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MGA
MIRO Multicompound Gas Analyzer

The Multicompound Gas Analyzer (MGA) is an in situ spectrometer manufactured by MIRO Analytical. It uses mid-infrared laser absorption spectroscopy with Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) to measure greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapor (H2O). It has a precision of 3 ppb for CH4 and 0.09 ppb for CO and N2O. MGA has a sampling rate of 1 to 10 Hz.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > Water Vapor
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Trace Gases/trace Species
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > Methane
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > Carbon Monoxide
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Nitrogen Compounds > Nitrous Oxide
Troposphere
1-10 Hz
N/A
N/A
Currently unavailble

  • Anke Roiger

  • Anke Roiger

  • MIRO Analytical

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

ASIA-AQ

Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality

2024
East and Southeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand
Ongoing
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1 Deployment
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