PEM-Tropics-A (Aug 15 - Oct 5, 1996)

A NASA/GTE aircraft campaign over the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, using the NASA DC-8 and P-3B aircraft.

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Maps of flight tracks

P-3 (Aug 15-Sep 26)
DC-8 (Aug 24-Oct 5)

Data Files

Original data sets from GTE Archive
Merged data files created by Harvard

Plots

Maps of PEM-Tropics-A observations (Data from both the P-3 and the DC-8 are plotted.)

Profiles

Measurements included in the ``climatologies'':
DC-8
Species Technique Uncertainty Principal Investigator

O₃ Chemiluminescence 3% G. Gregory/NASA Langley

O₃ profiles DIAL 10% E. Browell/NASA Langley

CO DACOM 1% G. Sachse/NASA Langley

NO, NOx TP-LIF 18% J. Bradshaw, S. Sandholm/GIT

PAN GC/ECD 20% H. Singh/NASA Ames

HNO3 Mist Chamber/IC 35% R. Talbot/UNH

NMHCs Grab sample/GC 5% (alkanes) D. Blake, F.S. Rowland/UC Irvine

H2O2, CH3OOH Grab sample/HPLC 30% B. Heikes/URI

P-3
O3 NO-Chemiluminescence 8% M.A. Carroll/UMich

CO DACOM 1% G. Sachse, J. Collins/NASA Langley

NO O3-Chemiluminescence 20% M.A. Carroll/UMich

NMHCs Grab sample/GC 5% (alkanes) D. Blake, F.S. Rowland/UC Irvine

H2O2, CH3OOH Grab sample/HPLC 30% B. Heikes, D. O'Sullivan/URI

DC-8
Species	Technique	Uncertainty	Principal Investigator
O₃	Chemiluminescence	3%	G. Gregory/NASA Langley
O₃ profiles	DIAL	10%	E. Browell/NASA Langley
CO	DACOM	1%	G. Sachse/NASA Langley
NO, NOx	TP-LIF	18%	J. Bradshaw, S. Sandholm/GIT
PAN	GC/ECD	20%	H. Singh/NASA Ames
HNO3	Mist Chamber/IC	35%	R. Talbot/UNH
NMHCs	Grab sample/GC	5% (alkanes)	D. Blake, F.S. Rowland/UC Irvine
H2O2, CH3OOH	Grab sample/HPLC	30%	B. Heikes/URI

P-3
O3	NO-Chemiluminescence	8%	M.A. Carroll/UMich
CO	DACOM	1%	G. Sachse, J. Collins/NASA Langley
NO	O3-Chemiluminescence	20%	M.A. Carroll/UMich
NMHCs	Grab sample/GC	5% (alkanes)	D. Blake, F.S. Rowland/UC Irvine
H2O2, CH3OOH	Grab sample/HPLC	30%	B. Heikes, D. O'Sullivan/URI

References

Overview

2 JGR special issues: March 20, 1999 and July 20, 1999.

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