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 AO2

Airborne Oxygen

 CFCs

Chlorofluorocarbons

 CH4

Methane

 CO

Carbon Monoxide

 CO2

Carbon Dioxode

 EOL

Earth Observing Laboratory

 FPS

Field Project Services

 G-V

Gulfstream-V (5), the type of aircraft that has been modified for avaitaion research by the National Science Foundation.

 HCFCs

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

 HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbons

 HIAPER

The Gulfstream V (GV) aircraft fitted with research instruments that is being used for the HIPPO project

 HIPPO

HIAPER Pole to Pole Observations

 MEDUSA

Multiple Enclosure Device for Unfractionated Sampling of Air

 N2O

Nitrous Oxide

 NAWAS

Advanced Whole Air Sampler

 NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

 NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 O2

Oxygen

 O3

Ozone

 PAN

Peroxyacetyl Nitrate

 PANTHER

PAN and other Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment

 QCLS

Quantum Cascade Laser System

 RAF

Research Aviation Facility

 SF6

Sulfur hexafluoride

 SP2

Single Particle Soot Photometer

 UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 UCATS

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species

 VCSEL

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser hygrometer