Mobile Instruments Measure Atmospheric Pollutants

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Overview

Under SBIR contracts from Glenn Research Center, Billerica, Massachusetts-based Aerodyne Research Inc. (ARI) has created spectrometers for use in mobile laboratories to study ground-based air pollution. ARI developed its tunable infrared laser differential absorption spectrometers to detect a range of more than 15 of the most important greenhouse gasses and air pollutants, including carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and methane. In addition to mobile measurements from van, aircraft, and ship platforms, ARI and its customers use the instruments to determine the magnitude of pollutant emissions. The company's products are currently in use in numerous climate change laboratories on five continents.