Operational overview of Wallops Island instrument intercomparison: Carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and hydroxyl instrumentation

摘要: NASA has initiated the Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) for study of chemistry global troposphere. One phase GTE, Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation (CITE), is concerned with development validation measurement techniques trace species which play important roles in tropospheric chemical cycles. In connection CITE 1 an intercomparison instruments conducted CO, NO, OH. These have been identified as critical understanding homogeneous gas-phase The present paper provides operational overview first three instrument field missions part GTE/CITE 1. include one ground-based two airborne missions, were designed to characterize current capability measuring ambient levels