Field
2025
TI3GER 2
-The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument was deployed onboard the NSF / NCAR Gulfstream V to measure iodine monoxide (IO) and ozone (O3) in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS).
2024
USOS
- Air The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument will be deployed on the NOAA Twin Otter aircraft in the summer of 2024 as part of the Utah Summer Ozone Study (USOS) to examine NOx-VOC sensitivity in ozone formation in the Greater Salt Lake Basin and Wasatch Front region.
Front Range
- Air The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument will be deployed on the NOAA Twin Otter aircraft in the summer of 2024 to quantify NOx sources by mass balance, evaluate NOx-VOC sensitivity in ozone formation, and assess TEMPO air quality products in the Colorado Front Range.2023
CUPiDS
- Air The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument was deployed on the NOAA Twin Otter in the summer of 2023 as part of the Coastal Urban Plume Dynamics Study (CUPiDS) to examine urban and marine chemistry in the New York City area.
Great Salt Lake Halogen Study
- LandThe CU 1D-MAX-DOAS instrument was deployed at the Salt Lake City Utah Department of Air Quality Inland Port Site to measure halogens generated by the production of magnesium at the largest magnesium plant in the United States.
2021
Pre-CUPIDS
- Air The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument was deployed on the NOAA Twin Otter along with the NOAA wind lidar in the summer of 2021 for several test flights in preparation for the 2023 CUPiDS project.2020
TI3GER
- Air The CU AMAX-DOAS instrument was deployed onboard the NSF / NCAR Gulfstream V to measure iodine monoxide (IO) and ozone (O3) in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS).
Storm Peak Lab
- Land The CU 1D-MAX-DOAS instrument was deployed at Storm Peak Laboratory (3220 M. S. L.) near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to measure bromine monoxide (BrO) in the continental free troposphere. Bromine plays an important role in the oxidation of atmospheric mercury.
TI3GER - Development and Testing of Airborne Laminar Flow Inlet for Condensable Vapors
- Air In preparation for the NSF TI3GER (Technological Innovation Into Iodine and GV aircraft Environmental Research) airborne field campaign, a custom-built laminar flow inlet for sampling condensable vapors was developed and tested. Additionally, the Airborne MAX-DOAS (AMAX-DOAS) inertial system (INS) was updated.2019
OCTAVE
- LandOxygenated organic Compounds in the Tropical Atmosphere: variability and atmosphere-biosphere Exchanges
2018
Biomass Burning Fluxes of Trace Gases and Aerosols
- Air Biomass-Burning flux measurements with the SOF on the U. of Wyoming's King Air.
MAIDO Observatory IOP
- Land Maido Observatory on Réunion Island is located at 2km elevation on a remote island in the southern Indian Ocean, enabling long-term sampling of the tropical free troposphere. During the 2018 Intensive Observation Period (IOP), a comprehensive suite of instruments, including the CU 1D-MAX-DOAS, acquired data on particle occurrence and their precursors.2017
Pre-BB-FLUX
- Air Pre-campaign testing of the SOF on the U. of Wyoming's King Air, in preparation for biomass-burning study
Maido Observatory
- Land CU MAX-DOAS at Maido Observatory on Réunion Island2016
Mauna Loa Observatory
- Land MAX-DOAS measures IO and BrO at the Mauna Loa Observatory . First mountaintop MAX-DOAS instrument.
CINDI-2
- Land During the CINDI-2 campaign, we explored recent advances of ground based remote optical sensing techniques together with the international community.
ARISTO16
- Air During ARISTO16 ("Airborne Research Instrument Testing Oportunity 2016"), the Volkamer group will send the Mobile SOF on board an NSF/NCAR aircraft. (Photo: UCAR)2015
KIT
- Land The KIT field campaign included the deployment of CU Mobile SOF alongside other FTIR instruments to study methane emissions on the Colorado Front Range.2014
FRAPPÉ
- Land FRAPPÉ - Front Range Air Pollution And Photochemistry Éxperiment FRAPPÉ is a collaborative effort between the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, the University of Colorado and Colorado State University, UC Berkeley, and other university collaborators, local projects and agencies including local school districts, NASA, NOAA, and NCAR. This mission will be closely coordinated with the NASA DISCOVER-AQ project, which has agreed to conduct their final aircraft deployment in the Colorado Front Range.
CONTRAST
- Air Deployment of the AMAX-DOAS in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) over the Western Pacific "warm pool" to investigate convective transport of atmosperic gases as part of the CONTRAST Field Campaign2013
MAD-CAT
- Land "Multi Axis DOAS - Comparison campaign for Aerosols and Trace gases" (MAD-CAT) at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany.2012
WACS
- Sea Differentiation of glyoxal fluxes between oligotrophic and mesotrophic waters using the Eddy Covariance method in conjunction with our CU-LED-CE-DOAS during the WACS Field Project
TCAP
- Land Investigating uncertainties in the aerosol direct effect in the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes with the CU 2D-MAX-DOAS during the 2012 Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP)
TORERO - Ship
- Sea First deployment of the Fast-CE-DOAS instrument which was able to measure glyoxal fluxes over the open ocean during the TORERO Field Project
TORERO - Air
- Air Investigation of the influence of air-sea exchange of reactive halogen species and OVOC in the free troposphere over the Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean during the TORERO Field Project2010
CALNEX / CARES - Air
- Air A completely redesigned AMAX-DOAS pylon was deployed aboard the NOAA Twin Otter for the CALNEX / CARES Field Projects.
CALNEX / CARES - Ground
- Land Ground based CU-MAX-DOAS measurements were carried out to measure vertical column abundances, and investigate vertical distributions of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) precursors during the CALNEX / CARES Field Projects2009
HEFT-10
- Air Instrument development, integration and testing on the NCAR GV research aircraft during the HEFT-10 Field Project
TAO
- Sea Remote ocean measurements aboard the NOAA R/V Ka'imimoana during the TAO Field Projects.
Twin Otter
- Air The first deployment of the AMAX-DOAS. Measurements of organic species over Colorado and Southern California were performed during the Twin Otter Field Project.
Storm Peak Lab
- Land MAX-DOAS at 3220m for direct observation of trace gases in the free troposphere. Storm Peak Field Page2008
VOCALS
- Sea Enhanced amounts of the relatively short-living CHOCHO could be detected far from known land sources during the VOCALS-REx Field Project.