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Tropospheric Chemistry: Instruments

AFSR on rooftop of NOAA David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, Colorado.

AFSR (Actinic Flux SprectroRadiometer)

Principle of the Measurement

Spectroradiometer

Species Measured

Photolysis rates via spectral actinic flux

Time Response

1 Second

Detection Limit

N/A

Manufacturer

custom built

Field Projects

• NEAQS 2002
• ICARTT 2004
• TEXAQS 2006
• ARCPAC 2008
• CalNex 2010

Contact

Harald Stark

Key Publications

Stark, H., B. M. Lerner, R. Schmitt, R. Jakoubek, E. J. Williams, T. B. Ryerson, D. T. Sueper, D. D. Parrish, and F. C. Fehsenfeld, Atmospheric in situ measurement of nitrate radical (NO₃) and other photolysis rates using spectroradiometry and filter radiometry, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D10S04, doi:10.1029/2006JD007578, 2007.