The Integrated Cavity Output Spectrometer (ICOS) is an airborne in situ spectrometer developed by Harvard University. It is a mid-infrared (6.7 μm) spectrometer that measures the primary isotopologues of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. It has been integrated onto NASA’s WB-57 aircraft for field investigations of water vapor. It has an average data acquisition rate of 1 Hz and a measurement precision of 0.14 ppbv in 4-second averages for water vapor.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > Water VaporEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor
- Lower Stratosphere, Troposphere
- 1 Hz
- Point
- 44.7 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3117349
Jessica Smith, David Sayres
David Sayres
Harvard University
Currently unavailable
Unpublished
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