Project #2000-143 TOPSE

Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox

Elliot Atlas, et al.

NSF/NCAR EC-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

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Aircraft Research Instrumentation

RAF-Supplied Instrumentation:

1. Airborne Data System
   1. Acquisition
      • EC-130Q ADS2 (VME Motorola 68040 based, with vxWorks)
      • 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, 512MB memory, Redhat Linux 6.2 OS
      • 9GB disk storage with RAID-1 (hardware mirroring using 2 drives)
      • General Digital 17" 1280x1024 TFT Flat Panel Color Monitor
      • IBM-DRHS36D 36GB Removable Disk Drives in Kingston Carriers (2 units)
      • Exabyte Model EXB-8505 Tape Drives (2 units)
      • UPS
   3. Aft Cabin User Display
      • Sun SPARCstation 5
      • PowerVideo Board
      • 16" High-Resolution Color Monitor
      • HP1200C/PS DeskJet Printer
      • Diamond Trackball
      • UPS
   4. Flight Deck Display
      • Sun SPARCstation 5
      • PowerVideo Board
      • 16" High-Resolution Color Monitor
      • HP1200C/PS DeskJet Printer
      • Diamond Trackball
      • UPS

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

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

4. Dynamic (Pitot) Pressures
   1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome (QCR)
   2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Fuselage Pitot (QCF)

5. Temperatures
   1. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Starboard Radome Mount (TTRR, ATRR)
   2. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Port Radome Mount (TTRL, ATRL)
   3. Rosemount Type 102E Deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Left Inboard Wing Access Plate (TTWH, ATWH)
   4. OPHIR-III Radiometric-Near Field Temperature Sensor - Coatroom window plate (OAT)

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. 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 (MRLHW)

8. Cloud Physics
   1. Rosemount Model 871FA Icing Rate Detector - Right Inboard Wing Access Plate (RICE)
   2. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Outboard Wing Access Plate (PLWC)
   3. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Right Outboard Wing Access Plate (PLWC1)
   4. Particle Measuring Systems Model PCASP, Size Distribution, 0.12 to 3.12 µm - Right Pod
   5. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-300, Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20 µm - Right Pod
   6. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-100, Size Distribution, 3 to 45 µm - Left Pod
   7. Particle Measuring Systems Model 260X, Size Distribution, 40 to 640 µm - Left Pod
   8. Model 3760 CN Counter, Size Distribution, 0.01 to 3 µm - Port Inlet (CONCN)

9. Radiation Fluxes
   1. Visible Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PSP Pyranometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings)
      • Upward looking (SWT)
      • Downward looking (SWB)
   2. Ultraviolet Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model TUVR Pyranometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings)
      • Upward looking (UVT)
      • Downward looking (UVB)
   3. Infrared Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PIR Pyrgeometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings)
      • Upward looking (IRT)
      • Downward looking (IRB)
   4. Remote Surface Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometers (2 units)
      • Downward looking (RSTB)
      • Downward looking (RSTB1)

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

11. Photography
    1. Sony XC-999 $VH$ Color Camera with JVC Model HR-S4700U Super VHS Recorder (3 pairs)
       
       • Forward-facing Cockpit Mount
       • Down Looking Mount
       • Right Side Mount
    2. Horita GPS Video Titler