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NOAA-O3
NOAA Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer

The NOAA Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer (NOAA-O3) is an in situ optical balloon-borne and airborne instrument that measures ozone concentrations in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. It operates at the 254 nm wavelength allowing it to calculate the ozone number density due to the accurate ozone absorption cross section at that wavelength. It has a sampling rate of 2 Hz and a horizontal resolution of 100 to 200 meters at typical research flight speeds.

Image of the NOAA-O3 photometer
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

Optical/Photon
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Tropospheric Ozone
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > Ozone
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Air Quality
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry
Lower Stratosphere, Troposphere
2 Hz
100-200m
1180 THz
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137316External Link

Instrument Operation

ATTREX

Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment

2011—2015
California, Guam, Tropics
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4 Deployments
· 3 Data Products
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VIRGAS

Volcano-plume Investigation Readiness and Gas-phase and Aerosol Sulfur

2015
Houston, Texas
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1 Deployment
· 2 Data Products
TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007
Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

2011
Central United States, based out of Ellington, Texas
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1 Deployment
· 7 Data Products
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CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002
Southern Florida
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
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POSIDON

Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection

2016
Guam, western Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
AVE

Aura Validation Experiment

2004—2005
Houston, Texas, Southern United States, Gulf of Mexico
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2 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
ACCENT

Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause

1999—2000
Southern United States
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
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ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022
West Pacific, South Korea
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1 Deployment
· 8 Data Products
NOVICE

Newly-Operating and Validated Instruments Comparison Experiment

2008
Houston, Texas
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
WAM

WB-57 Aerosol Mission

1998
Ellington Field, Houston, Texas
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997
Arctic, Mid-latitudes
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
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ATom

Atmospheric Tomography Mission

2016—2018
Western Arctic, South Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Central North America
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4 Deployments
· 32 Data Products
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ASHOE

Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment

1994
Moffett Field, California, Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997
Arctic, Mid-latitudes
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013
North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 20 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products
AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992
Arctic
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2 Deployments
· 2 Data Products
SPADE

Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition

1992—1993
Western United States
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3 Deployments
· 1 Data Product
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STRAT

Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

1995—1996
Pacific Ocean, Moffett Field, California, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii
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6 Deployments
· 9 Data Products
SOLVE

SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

1999—2003
Arctic, Kiruna, Sweden
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2 Deployments
· 32 Data Products
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STEP

Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Project

1984—1987
Moffett Field, California; Darwin, Australia
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2 Deployments
· 0 Data Products

Data Products

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10.5067/CAMEX-4/PHOTOMETER/DATA101External Link
NASA WB-57
NASA WB-57
NASA WB-57
ASCII
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NASA WB-57
ICARTT