TBS: Baseline Instruments
ARM has a suite of baseline instruments that are typically flown on its tethered balloon system (TBS) missions. Other instruments that may be flown on the TBS are available upon request. Typically, only a subset of the instruments in this second category could be accommodated on a particular mission. In the following table, instruments are designated as baseline (or baseline with DOE’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory [EMSL]) or available upon request in the Type column.
Aerosol Properties
| Instrument | Property Measured | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Printed Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS) (6 units) | Aerosol size distribution from 140 nm to 3 μm | Baseline |
| Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) Model 3007 (6 units) | Total aerosol concentration from 0.01 μm to 1 μm | Baseline |
| Size- and Time-Resolved Aerosol Collector (STAC) | Size- and time-resolved chemical composition from 0.07 µm to 2.3 µm | Baseline with EMSL |
| Time-Resolved Bulk Aerosol Collector (TBAC) | Time-resolved high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis | Baseline with EMSL |
| Cascade impactors (6 units) | Size-resolved chemical composition at four cut-off sizes (0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5 μm) | Available upon request |
| MicroAeth AE-51 | Black carbon concentration measured at 880 nm | Available upon request |
| MicroAeth MA200 | Black carbon concentration measured at 880, 625, 528, 470, 375 nm | Available upon request |
Atmospheric State and Aircraft State
| Instrument | Property Measured | Type |
|---|---|---|
| iMet RSB-1 and RSB-4 radiosondes (multiple) | Pressure, temperature, relative humidity, 3D GPS | Baseline |
| iMet XQ2 UAV Sensor (multiple) | Pressure, temperature, relative humidity, 3D GPS | Baseline |
| 40C cup anemometers (10 units) | 1 Hz horizontal wind speed | Baseline |
| VectorNav GNSS wind direction (10 units) | 1 Hz wind direction | Baseline |
| RM Young 27106T vertical wind speed (3 units) | 1 Hz vertical component of wind velocity | Baseline |
| LI-560 Trisonica Sphere 3D wind speed (1 unit) | 60 Hz 3D sonic wind speed | Available upon request |
| Sensornet Oryx DTS | Distributed temperature sensing at 2 m spatial resolution and 0.08°C accuracy | Available upon request |
| Silixa XT DTS | Distributed temperature sensing at 0.5 m spatial resolution and 0.08°C accuracy | Available upon request |
Cloud Properties
| Instrument | Property Measured | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Supercooled liquid water sondes | Cloud supercooled liquid water content in g/m3 | Available upon request |
| Video Ice Particle Sampler (VIPS) | Ice particle maximum dimension, width, area, and aspect ratio from 1 µm to 5 mm | Available upon request |
Gas Phase Properties
| Instrument | Property Measured | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Fielded Remote Organic Sampling Technology (FROST) Sampler | Identification and concentration of volatile organic compounds on LECO GC-TOFMS > 1 picogram | Available upon request |
| Time-Resolved Automated Volatile organic compounds Sampling system (TRAVIS) | Chemical analysis using thermal desorption GC-MS | Baseline with EMSL |
Remote Sensing
| Instrument | Property Measured | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Mirage 640P | 30 Hz imaging of 1.5 µm to 5.1 µm spectral band, surface temperature | Available upon request |
Follow Us:
Keep up with the Atmospheric Observer
Updates on ARM news, events, and opportunities delivered to your inbox
ARM User Profile
ARM welcomes users from all institutions and nations. A free ARM user account is needed to access ARM Data.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) | Reviewed
October 2024