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TROPOZ
NASA Goddard Tropospheric Ozone Lidar

The NASA Goddard Tropospheric Ozone Lidar (TROPOZ) is a mobile, ground-based lidar that is part of the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet). It employs the differential absorption lidar (DIAL) technique to measure ozone at wavelengths of 289 nm and 299 nm. TROPOZ has a range resolution of 15 meters, a repetition rate of 50 Hz, and can produce ozone profiles from 0.35 to 16 km above ground level.

Image of the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL

Image of the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL

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

Measurement Type

Lidar

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Tropospheric Ozone

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > Ozone

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry

Vertical Measurement Regions

Full Column Profile

Temporal Resolution

50 Hz

Spatial Resolution

15 m

Measurement Frequency

1037 THz, 1003 THz

Calibration Details

Currently unavailble

Online Information

Lead Investigator
John Sullivan
Technical Contact
John Sullivan
Instrument Maker
NASA
Funding Source
NASA, NOAA
Overview Publications
Overview Publication
Repository
- other NASA repository not formally considered a DAAC by ESDS

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Campaign Field Sites

68 Campaigns · 162 Instruments

Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

Baltimore MD, San Joaquin Valley CA, Houston TX, Denver CO

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· 89 Data Products

Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

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· 12 Data Products

Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

New York City metropolitan and Long Island Sound area, Northeastern U.S.

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· 17 Data Products

Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment

Moffett Field, California, Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji

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· 0 Data Products

Korean United States - Air Quality

South Korean peninsula, including surrounding seas

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· 12 Data Products

Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, United States, North America

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· 10 Data Products

Image of research vehicles used during DISCOVER-AQ

Image of research vehicles used during DISCOVER-AQ

Campaign Vehicles

19 Campaigns · 59 Instruments

TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Houston metropolitan area

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· 5 Data Products

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Permanent Land Site

Campaign Permanent Land Sites

55 Campaigns · 77 Instruments

Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

Baltimore MD, San Joaquin Valley CA, Houston TX, Denver CO

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· 89 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

TRACER-AQ La Porte Ground Site Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/TRACERAQDATA001/Ground/LaPorte_1

CampaignsTRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Vehicles

LISTOS Rutgers Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_Rutgers_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

LISTOS Westport Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_Westport_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

OWLETS-2 Surface Lidar Data10.5067/Suborbital/OWLETS-2/SurfaceLidar_Data_1

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

OWLETS-1 Surface Lidar Data10.5067/Suborbital/OWLETS-1/SurfaceLidar_Data_1

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment Fort Collins Ground Site Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DISCOVERAQ_Colorado_Ground_FortCollins_Data_1

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Permanent Land Sites

FormatsHDF, ICARTT