Adapting a commercial Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometer for simultaneous airborne observation of several greenhouse gases


Julian Kostinek1, Anke Roiger2, Kenneth J Davis3, Colm Sweeney4, Joshua P DiGangi5, Yonghoon Choi5, Bianca Baier6,7, Frank Hase8, Jochen Gross9 and Andre Butz10, (1)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (2)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (3)The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, (4)NOAA, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (6)NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, United States, (7)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (8)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-ASF), Karlsruhe, Germany, (9)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany, (10)Heidelberg University, Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg, Germany