MIRAGE C-130Q - Basic Instrument Configuration (Project 2005-145), C-130Q Hercules

Project # 2006-145 MIRAGE

Megacity Impacts on Regional And Global Environment

Principal Investigator(s): Sasha Madronich, et al.

NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

C-130Q - Basic Instrument Configuration 02/15/2006

RAF-Supplied Instrumentation:

Airborne Data System
1. Acquisition: C-130 ADS2 (Motorola 68040 based)
  NCAR Distributed Sampling Modules (4 units), one in each wing pod and two in cabin
2. Operator Station
  - Intel L440GX+ Motherboard with 2 Pentium III-500 CPUs, 512 MB Memory, Redhat Linux 7.2 OS
  - 9GB Disk Storage with RAID-1
  - General Digital 17-inch 1280x1024 TFT Flat Panel Color Monitor
  - IBM-DRHS36D 36GB Removable Disk Drives in Kingston Carriers (2 units)
  - Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer
  - UPS
3. Aft User Displays(1)
  - Dell Latitude Pentium III-850 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 15" Display (Clyde)
4. Flight Deck Display
  - Dell Latitude Pentium III-850 Laptop, Linux OS, 15" Display (Bonnie)
  - Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer

Aircraft Position, Velocity and Attitude
1. Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System (Research)
2. Garmin GPS16 Global Positioning System (GPS)

Static Pressures
1. Rosemount Model 1501 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFD)
2. Ruska Model 7885 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFRD, PSFC)
3. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - Cabin (PCAB)
4. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - CNCounter (PCN)

Dynamic Pressures
1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome (QCR)
2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Left Fuselage Pitot (QCF)
3. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Right Fuselage Pitot (QCFR)

Temperatures
1. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Starboard Radome Mount (TTRR)
2. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Port Radome Mount (TTRL)
3. Rosemount Type 102E Deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Left Inboard Wing Access Plate (TTWH)

Flow Angle Sensors, Radome
1. Attack - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (ADIFR)
2. Sideslip - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (BDIFR)

Dew Point and Humidity
1. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPT)
2. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPB)
3. SpectraSensors Open Path TDL Hygrometer - Starboard Wing Pod Mount (MRLH)
4. Experimental NCAR Fast Response Humidity - Fuselage Aperture Plate L-2 (XUVHS)

Radiation Fluxes
1. Visible Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PSP Pyranometers - 2 units
  - Upward looking (SWT)
  - Downward looking (SWB)
  Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
2. Ultraviolet Radiation - RAF Modified Eppley Model TUVR Pyranometers - 2 units
  - Upward looking (UVT)
  - Downward looking (UVB)
  Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
3. Infrared Radiation - RAF Modified Eppley Model PIR Pyrgeometers - 2 units
  - Upward looking (IRT)
  - Downward looking (IRB)
  Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
4. Remote Surface Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometer - 2 units:
  Downward looking (RSTB, RSTB1)
5. Remote Sky Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometer
  Upward looking (RSTT)

Basic Cloud Physics
1. Rosemount Model 871FA Icing Rate Detector - Right Wing Inboard Access Plate (RICE)
2. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Wing Outboard Access Plate (PLWC)
3. TSI Model 3760 CN Counter - Belly Inlet (CONCN)
  Size Distribution, 0.01 to 3 µm

Wing Stores
1. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-100 - Right Wing Outboard
  Size Distribution, 3 to 45 µm
2. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-200 - Right Pod Outboard
  Size Distribution, 0.12 to 3.12 µm
3. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-300 - Right Pod Inboard
  Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20 µm
4. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model 260X - Right Wing Inboard
  Size Distribution, 50 to 640 µm
5. RAF - PVM-100 Liquid Water Probe - Left Pod Outboard
  (XGLWC)

Geometric Altitude
1. Stewart-Warner Model APN-232(v) - Fuselage Mount,
  0 to 1,500 m AGL (HGM)
  0 to 15,000 m AGL (HGM232)

Photography
1. Sony XC-999 SVHS Color Camera with JVC Model HR-S4700U Super VHS Recorder (2 pair)
  - Forward Facing, Cockpit Mount
  - Side Looking
2. Horita GPS Video Titler
3. Digital Camera
  - Forward Facing, Cockpit Mount

RAF Chemistry (T. Campos)
1. NCAR - Carbon Dioxide Analyzer (XCOMR)
2. Aero-Laser Fast-Response Carbon Monoxide Analyzer (UV resonance fluorescence) (XCO2MR)

NCAR Special Request Instruments
1. EOL SABL Up/Down looking Lidar (2-wavelength backscatter system) - Left Wing Pod Mount

User-Supplied Instrumentation:

Cabin-Mounted Instrumentation
1. Georgia Tech Particles-into-Liquid Aerosol Sampler (PILS)
  bulk inorganic & organic composition
2. NCAR Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometer (SAFS)
  up & down looking sensors: 280 to 420nm
3. NCAR 4-channel Chemiluminescence Analyser
  (NO, NO₂, NO_y,O₃)
4. NCAR Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA)
  OVOCs, NMHCs, halocarbons
5. Univ. of Miami/UC Irvine Whole Air Canister Sampler (WAS)
6. NOAA-Modified TECO SO2 Analyzer
7. NCAR Peroxyacyl nitrates Analyzer (PAN)
  PAN, PPN, PBN, PBzN, APAN, MPAN, MoPAN, etc.
8. Univ. of Colorado Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
  size-resolved chemical composition of aerosols
9. TAMU Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer (TDMA)
10. DMT Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter (CCN)
11. DMT Single-Particle Soot Photometer (SP-2)
12. Scripps Aerosol Filter Impactor
  FT-IR & Electron Microscope analysis
13. NCAR SICIMS
14. Cal-Tech CIMS
15. Univ. of Hawaii Tandem Volatility Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA)
16. Univ. of Hawaii Optical Particle Counters (OPCs - 2)
17. TSI Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS)
18. Univ. of Hawaii Fast Mobility Particle Analyzer (FMPS)
19. Univ. of Hawaii 3-Wavelength Nephelometer
20. Univ. of Hawaii 3-Wavelength Particle Soot Photometer
21. NCAR Formaldahyde Analyzer
22. NCAR PTR-MS

Last update: Wed May 31 20:49:27 GMT 2006