1. A comparison of very short-lived halocarbon (VSLS) and DMS aircraft measurements in the Tropical West Pacific from CAST, ATTREX and CONTRAST
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Stephen J. Andrews, Lucy J. Carpenter, Eric C. Apel, Elliot Atlas, Valeria Donets, James F. Hopkins, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, Alastair C. Lewis, Richard T. Lidster, Richard Lueb, Jamie Minaeian, Maria Navarro, Shalini Punjabi, Daniel Riemer, and Susan Schauffler
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We present a comparison of aircraft measurements of halogenated very short-lived substances (VSLS) and dimethyl sulphide (DMS, C2H6S) from a co-ordinated campaign in Jan/Feb 2014 in the Tropical West Pacific. Measurements were made on the NASA Global Hawk, NCAR GV HIAPER and FAAM BAe146 using four separate GC-MS instruments operated by the University of Miami (UoM), the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and two from the University of York (UoY), respectively. The instruments were inter-calibrated during the campaign period using two gas standards on separate scales; a NOAA SX-3581 standard representative of clean low-hydrocarbon air, and an Essex canister prepared by UoM representative of coastal air, which was higher in VSLS and hydrocarbon content. UoY and NCAR use the NOAA scale/standard for VSLS calibration and UoM use a scale based on dilutions of primary standards calibrated by GC with FID and AED (atomic emission) detection. Analysis of the NOAA SX-3581 standard resulted in good agreement for CH2Cl2, CHCl3, CHBr3, CH2Br2, CH2BrCl, CHBrCl2, CHBr2Cl, CH3I CH2ICl and CH2I2 (average RSD
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- 2016
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