The NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument (AO2) is an in situ airborne instrument used to measure oxygen (O2) concentrations in the atmosphere. It collects these measurements by using the vacuum-ultraviolet absorption technique. AO2 can also provide measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. At typical flight speeds of 300 knots, AO2 has a corresponding horizontal resolution of 750 m and a vertical resolution of 40 m for 5-second measurements. It has a typical sampling rate of 2.5 seconds.
Instrument Details
- Meter/Analyzer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > Molecular OxygenEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric ChemistryEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > Carbon Dioxide
- Troposphere
- 2.5 s
- 750 m (horizontal), 40 m (vertical)
- N/A
- https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2543-2021
Britton Stephens
Britton Stephens
NCAR
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 Douglas DC-8 36 Campaigns · 168 Instruments |  Atmospheric Tomography Mission 2016—2018 Western Arctic, South Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Central North America 4 Deployments · 32 Data Products
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