Table A4. NOAA Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown Instrumentation



Species/Parameter	Reference	Technique	Averaging Time	Detection Limit	Uncertainty
JNO2 Photolysis rates	Shetter et al. [2003]	Filter radiometer	1 min	4.0 x 10­6 Hz	+/-12%
JNO3 Photolysis rates	Stark et al. [2007]	Filter radiometer	1 min	1.3 x 10­5 Hz	+/-14%
JO3(1D) Photolysis rates	Bohn et al. [2004]	Filter radiometer	1 min	1.1 x 10­7 Hz	+/-26%
Ozone	Bates et al. [2005]	UV absorbance	1 min	1.0 ppbv	+/-1.0 ppbv or 2%
Ozone	Williams et al. [2006]	NO chemiluminescence	1 min	0.1 ppbv	+/-2%
Ozone vertical profiles	Thompson et al. [2000]	Ozonesondes	1 s (= 5 m)	2 ppbv	3-5%
Ozone vertical profiles	Zhao et al. [1993]	O3 lidar (OPAL)	10 min	5 ppb	<10 ppb
Carbon monoxide	Gerbig et al. [1999]	UV fluorescence	1 min	1.5 ppbv	+/-3.0%
Carbon dioxide	LiCor spec	Nondispersive IR	1 min	<1 ppmv	0.08 ppmv
Water vapor	Calculated	RH/temperature probe	1 min	0.1 ppthv	+/-5%
Sulfur dioxide	Bates et al. [2005]	Pulsed fluorescence	1 min	0.1 ppbv	<+/-5%
Nitric oxide	Fehsenfeld et al. [1990]	Chemiluminescence	1 min	0.010 ppbv	+/-(3.8% + 0.010 ppbv)
Nitrogen dioxide	Ryerson et al. [2000]	Photolysis cell	1 min	0.060 ppbv	+/-(13% + 0.093 ppbv) @ NO2/NO = 3
Total nitrogen oxides	Williams et al. [1998]	Au tube reduction	1 min	0.08 ppbv	+/-(15% + 0.08 ppbv)
PANs	Slusher et al. [2004]	TD/CIMS	1 min	PAN/PPN (2 pptv); tPBN/APAN (4 pptv)	PAN/PPN  +/- (2pptv + 15%) tPBN/MPAN +/-(4 pptv + 20%)
Alkyl nitrates, hydrocarbons	Goldan et al. [2004]	GC/FID/MS	5 min	</-1 pptv	+/-20%
Continuous speciation of VOCs	Warneke et al. [2005]	PIT-MS/CIMS	1 min	0.05-0.50 ppbv	20%
NO3/N2O5	Dubé et al. [2006]	Cavity ring-down spectroscopy	1 s	1 pptv	1 pptv, +/-30%
NO2	Osthoff et al. [2006]	Cavity ring-down spectroscopy	1 s	0.20 ppbv	0.20 ppbv, +/-8%
HNO3/soluble NO2­/soluble Cl­	Dibb et al. [2004]	Automated mist chamber/IC	5 min	5 pptv	15%
HCHO/HCOOH	Herndon et al. [2007]	TILDAS	1 s	0.180 ppbv	10%
HO2/RO2	Green et al. [2006]	PERCA	1 min	2 pptv	40%
Hg	Sholupov et al. [2004]	Atomic absorption spect.	1 s	<5 ng m­3	+/-(1.5-2.6) ng m­3
Radon	Whittlestone and Zahorowski [1998]	Radon gas decay	13 min		
Seawater and atmospheric pCO2	Sabine et al. [2000]	Nondispersive IR	30 min		+/-0.2 ppm
Seawater DMS	Bates et al. [2000]	S chemiluminesence	30 min	0.2 nM	+/-8%
Aerosol ionic composition	Bates et al. [2008]	PILS-IC	5 min	0.1 mug m­3	+/-20%
Aerosol WSOC	Bates et al. [2008]	PILS-TOC	1 min	0.1 mug m­3	+/-17%
Aerosol size and composition	Bates et al. [2008]	Q-AMS	5 min	0.1 mug m­3	+/-20%
Aerosol size and composition	DeCarlo et al. [2006]	HR-TOF-AMS	1-10 s	0.05 mug m­3	+/-20%
Aerosol OC	Bates et al. [2008]	Online thermal/optical	45 min	0.1 mug m­3	+/-21%
Aerosol organic functional groups	Gilardoni et al. [2007]	FTIR spectroscopy of <1 mum particles on Teflon filters	4-12 h	1 mug	+/-15%
Aerosol organic speciation	Thornberry et al. [2009]	Collection/thermal desorption/PTR-MS	10 min	0.02 mug m­3	
Aerosol composition, 2 stage (sub/super micron) and 7 stage at 60% RH	Bates et al. [2008]	Impactors (IC, XRF and thermal optical OC/EC, total gravimetric weight)	4-12 h		+/-6-31%
Total and submicron aerosol scattering and backscattering (450, 550, 700 nm) at 60% RH	Quinn and Bates [2005]	TSI 3563 nephelometers (2)	1 min		+/-14%
Total and submicron aerosol light scattering hygroscopic growth	Carrico et al. [2003]	Twin TSI 3563 nephelometers RR M903 nephelometer	20 s (over each 1% RH)	sigmaspTSI: 1.85 and 2.78 sigmabsp: 1.24 and 2.96 sigmaspRR: 1.06	sigmaspTSI: ­14 sim 17 sigmabsp: ­17 sim 19
Total and submicron aerosol absorption (450, 550, 700 nm) dry	Sierau et al. [2006]	Radiance Research PSAPs (2)	1 min		+/-22%
Submicrometer aerosol absorption (532 nm) dry	Lack et al. [2006]	Photoacoustic Aerosol Absorption Spectrometer	1 min	0.1 M m­1	+/-5%
Total and submicron aerosol extinction	Baynard et al. [2007]	Cavity ring-down spectroscopy	1 min	0.01 M m­1	+/-1%
Total and submicron aerosol light extinction hygroscopic growth	Massoli et al. [2009]	Cavity ring-down spectroscopy	1 min	0.01 M m­1	+/-5%
Aerosol number	Bates et al. [2001]	CNC (TSI 3010, 3025)	1 s		+/-10%
Aerosol size distribution	Bates et al. [2005]	DMA and APS	5 min		+/-10%
Cloud condensation nuclei	Quinn et al. [2008]	DMT CCN counter	30 min		+/-10%
Aerosol optical depth	Quinn and Bates [2005]	Microtops	intermittent		+/-0.015 AOD
Aerosol backscatter vertical profiles	Zhao et al. [1993]	O3 lidar (OPAL)	10 min	1 * 10­6 m­1 sr­1	30% aerosol backscatter
BL wind/aerosol/turbulence	Grund et al. [2001]	Doppler lidar (HRDL)	0.5 s	2-6 km	10-12 cm s­1
Wind/temperature profiles	Law et al. [2002]	915-MHz wind profiler	5 min	0.5-5 km	+/-1.4 m s­1
Temperature/RH profiles	Wolfe et al. [2007]	Sondes	5 s	0.1-18 km	+/-0.3degreeC +/-4%
Radiative fluxes	Pilewskie et al. [2003]	Spectroradiometers	1 Hz		3-5%
Cloud height	Fairall et al. [1997]	Ceilometer	15 s	0.1-7.5 km	+/-30 m
Cloud drop size, updraft velocity	Kollias et al. [2001]	3-mm Doppler radar	5 s	0.2-12 km	-
Turbulent fluxes	Fairall et al. [2003, 2006]	Bow-mounted EC flux package	20 Hz 10 min, 1 h	2 W m­2 0.002 N m­2	+/-25% at 1 h
Low-altitude temperature profiles	Cimini et al. [2003]	60-GHz scanning microwave radiometer	10 s	0-0.5 km	+/-0.3degreeC
Wind profiles/microturbulence below cloud	Frisch et al. [1989] Comstock et al. [2005]	C band radar	5 min	0.1-2 km	+/-1.0 m s­1