A23E-3299:
A new airborne formaldehyde instrument: Compact Formaldehyde Fluorescence Experiment (COFFEE)

Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Thomas F Hanisco1, Steven A Bailey1, Andrew K Swanson1,2 and Glenn M Wolfe Jr1,3, (1)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States
Abstract:
We present the operating principles of a new instrument designed for operation on small aircraft. The instrument uses a new non-resonant fluorescence technique to take advantage of compact industrial lasers to make a small, robust package that can measure formaldehyde at sensitivities better than 100 ppt in 1 second integration. The instrument is designed to fly on the Alphajet at NASA Ames but can be modified to fly on other small aircraft.
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