Measurements

 

The Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) is a field campaign intended to address multiple uncertainties in aerosol intensive properties from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and prescribed agricultural burns in Memphis, Tennessee. Measurements of near-field and aged biomass burning plumes will be used to investigate the impact of agricultural and wildfires on regional and global climate models. Running from July 1 to October 30, 2013, this campaign will collect data that will be used to address areas poorly represented in climate models.

Airborne Instruments

G-1 Payload

Category Measurement Instrument Sponsor
Aircraft State Position/Velocity @ ~10Hz Trimble® DSM™ AAF
Pitch/Roll/Azimuth Trimble® Advanced Navigation System (TANS)10Hz AAF
Atmospheric State Temperature Rosemount 102 probe AAF
Static Pressure Rosemount 1201F1 AAF
Differential Pressure Gustprobes:
dynamic; Rosemount 1221F2
alpha; Rosemount 1221S1
beta; All-Sensor 20-inch-G-4V
AAF/BNL
Acceleration Accelerometer BNL
Dew-point Temperature General Eastern-1011B chilled-mirror hygrometer AAF
Absolute humidity Tuneable Diode Laser (TDL) AAF
5-port air motion sensing: true air speed, altitude, angle-of-attack,side-slip, temperature, relative humidity Aircraft Integrated Meteorological Measurement System-20
(AIMMS-20)
AAF
Aerosol Dilute sample stream Dilution System AAF
Aerosol size distribution (15-320 nm) Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (FIMS) BNL
Aerosol extinction Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS) PMex Particle Extinction Monitor Aerodyne
Aerosol light absorbtion and scattering 355 nm Ultraviolet Photoacoustic Spectrometer DRI
Black carbon properties; size, mass, chemistry Soot Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (SP-AMS) Aerodyne
Aerosol absorption 532 nm Photothermal Interferometer (PTI) BNL
Total particle concentration
(> 3 nm)
Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter (UCPC) TSI 3025 AAF
Total particle concentration
(> 10 nm)
Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) TSI 3010 AAF
Aerosol size distribution
(60-1000 nm)
Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer- Airborne (UHSAS-A) AAF
Aerosol size distribution
(100-3000 nm)
Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer (PCASP) AAF
Large aerosol and cloud droplets (0.5-50 µm) Cloud Aerosol Spectrometer (part of CAPS) AAF
Aerosol absorption Radiance Particle/Soot Absorption Photometer (PSAP) AAF
Aerosol scattering Nephelometer (TSI 3563) AAF
Size-resolved aerosol composition High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) PNNL
Soot mass, number, and size distribution Droplet Measurement Technologies Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP-2) AAF
Cloud condensation nuclei concentration at two super-saturations Droplet Measurement Technologies Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) counter (dual Super Saturation) AAF
Aerosol Sample Collection Dry aerosol, sizes < 5 µm Isokinetic inlet (heated) AAF
Microspcopy Adichi Sampler ASU
Radiation Downwelling shortwave radition global and diffuse, broadband Sunshine Pyranometer (SPN)-1 shaded AAF
Forward video images out wind screen Video Camera Axis Communications P1344 AAF
Down-looking camera Video Camera Axis Communications P1347 AAF
Downwelling shortwave radiation global, broadband Sunshine Pyranometer (SPN)-1 unshaded AAF
Upwelling shortwave radiation global, broadband Sunshine Pyranometer (SPN)-1 unshaded AAF
Gases Carbon monoxide CO analyzer+vacuum pump+Argon purge cylinder AAF
SO2 Thermo Scientific – Model 43i TLE AAF
Real-time volatile organic compounds Quadrupole Ionicon Proton Transfer Reaction – Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) PNNL
NO, NO2, and total NOy Oxides of Nitrogen Instrument+ vacuum pump AAF
O3 Thermo Scientific Model 49i AAF
CO2, CH4, H2O PICARRO Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer AAF
Other Central data acquisition/display system Science Engineering Associates M300 PNNL
Limited data link to ground station Iridium Satellite Modem PNNL
Cockpit display of precipitation returns Weather Radar PNNL
Traffic Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS) PNNL
Altitude above surface Radar Altimeter PNNL
Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) PNNL