A41A-0048
NOAA’s Van-Based Mobile Atmospheric Emissions Measurement Laboratory
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
William P Dube1, Jeff Peischl2, J A Neuman3, Scott Joseph Eilerman4, Maxwell Holloway5, Owen Roberts6, Kenneth C. Aikin3 and Thomas B Ryerson7, (1)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstract:
The Chemical Science Division (CSD) mobile atmospheric emissions measurement laboratory is the second and latest of two mobile measurement vans outfitted for atmospheric sampling by the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory. In this presentation we will describe the modifications made to this vehicle to provide a versatile and relatively inexpensive instrument platform including: the 2 kW 120 volt instrument power system; battery back-up system; data acquisition system; real-time display; meteorological, directional, and position sensor package; and the typical atmospheric emissions instrument package. The van conversion uses commercially available, off-the-shelf components from the marine and RV industries, thus keeping the costs quite modest.
