LACE
The Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment (LACE) is a two-channel gas chromatograph (GC) that is designed for operation on balloons and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) up to 32 km in altitude. LACE, similar to Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species (ACATS), is a joint collaborative project between two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) labs: the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) and Aeronomy Laboratory (AL) in Boulder, CO. The first test flights of this new instrument will occur during a Stratospheric Tracers for Atmospheric Transport (STRAT) deployment located at Fort Sumner, NM in June 1996. The design and construction of LACE is supported in part by the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Atmospheric Chemistry Project of NOAA's Climate and Global Change Program (C&GP). The operation of LACE for STRAT mission is s upported in part by the High Speed Research Program (HSRP) of NASA, Upper Atmospheric Research Program of NASA, and the Atmospheric Chemistry Project of NOAA's C&CP. Additional information available at "http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah/airborne/lace/lace.html" [Summary provided by NOAA]
Chemical Meters/Analyzers