
3-Wavelength Integrating Nephelometer, Model 3563	Aerosol scattering coefficient 450, 550, 700 nm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
3-Wavelength Particle Soot/Absorption Photometer (PSAP)	Aerosol absorption coefficient 462, 523, 648 nm	Radiance Research
Aerosol Isokinetic Inlet	Sample stream of dry aerosol, sizes < 5 microns	Brechtel
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS), Cloud Aerosol Spectrometer (CAS)	Aerosol size distributions 0.5 to 50 μm	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Condensation Particle Counter (CPC), Model 3010	Total aerosol concentration >0.010 μm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
Condensation Particle Counter (CPC), Model 3775	Total aerosol concentration >0.004 μm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
Counterflow Virtual Impactor (CVI)	Sampling of cloud droplet residuals	Brechtel/PNNL Build
Dual-Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (CCN)	Concentration of cloud condensation nuclei at two specified supersaturations	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Humidigraph	Aerosol scattering coefficient as a function of relative humidity 525 nm	PNNL Build
Integrating Nephelometer, 3-Wavelengths, Model 3563	Aerosol scattering coefficient 450, 550, 700 nm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) - Model 3340	Aerosol size distribution 0.09 to 7.5µm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
Optical Particle Counter (OPC) – Model CI-3100	Aerosol size distribution 0.7 to 15 µm	Climet
Particle in Liquid System (PILS)	Particle ionic composition	BNL Build
Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer-100X (PCASP)	Size distribution 0.1 to 3 μm	Particle Measuring Systems Inc. (PMS)
Photo-Acoustic Soot Spectrometer, 3 wavelength (PASS-3)	Aerosol absorption and scattering coefficient 405, 532 and 781 nm	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer	Aerosol size distribution 0.015 to 0.450 μm	BNL Build
Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)	Soot spectrometry	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter (UCPC), Model 3025A	Total aerosol concentration >0.003 μm	Trust Science Innovation (TSI) Inc.
Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)	Aerosol size distribution 0.060 to 1 µm	Droplet Measurement Technologies

Atmospheric State and Aircraft State

Instrument	Description	Source/Supplier
Aircraft Integrated Meteorological Measurement System - 20 (AIMMS-20)	5-port air motion sensing: true air, speed, altitude, angle-of-attack, side-slip, temperature, and relative humidity	Aventech
C-MIGITS® III (Miniature Integrated GPS/INS Tactical System)	Inertial navigation system/global positioning system: position, velocity, attitude	Systron Donner
Chilled Mirror Hygrometer – General Eastern 1011B	Dewpoint temperature	General Eastern
GPS (Global Positioning System) DSM 232	Position and velocity at 10 Hz	Trimble
Gust Probe	5-port air motion sensing: true airspeed, angle-of-attack, side-slip	Goodrich Corporation
Hygrometer – 1011C	Dewpoint temperature	Buck Research Instruments
Hygrometer – CR2	Dewpoint temperature	Buck Research Instruments
Nose Video Camera	Forward video images behind cockpit window	Axis
Rosemount 1201F1	Absolute pressure	Goodrich Corporation
Rosemount E102AL/510BF	Temperature	Goodrich Corporation
Trimble Advanced Navigation System (TANS) Vector GPS	Aircraft altitude, yaw/pitch/roll angle	Trimble
Tunable Diode Laser Hygrometer (open path)	Absolute humidity	Port City Instruments
Tunable Diode Laser Hygrometer (dual/closed path)	Absolute humidity	Port City Instruments

Cloud Properties

Instrument	Description	Source/Supplier
2-Dimensional Stereo Probe (2D-S)	Cloud particle size distribution 10 to 3,000 μm	Stratton Park Engineering Company
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS), Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP) and Hotwire	Cloud particle size distribution 25 μm to 1,550 μm and liquid water content	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP)	Cloud particles size distribution 2 to 50 µm	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Cloud Integrating Nephelometer (CIN)	Cloud extinction and asymmetry parameter	Gerber Scientific, Inc.
Cloud Particle Imager (CPI), version 2	High-resolution images of ice crystals and cloud droplets	Stratton Park Engineering Company
Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor (CSI)	Total condensed cloud water content	Droplet Measurement Technologies
Fast-Cloud Droplet Probe (F-CDP)	Cloud particles size distribution 2 to 50 μm	Stratton Park Engineering Company
Fast-Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe (F-FSSP)	Cloud particles size distribution 2 to 47 μm	Stratton Park Engineering Company
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer Version 3 (HVPS-3)	Cloud particles size distribution 150 to 19,600 μm	Stratton Park Engineering Company
Multi-Element Water Content System (WCM-2000)	Liquid water content, total water content, and ice water content derived	Science Engineering Associates, Inc.
Particle Volume Monitor-100A (PVM-100A)	Cloud liquid water content	Gerber Scientific, Inc.

Gas Phase Measurements

Instrument	Description	Source/Supplier
Cavity Ring Down (CRD) System	Concentration of CO2, CH4, and H2O	Picarro
N2O/CO -23r	Concentration of CO, N2O, and H2O	Los Gatos Research
O3 - Model 49i	Concentration of O3	Thermo Scientific
Oxides of Nitrogen	Concentration of NO, NO2, and NOy	Air Quality Devices/BNL
SO2 - Model 43i-TLE	Concentration of SO2	Thermo Scientific

Radiometric