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Project # 2007-114 PASE

Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment

Principal Investigator(s):  Alan Bandy, et al.

NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

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C-130Q - Basic Instrument Configuration 11/07/2007


RAF-Supplied Instrumentation:

  1. 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 (2)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium MMX-266 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 15" Display (Clyde)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium MMX-233 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 13" Display (Cadmus)
      • Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer
    4. Flight Deck Display
      • Dell Latitude Pentium III-850 Laptop, Linux OS, 15" Display (Bonnie)
      • Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer
  2. Aircraft Position, Velocity and Attitude
    1. Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System (Research)
    2. Garmin GPS16 Global Positioning System (GPS)
  3. Static Pressures
    1. Paroscientific Model 1000 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFD)
    2. Paroscientific Model 1000 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFRD, PSFC)
    3. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - Cabin (PCAB)
    4. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - CN Counter (PCN)
  4. Dynamic Pressures
    1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome (QCR)
    2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Left Fuselage Pitot (QCF)
    3. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Right Fuselage Pitot (QCFR)
  5. 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)
  6. Flow Angle Sensors, Radome
    1. Attack - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (ADIFR)
    2. Sideslip - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (BDIFR)
  7. Dew Point and Humidity
    1. Buck Research, Model 1011C Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPT)
    2. Buck Research, Model 1011C 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-3 (XUVI)
  8. 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)
  9. Basic Cloud Physics
    1. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Wing Outboard Access Plate (PLWC)
    2. TSI Model 3760 CN Counter - Belly Inlet (CONCN).
      Size Distribution, 0.01 to 3 µm
  10. Wing Stores
    1. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-200 - Left Pod Inboard (LPI)
      Size Distribution, 0.12 to 3.12 µm
    2. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SSP-100 - Right Pod Outboard (RPO)
      Size Distribution, 3 to 45 µm
    3. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-300 - Left Pod Inboard (LPC)
      Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20 µm
    4. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model 260X - Right Pod Inboard (RPI)
      Size Distribution, 50 to 640 µm
    5. RAF - PVM-100 Liquid Water Probe - Left Wing Pod Outboard (LPO) (XGLWC)
  11. 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)
  12. 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
  13. RAF Chemistry (T. Campos)
    1. TECO Slow Response Ozone Analyzer (TEO3C)
    2. Aero-Laser Fast-Response Carbon Monoxide Analyzer (UV resonance fluorescence) (CO)
    3. RAF Fast Response Ozone Analyzer (O3FSC)

User-Supplied Instrumentation:

  1. Cabin-Mounted Instrumentation
    1. Hudson CCN - 3 User-supplied specialty racks & 2 inlets on R-2 Inlet plate
    2. Bandy SO2 - Std C-130 rack, 1 belly inlet & window venturi
    3. Bandy DMS - Std C-130 rack, 1 belly inlet & window venturi
    4. Bandy DMSO - Std C-130 rack, 1 belly inlet & window venturi
    5. Heikes In-Situ Peroxides - Specialty inlet (takes entire aperture plate L-2)
    6. Univ. of Hawaii Total Air Sampler - Std C-130 rack for Pump & Specialty inlet (takes entire aperture plate L-1)
    7. Univ. of Hawaii Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS)
    8. NCAR SICIMS
    9. Univ. of Hawaii Tandem Volatility Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA)
    10. Univ. of Hawaii Optical Particle Counters (2 OPCs)
    11. Univ. of Hawaii TSI Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS)
    12. Univ. of Hawaii Fast Mobility Particle Analyzer (FMPS)
    13. Univ. of Hawaii 3-Wavelength Nephelometer
    14. Univ. of Hawaii 3-Wavelength Particle Soot Photometer
    15. Univ. of Hawaii Down Looking Video Camera (Forward Belly)

Last update: Mon Dec 17 23:41:16 GMT 2007